JC Raulston Arboretum

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 147 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 — Abelia ×grandiflora 'Kaleidoscope'
variegated glossy abelia

Abutilon megapotamicum Little Imp — Abutilon megapotamicum 'Little Imp'
flowering maple

Ageratina ligustrina — Ageratina ligustrina

Ajania pacifica — Ajania pacifica
silver and gold chrysanthemum

Arbutus unedo Compacta — Arbutus unedo 'Compacta'
compact strawberry tree

Aucuba japonica Kameba — Aucuba japonica 'Kameba'

Buddleja cordata — Buddleja cordata
Mexican butterfly-bush

Camellia Autumn Spirit — Camellia 'Autumn Spirit'
sasanqua camellia

Camellia Carolina Moonmist — Camellia 'Carolina Moonmist'
Cochran hybrid camellia

Camellia hiemalis Dazzler — Camellia ×hiemalis 'Dazzler'
camellia

Camellia hiemalis Greens Blues — Camellia ×hiemalis 'Green's Blues'
hybrid camellia

Camellia hiemalis Rose of Autumn — Camellia ×hiemalis 'Rose of Autumn'
hybrid camellia

Camellia hiemalis Shishi Gashira — Camellia ×hiemalis 'Shishi Gashira'
hybrid camellia

Camellia japonica Benten-shiratama — Camellia japonica 'Benten-shiratama'
Japanese camellia

Camellia japonica Korean germplasm — Camellia japonica (Korean germplasm)
Japanese camellia

Camellia japonica Ta Fuku Benten — Camellia japonica 'Ta Fuku Benten'
variegated Japanese camellia

Camellia japonica Tama Peacock — Camellia japonica 'Tama Peacock'
picotee Japanese camellia

Camellia japonica White By The Gate — Camellia japonica 'White By The Gate'
Japanese camellia

Camellia oleifera hybrid, weeping — Camellia (oleifera hybrid, weeping)

Camellia sasanqua Fuji-no-yuki — Camellia sasanqua 'Fuji-no-yuki'

Camellia sasanqua Green 01-006 October Magic Carpet — Camellia sasanqua 'Green 01-006'
October Magic Carpet sasanqua camellia

Camellia sasanqua Green 94-035 October Magic Orchid — Camellia sasanqua 'Green 94-035'
October Magic Orchid sasanqua camellia

Camellia sasanqua Reverend Ida — Camellia sasanqua 'Reverend Ida'
sasanqua camellia

Camellia sasanqua TDN 1116 Bella Rouge / Hot Flash — Camellia sasanqua 'TDN 1116'
Bella Rouge / Hot Flash sasanqua camellia

Camellia Snow Flurry — Camellia 'Snow Flurry'
Ackerman hybrid camellia

Camellia vernalis Egao Corkscrew — Camellia ×vernalis 'Egao Corkscrew'
contorted vernal camellia

Camellia vernalis Egao Pink Halo — Camellia ×vernalis 'Egao Pink Halo'
vernal camellia

Camellia vernalis Egao Spring Snowfall — Camellia ×vernalis 'Egao Spring Snowfall'
vernal camellia

Camellia vernalis Ginryu — Camellia ×vernalis 'Ginryu'
vernal camellia

Camellia vernalis Hiryû — Camellia ×vernalis 'Hiryû'
vernal camellia

Camellia Winters Dream — Camellia 'Winter's Dream'
Ackerman hybrid camellia

Camellia Winters Star — Camellia 'Winter's Star'
Ackerman hybrid camellia

Camellia Yume — Camellia 'Yume'
hybrid camellia

Ceanothus Minmarose Marie Rose — Ceanothus 'Minmarose'
Marie Rose summer lilac

Ceratostigma griffithii Snow Flurries — Ceratostigma griffithii 'Snow Flurries'
white Griffith's leadwort

Cercis canadensis Crosswicks Red — Cercis canadensis 'Crosswicks Red'
eastern redbud

Chaenomeles japonica Atsuya Hamada — Chaenomeles japonica 'Atsuya Hamada'
Japanese flowering quince

Chaenomeles japonica Hime — Chaenomeles japonica 'Hime'
Japanese flowering quince

Chaenomeles Orange Storm Double Take — Chaenomeles 'Orange Storm'
Double Take hybrid flowering quince

Chaenomeles superba Jet Trail — Chaenomeles ×superba 'Jet Trail'
hybrid flowering quince

Chimonanthus nitens — Chimonanthus nitens
evergreen chimonanthus

Chimonanthus praecox — Chimonanthus praecox
fragrant wintersweet

Chimonanthus praecox Luteus — Chimonanthus praecox 'Luteus'
wintersweet

Chrysanthemum Sheffield Pink — Chrysanthemum 'Sheffield Pink'
chrysanthemum

Colletia paradoxa — Colletia paradoxa

Cornus officinalis Kintoki — Cornus officinalis 'Kintoki'
dwarf Japanese cornel

Crocus imperati De Jager — Crocus imperati 'De Jager'
crocus

Crocus laevigatus Fontenayi — Crocus laevigatus 'Fontenayi'

Crocus ochroleucus — Crocus ochroleucus
autumn-flowering crocus

Cyclamen cilicium — Cyclamen cilicium

Dahlia imperialis double white — Dahlia imperialis (double white)
tree dahlia

Dianthus ex. Blue Hills — Dianthus (ex. 'Blue Hills')

Erica darleyensis Furzey — Erica ×darleyensis 'Furzey'
Darley heath

Erica darleyensis White Perfection — Erica ×darleyensis 'White Perfection'
Darley heath

Eriobotrya japonica Coppertone — Eriobotrya japonica 'Coppertone'
loquat

Erysimum linifolium Bowles Mauve — Erysimum linifolium 'Bowles Mauve'
alpine wallflower

Fatsia japonica — Fatsia japonica
Japanese fatsia

Fatsia japonica Variegata — Fatsia japonica 'Variegata'
variegated Japanese fatsia

Galanthus elwesii — Galanthus elwesii
snowdrop

Galanthus elwesii monostictus — Galanthus elwesii var. monostictus
one-spotted giant snowdrop

Gerbera Garvinea Sweet Dreams — Gerbera
Garvinea Sweet Dreams Gerber daisy

Gladiolus dalenii Halloweenie — Gladiolus dalenii 'Halloweenie'
parrot beak gladiolus

Hamamelis mollis Wisley Supreme — Hamamelis mollis 'Wisley Supreme'
Chinese witchhazel

Hamamelis vernalis — Hamamelis vernalis
Ozark witchhazel

Hamamelis vernalis carnea — Hamamelis vernalis f. carnea
red Ozark witchhazel

Hamamelis vernalis Christmas Cheer — Hamamelis vernalis 'Christmas Cheer'
early Ozark witchhazel

Hamamelis virginiana Harvest Moon — Hamamelis virginiana 'Harvest Moon'
American witchhazel

Hamamelis virginiana henryi — Hamamelis virginiana var. henryi
southern witchhazel

Helleborus bocconei — Helleborus bocconei

Helleborus ericsmithii Coseh 790 HGC Shooting Star — Helleborus ×ericsmithii 'Coseh 790'
HGC Shooting Star hybrid hellebore

Helleborus ericsmithii Pirouette — Helleborus ×ericsmithii 'Pirouette'
hybrid hellebore

Helleborus foetidus — Helleborus foetidus
bearsfoot hellebore

Helleborus hybridus — Helleborus ×hybridus
Lenten rose

Helleborus hybridus double flower — Helleborus ×hybridus (double flower)
double Lenten rose

Helleborus hybridus pale pink shades — Helleborus ×hybridus (pale pink shades)
Lenten rose

Heucherella Sunrise Falls — ×Heucherella 'Sunrise Falls'
trailing foamy bell

Hyacinthus Anastacia — Hyacinthus 'Anastacia'

Illicium mexicanum Aztec Fire — Illicium mexicanum 'Aztec Fire'
Mexican anise

Iris Again and Again — Iris 'Again and Again'
tall bearded reblooming iris

Iris Harvest of Memories — Iris 'Harvest of Memories'
reblooming tall bearded iris

Iris Striking — Iris 'Striking'

Iris unguicularis — Iris unguicularis
winter flowering iris

Jasminum nudiflorum Aureum — Jasminum nudiflorum 'Aureum'
golden winter jasmine

Lamium maculatum Beacon Silver — Lamium maculatum 'Beacon Silver'
deadnettle

Lonicera americana Pams Pink — Lonicera ×americana 'Pam's Pink'
American honeysuckle

Magnolia cavaleriei — Magnolia cavaleriei
magnolia

Magnolia maudiae — Magnolia maudiae
smiling forest michelia

Mahonia Arthur Menzies — Mahonia 'Arthur Menzies'
grapeholly

Mahonia eurybracteata ganpinensis — Mahonia eurybracteata subsp. ganpinensis

Mahonia ilicina — Mahonia ilicina
grapeholly

Mahonia J.C. Raulston — Mahonia 'J.C. Raulston'
hybrid grapeholly

Mahonia lindsayae Cantab — Mahonia ×lindsayae 'Cantab'
fragrant mahonia

Mahonia lomariifolia — Mahonia lomariifolia
Burmese mahonia

Mahonia Marvel — Mahonia 'Marvel'
hybrid mahonia

Mahonia media Buckland — Mahonia ×media 'Buckland'
grapeholly

Mahonia media Hope — Mahonia ×media 'Hope'
grapeholly

Mahonia media Lionel Fortescue — Mahonia ×media 'Lionel Fortescue'
grapeholly

Mahonia media Underway — Mahonia ×media 'Underway'
grapeholly

Mahonia media Winter Sun — Mahonia ×media 'Winter Sun'
grapeholly

Mahonia napaulensis Maharajah — Mahonia napaulensis 'Maharajah'
Nepal mahonia

Mahonia oiwakensis — Mahonia oiwakensis
Chinese mahonia

Mahonia Yucca Do hybrids — Mahonia (Yucca Do hybrids)
grapeholly

Moraea polystachya — Moraea polystachya
butterfly iris

Narcissus papyraceus — Narcissus papyraceus
paper-white narcissus

Osmanthus armatus — Osmanthus armatus
Chinese tea-olive

Osmanthus heterophyllus Ogon — Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Ogon'
golden holly tea-olive

Osmanthus heterophyllus Purpureus — Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Purpureus'
purple-leaf holly tea-olive

Oxalis regnellii Irish Mist — Oxalis regnellii 'Irish Mist'

Phlox nivalis Camla — Phlox nivalis 'Camla'
trailing phlox

Prunus incisa — Prunus incisa
Fuji cherry

Prunus mume — Prunus mume
Japanese flowering apricot

Prunus mume Big Joe — Prunus mume 'Big Joe'
white flowering apricot

Prunus mume Bonita — Prunus mume 'Bonita'
pink flowering apricot

Prunus NA 63480 — Prunus (NA 63480)
U.S. National Arboretum hybrid flowering cherry

Pulsatilla halleri styriaca — Pulsatilla halleri subsp. styriaca
Steiermark pasque-flower

Rhododendron Conlef Autumn Cheer — Rhododendron 'Conlef'
Autumn Cheer Encore® azalea

Rosa Auscanary Malvern Hills — Rosa 'Auscanary'
Malvern Hills rambling rose

Rosa Frycentury Day Breaker — Rosa 'Frycentury'
Day Breaker floribunda rose

Rosa Meiajbeth Va Va Victoria — Rosa 'Meiajbeth'

Rosa Radprov Orchid Romance — Rosa 'Radprov'
Orchid Romance floribunda rose

Rosmarinus officinalis Barbeque — Rosmarinus officinalis 'Barbeque'
upright rosemary

Rosmarinus officinalis Majorca Pink — Rosmarinus officinalis 'Majorca Pink'

Rosmarinus officinalis Renzels Irene — Rosmarinus officinalis 'Renzels'

Ruscus aculeatus angustifolius — Ruscus aculeatus var. angustifolius

Ruscus aculeatus Elizabeth Lawrence — Ruscus aculeatus 'Elizabeth Lawrence'
butcher's broom

Ruscus microglossus — Ruscus ×microglossus
butcher's broom

Salvia Jeans Purple Passion — Salvia 'Jean's Purple Passion'
hybrid sage

Sarcococca hookeriana digyna — Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna
Himalayan sweet box

Sarcococca ruscifolia — Sarcococca ruscifolia
fragrant sweet box

Sarcococca saligna — Sarcococca saligna
willow-leaf sweet box

Sempervivum Red Heart — Sempervivum 'Red Heart'

Serissa japonica Kyoto — Serissa japonica 'Kyoto'
Japanese snow rose

Spiraea thunbergii Mount Fuji — Spiraea thunbergii 'Mount Fuji'
variegated Thunberg spirea

Stachyurus praecox Issai — Stachyurus praecox 'Issai'
golden spike-tail

Tetraneuris acaulis — Tetraneuris acaulis
angelita daisy

Tricyrtis ravenii — Tricyrtis ravenii
Raven's toad lily

Tulbaghia violacea — Tulbaghia violacea
society garlic

Verbascum chaixii — Verbascum chaixii
nettle-leaved mullein

Verbena Texas Appleblossom — Verbena 'Texas Appleblossom'
verbena

Vernonia lettermannii Iron Butterfly — Vernonia lettermannii 'Iron Butterfly'
ironweed

Viburnum obovatum Compacta — Viburnum obovatum 'Compacta'
compact Walter's viburnum

Viburnum obovatum Raulston Hardy — Viburnum obovatum 'Raulston Hardy'
dwarf viburnum

Viburnum pragense Decker — Viburnum ×pragense 'Decker'
Prague viburnum

Viburnum tinus Compactum — Viburnum tinus 'Compactum'
compact laurustinus

Yucca gloriosa Lone Star — Yucca gloriosa 'Lone Star'
Spanish bayonet

Zantedeschia aethiopica Green Goddess — Zantedeschia aethiopica 'Green Goddess'

Zantedeschia aethiopica White Giant — Zantedeschia aethiopica 'White Giant'
giant calla lily

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Jul.

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Fri.

Artists in the Garden ✽
Full—Waitlist Full
9:00 am

Jul.

19

Sat.

Hypertufa Trough Workshop
Full—Waitlist Started
Beth Jimenez and Amelia Lane
9:00 am

Jul.

19

Sat.

Budding Explorers: Insect Investigation ✽
10:00 am

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JC Raulston Arboretum

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Raleigh, NC 27606

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