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Gardens At The Falls of the Ohio

The Ramp Garden Flowers: Saliva - Verbena

Enjoy browsing photos of flowers found in our garden!

Come visit and photograph our flowers when they are in bloom.

       Red Sage blooms spring through autumn.        This purple sage blooms in the summer.

                 Sage, Salvia greggii 'Cherry'                              Sage, Salvia nemorosa 'May Night'

                                                                           

Another purple sage, less common than "May Night," with Native Columbine.    Salvia with a small green bee.

                   Sage, Salvia 'Stratford Blue'                                              with green bee  

& Eastern Woodland Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

     This soapwart is a beautiful ground cover.          Pincushion flower is have light blue-violet flowers elevated on stalks.

             Soapwart, Saponaria ocymoides            Pincushion Flower - Scabiosa  'Sentimental Blue' 

      Blue-eyed grass is a native plant in the iris family!      Goldenrod is a fall favorite - its sticky pollen does not cause allergies! That's ragweed!

   Blue-eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium angustifolium             Goldenrod, Solidago sp.     

An old-time herb, it has fuzzy leaves and is ideal for a deer-resistant flower bed.

  Lamb's Ears, Stachys byzantina

 Less well-known than its Virginia cousin, has reddish-purple flowers.      A common wideflower of eastern woods and meadows.

  Ohio Spiderwort, Tradescantia ohiensis      Virginia Spiderwort, Tradescantia virginiana

An interesting fall-bloomer, it is not as well known as other fall flowers.    Close-up showing pinkish-purple speckles on small lily-shaped flowers.

                                                     Toad Lily, Tricertis hirta  

A compact version of an otherwise tall and somewhat gangly flower.   A tall flower that is on the northern range of its zone. Attracts Gulf Fritillary butterflies.

              Veronica, Veronica spicata                        Rose Vervain, Verbena bonarensis   

       'Royal Candles' (Compact Variety)                                    with Gulf Fritillary

 

Updated October 1, 2010