Showtimes
Showtimes is your ticket to what's in flower at the JC Raulston Arboretum where there's always something in flower.
Flower data presented in Showtimes is based upon information recorded in our photograph collection. By this, we mean we're not out in the gardens on a weekly basis taking flower data as done by some public gardens. The flower times presented here are based upon thousands of plants we've photographed at the JCRA through the years. As we photograph more and more plants, the Showtimes listing continues to grow.
December
At this time, we've photographed 168 taxa in flower at the JC Raulston Arboretum in December. A plain text list and graphical representation of all taxa throughout the year are also available. Click on the photographs to see additional photographs and click on the plant's botanical name to learn more about the plant.
Abelia ×grandiflora 'Kaleidoscope'
variegated glossy abelia
Abutilon megapotamicum 'Little Imp'
flowering maple
Ajania pacifica
silver and gold chrysanthemum
Arbutus unedo 'Compacta'
compact strawberry tree
Buddleja cordata
Mexican butterfly-bush
Camellia 'Carolina Moonmist'
Cochran hybrid camellia
Camellia 'Cinnamon Cindy'
Ackerman hybrid camellia
Camellia ×hiemalis 'Dazzler'
camellia
Camellia ×hiemalis 'Green's Blues'
hybrid camellia
Camellia ×hiemalis 'Rose of Autumn'
hybrid camellia
Camellia ×hiemalis 'Shishi Gashira'
hybrid camellia
Camellia japonica
Japanese camellia
Camellia japonica 'Benten-shiratama'
Japanese camellia
Camellia japonica (Korean germplasm)
Japanese camellia
Camellia japonica 'Professor Sargent'
Japanese camellia
Camellia japonica 'Ta Fuku Benten'
variegated Japanese camellia
Camellia japonica 'Tama Peacock'
picotee Japanese camellia
Camellia japonica 'White By The Gate'
Japanese camellia
Camellia oleifera
tea-oil camellia
Camellia sasanqua 'Green 01-006'
October Magic Carpet sasanqua camellia
Camellia sasanqua 'Green 94-035'
October Magic Orchid sasanqua camellia
Camellia sasanqua 'Reverend Ida'
sasanqua camellia
Camellia sasanqua 'Sarrel'
sasanqua camellia
Camellia sasanqua 'TDN 1116'
Bella Rouge / Hot Flash sasanqua camellia
Camellia 'Snow Flurry'
Ackerman hybrid camellia
Camellia ×vernalis 'Egao Corkscrew'
contorted vernal camellia
Camellia ×vernalis 'Egao Pink Halo'
vernal camellia
Camellia ×vernalis 'Egao Spring Snowfall'
vernal camellia
Camellia ×vernalis 'Ginryu'
vernal camellia
Camellia ×vernalis 'Hiryû'
vernal camellia
Camellia ×vernalis 'Shibori Egao'
camellia
Camellia 'Winter's Charm'
Ackerman hybrid camellia
Camellia 'Winter's Dream'
Ackerman hybrid camellia
Camellia 'Winter's Star'
Ackerman hybrid camellia
Camellia 'Yume'
hybrid camellia
Ceanothus 'Minmarose'
Marie Rose summer lilac
Ceratostigma griffithii 'Snow Flurries'
white Griffith's leadwort
Cercis canadensis 'Crosswicks Red'
eastern redbud
Cercis glabra 'Celestial Plum'
smooth redbud
Chaenomeles japonica 'Atsuya Hamada'
Japanese flowering quince
Chaenomeles japonica 'Hime'
Japanese flowering quince
Chaenomeles 'Orange Storm'
Double Take hybrid flowering quince
Chaenomeles ×superba 'Jet Trail'
hybrid flowering quince
Chimonanthus nitens
evergreen chimonanthus
Chimonanthus praecox
fragrant wintersweet
Chimonanthus praecox 'Luteus'
wintersweet
Chrysanthemum 'Sheffield Pink'
chrysanthemum
Cornus officinalis 'Kintoki'
dwarf Japanese cornel
Crocus imperati 'De Jager'
crocus
Crocus ochroleucus
autumn-flowering crocus
Cyclamen coum
baby cyclamen
Cyclamen hederifolium Ashwood Nurseries Silver Leaf Group
hardy cyclamen
Dahlia imperialis (double white)
tree dahlia
Erica ×darleyensis 'Furzey'
Darley heath
Erica ×darleyensis 'White Perfection'
Darley heath
Erysimum linifolium 'Bowles Mauve'
alpine wallflower
Farfugium japonicum 'Aureomaculatum'
leopard plant
Fatsia japonica
Japanese fatsia
Fatsia japonica 'Variegata'
variegated Japanese fatsia
Ficaria verna 'Coppernob'
fig buttercup
Forsythia ×intermedia 'White Gold'
variegated border forsythia
Galanthus elwesii
snowdrop
Galanthus elwesii var. monostictus
one-spotted giant snowdrop
Gerbera
Garvinea Sweet Dreams Gerber daisy
Gladiolus dalenii 'Halloweenie'
parrot beak gladiolus
Hamamelis ×intermedia 'Jelena'
copper-flowered common witchhazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Wisley Supreme'
Chinese witchhazel
Hamamelis vernalis
Ozark witchhazel
Hamamelis vernalis f. carnea
red Ozark witchhazel
Hamamelis vernalis 'Christmas Cheer'
early Ozark witchhazel
Hamamelis virginiana 'Harvest Moon'
American witchhazel
Hamamelis virginiana var. henryi
southern witchhazel
Helleborus ×ericsmithii 'Coseh 790'
HGC Shooting Star hybrid hellebore
Helleborus ×ericsmithii 'Pirouette'
hybrid hellebore
Helleborus foetidus
bearsfoot hellebore
Helleborus ×hybridus
Lenten rose
Helleborus ×hybridus (double flower)
double Lenten rose
Helleborus ×hybridus (pale pink shades)
Lenten rose
×Heucherella 'Sunrise Falls'
trailing foamy bell
Illicium mexicanum 'Aztec Fire'
Mexican anise
Iris 'Again and Again'
tall bearded reblooming iris
Iris 'Harvest of Memories'
reblooming tall bearded iris
Iris unguicularis
winter flowering iris
Jasminum nudiflorum 'Aureum'
golden winter jasmine
Lamium maculatum 'Beacon Silver'
deadnettle
Lonicera ×americana 'Pam's Pink'
American honeysuckle
Magnolia cavaleriei
magnolia
Magnolia ×loebneri 'Ballerina'
Loebner magnolia
Magnolia maudiae
smiling forest michelia
Mahonia 'Arthur Menzies'
grapeholly
Mahonia ilicina
grapeholly
Mahonia 'J.C. Raulston'
hybrid grapeholly
Mahonia ×lindsayae 'Cantab'
fragrant mahonia
Mahonia lomariifolia
Burmese mahonia
Mahonia 'Marvel'
hybrid mahonia
Mahonia ×media 'Buckland'
grapeholly
Mahonia ×media 'Hope'
grapeholly
Mahonia ×media 'Lionel Fortescue'
grapeholly
Mahonia ×media 'Underway'
grapeholly
Mahonia ×media 'Winter Sun'
grapeholly
Mahonia oiwakensis
Chinese mahonia
Mahonia (Yucca Do hybrids)
grapeholly
Moraea polystachya
butterfly iris
Narcissus papyraceus
paper-white narcissus
Osmanthus armatus
Chinese tea-olive
Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Ogon'
golden holly tea-olive
Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Purpureus'
purple-leaf holly tea-olive
Phlox nivalis 'Camla'
trailing phlox
Prunus incisa
Fuji cherry
Prunus incisa 'Shikizaki'
weeping Fuji cherry
Prunus jacquemontii
Afghan bush cherry
Prunus mume
flowering apricot
Prunus mume 'Big Joe'
white flowering apricot
Prunus mume 'Bonita'
pink flowering apricot
Prunus mume 'Peggy Clarke'
pink flowering apricot
Prunus mume 'Rose Bud'
pink flowering apricot
Prunus mume 'Tojibai'
white flowering apricot
Prunus (NA 63480)
U.S. National Arboretum hybrid flowering cherry
Pulsatilla halleri subsp. styriaca
Steiermark pasque-flower
Rhododendron 'Conlef'
Autumn Cheer Encore® azalea
Rosa 'Auscanary'
Malvern Hills rambling rose
Rosa 'Frycentury'
Day Breaker floribunda rose
Rosa 'Radprov'
Orchid Romance floribunda rose
Rosa 'Spice'
China rose
Rosmarinus officinalis 'Barbeque'
upright rosemary
Ruscus aculeatus 'Elizabeth Lawrence'
butcher's broom
Ruscus ×microglossus
butcher's broom
Salvia 'Jean's Purple Passion'
hybrid sage
Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna
Himalayan sweet box
Sarcococca ruscifolia
fragrant sweet box
Sarcococca saligna
willow-leaf sweet box
Serissa japonica 'Kyoto'
Japanese snow rose
Spiraea thunbergii 'Mount Fuji'
variegated Thunberg spirea
Spiraea thunbergii 'Ogon'
Mellow Yellow golden Thunberg spirea
Stachyurus praecox 'Issai'
golden spike-tail
Tetraneuris acaulis
angelita daisy
Tricyrtis ravenii
Raven's toad lily
Tulbaghia violacea
society garlic
Verbascum chaixii
nettle-leaved mullein
Verbena 'Texas Appleblossom'
verbena
Viburnum obovatum 'Compacta'
compact Walter's viburnum
Viburnum obovatum 'Raulston Hardy'
dwarf viburnum
Viburnum ×pragense 'Decker'
Prague viburnum
Viburnum tinus 'Compactum'
compact laurustinus
Yucca gloriosa 'Lone Star'
Spanish bayonet
Zantedeschia aethiopica 'White Giant'
giant calla lily