What's Blooming: July 2023

Here are some of the plants you will find in bloom this month at the Elizabeth Lawrence House & Garden.

Jackson vine (Copy)

Smilax laurifolia has been trained over Elizabeth Lawrence’s front door for the past 50 years.

blackberry lily (Copy)

Iris domestica (formerly Belamcanda) glows in afternoon sunlight.

Hello Yellow! (Copy)

Belamcanda chinensis ‘Hello Yellow’ is another type of blackberry lily.

autumn squill (Copy)

…should be called “summer squill”, really. It’s botanically known as Prospero autumnale.

phlox (Copy)

Phloxy phloxy phlox, I love phlox! (for all you Ron Burgundy fans out there…) This is an unidentified but wonderful form of Phlox paniculata.

more phlox (Copy)

Here is a sparkling white form of Phlox paniculata that showed up out of nowhere.

the best phlox out there (Copy)

… is Phlox ‘Jeana’. If you don’t have it, find it. If you find it, get it. Get two.

Flory's rain lily (Copy)

Habranthus x floryi ‘Jumbo Purple’ lives up to its name.

surprise lily (Copy)

The earliest types of Lycoris begin to emerge this month.

summer snowflake (Copy)

Who knew?! Leucojum autumnale var. oporanthum f. dispathaceum is a newer addition to the garden.

hardy cyclamen (Copy)

Cyclamen hederifolium flowers pop up here and there in the dappled shade of the back of the garden. This form has pure white flowers.

Natal lily (crinum) (Copy)

Crinum moorei var. schmidtii has been in bloom nearly every July since 1961.

crinum (Copy)

This unidentified beauty bloomed July 2021 for the first time in at least a decade. It may be Crinum ‘Ellen Bosanquet’.

Henry's lily (Copy)

I recently discovered the original tag for Lilium henryi, which has been in the garden since November 1949!

climbing lily (Copy)

Several types of Gloriosa have been in bloom for at least a month.