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Seasonal Highlights

Approximate Blooming Seasons (Subject to Mother Nature’s whims)
Month
Plant
Location
January
Conifers
Winter Garden
Hollies
Holly Lawn
Interesting Bark
throughout
February 
Skunk Cabbage
Woodwalk
Snowdrops
Cornus mas Bed & Rockery
Winter Aconite
Cottage Garden & Terrace
Winter Jasmine
Stone Cottage
Witch Hazels
Parking Lot, Winter Garden & around Tubbs House
March 
Crocus
Entrance Drive, Parking Lot, Private Drive
Hellebores
Cornus mas Bed, Rockery & Stone Barn
Scilla
Cornus mas Bed & Rockery
Winter Jasmine
Stone Cottage
Witch Hazels
Parking Lot
Bluebirds return!
Winter Garden & around Tubbs House
April 
Cherries
Orchard
Daffodils
Entrance Drive & Winter Garden
Early Perennials
Rockery & Cottage Garden
Magnolias
throughout
Pansies
Stone Barn, Pan’s Garden & Cottage Garden
Shadbush
hedgerows
May 
Azaleas, Crabapples
throughout
Dogwood
throughout
Ferns, Japanese Primroses
Woodwalk
Lilacs
Lilac Collection, Overflow Parking, Highland Park
Pansies
Stone Barn, Pan’s Garden & Cottage Garden
Peonies
Cottage Garden & Rosarie
Redbud
hedgerows & woods
Spring Perennials
Cottage Garden & Rockery
Tulips
Stone Barn & Pan’s Garden
Viburnum
Orchard
Virginia Bluebells
Cottage Garden, Stone Cottage
June 
Annuals
Cottage Garden & Rosarie
Early Summer Perennials
Cottage Garden, Pan’s Garden & Rosarie
Roses
Cottage Garden & Rosarie
July 
Annuals
Cottage Garden & Rosarie
Mid-Summer Perennials
Cottage Garden & Rosarie
Meadow Flowers
Entrance Drive
August 
Annuals
Cottage Garden & Rosarie
Late Summer Perennials
Cottage Garden & Rosarie
Meadow Flowers
Entrance Drive
September 
Annuals
Cottage Garden & Rosarie
Fall Fruits
Highland Park, Orchard, Winter Garden, Fall Meadow
Flowers & Grasses
Entrance Drive
Early Fall Perennials
Cottage Garden & Rosarie
October 
Annuals
Cottage Garden & Rosarie
Fall Foliage & Fruit
throughout
Late Fall Meadow Flowers & Grasses
Entrance Drive
Late Fall Perennials
Cottage Garden & Rosarie
November & December 
Conifers
Winter Garden
Hollies
Holly Lawn
Interesting Bark
throughout

Collections

Viburnums

List of Viburnums, article, and clipping

Boxwoods

Tour of Willowwood's Boxwoods

Magnolias

tour and list of collection

Autumn Ornamentals Walk

Start your tour opposite the entrance to the ‘Stone Barn’ and continue to the left.

Lilac Lore

Liliac overview and 2022 brochure

Lilacs at Willowwood

List of Lilacs at Willowwood

Ornamental Cherries at Willowwood

Ornamental cherries overview

Willowwood Arboretum Champion Trees

article by Mark Inzano, Manager of Horticulture

Willowwood Foundation seeks to advance knowledge, appreciation, and conservation of plant life and ecosystems at Willowwood Arboretum through curated botanical collections, educational programs, research initiatives, community collaboration and stewardship.

contactus@willowwoodarboretum.org
wwfoundation@willowwoodfoundation.com

300 Longview Rd, Chester Twp., NJ 07930

 

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