Instagram Gallery – Heronswood

Instagram Gallery

Our Instagram gallery is new, a great way to share photos of what is going on in the garden on a daily basis. This gallery will be curated by Ross Bayton, Heronswood’s Assistant Garden Director.

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Toad lilies are a Fall favorite. This Tricyrtis oh

Toad lilies are a Fall favorite. This Tricyrtis ohsumiensis is just beginning to pop #tricyrtis

Mahonia x savilliana kicks off the Mahonia floweri

Mahonia x savilliana kicks off the Mahonia flowering season, that lasts right through the winter #mahonia

Heronswood will be closed tomorrow, Sunday 13th Se

Heronswood will be closed tomorrow, Sunday 13th September, due to poor air conditions. We hope to reopen next Friday 18th. Given the short notice, we are open today, but advise you to stay home and safe

Native to Japan, Shortia uniflora or Nippon Bells

Native to Japan, Shortia uniflora or Nippon Bells usually flowers in spring, but this plant is having another go #shortia

Asters are some of the most reliable fall flowers.

Asters are some of the most reliable fall flowers. This one, Ionactis linariifolia ‘Little Stiffy’, is neat and compact, not flopping over like so many other asters #aster

As it’s Labor Day, and much of a gardener’s wo

As it’s Labor Day, and much of a gardener’s work consists of weeding, here’s an interesting weed. Solanum physalifolium, an interloper from South America #weeds #laborday

Here at Heronswood, we love our naked ladies #colc

Here at Heronswood, we love our naked ladies #colchicum

Epiphylly means bearing flowers on the leaves. In

Epiphylly means bearing flowers on the leaves. In this Helwingia himalaica, those flowers have turned into vivid scarlet fruits #helwingia

Always an eye-catching combination - roscoea, hydr

Always an eye-catching combination - roscoea, hydrangea, persicaria and aconitum - on a misty day

The summer sun is sinking, but as the light shines

The summer sun is sinking, but as the light shines across the garden, it lights up late season splendors

Our barn swallows have fledged, though they’re s

Our barn swallows have fledged, though they’re still returning to the nest. Their arrival is a sign of spring and soon they’ll depart #fallishere🍁 #hirundorustica

We posted a mystery Begonia from India earlier thi

We posted a mystery Begonia from India earlier this week. Here’s a mystery ginger (Hedychium) from the same area. Enjoy! #hedychium

A curious and hardy Begonia collected in the India

A curious and hardy Begonia collected in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Only two species from that area have yellow flowers and this is neither. Another mystery #mysterybegonia

Join Heronswood and the Northwest Horticultural So

Join Heronswood and the Northwest Horticultural Society as we celebrate the launch of our Director Dan Hinkley’s new book with a lecture by the man himself on September 30th @nwhortsociety

Stunning Silene regia ‘Prairie Fire’ really tu

Stunning Silene regia ‘Prairie Fire’ really turns up the heat in our Potager borders #sileneregiaprairiefire

These flowers didn’t last long - the weekend hea

These flowers didn’t last long - the weekend heatwave saw to that - but the peachy blooms of Gladiolus dalenii ‘Boone’ were sumptuous while they lasted #gladiolus

The curious blooms of ginger relative Globba hooke

The curious blooms of ginger relative Globba hookeri, flowering now at Heronswood. We’re open Fri-Sun, 10am-3pm #hardyginger #globba

Here at Heronswood, we dead-head Agapanthus, but a

Here at Heronswood, we dead-head Agapanthus, but a less drastic approach is to remove the seed pods and leave the stalks. They add structure to borders right through to winter #agapanthus

This Iris was collected in the Siskiyous last fall

This Iris was collected in the Siskiyous last fall and has flowered for the first time, revealing itself to be Iris chrysophylla #siskiyous #iris

Not a hydrangea, but sure looks like one! This is

Not a hydrangea, but sure looks like one! This is Cardiandra, a hydrangea relative, which takes its name from the heart-shaped anthers. Can you see them? #cardiandra #hydrangeaceae

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