Seasonal Highlights

January: Heather, hellebore, holly, mahonia, sarcococca, witch hazel, the Winter Garden.
February: Daphne, dogwood, chimonanthus, heather, hellebore, holly, rhododendron, sarcococca, witch hazel, the Winter Garden.
March: Camellia, flowering cherry, corylopsis, daphne, forsythia, heather, hellebore, magnolia, rhododendron, witch hazel.
April: Azalea Way, barberry, camellia, flowering cherry, halesia, maple, madrona, magnolia, rhododendron, serviceberry.
May: Crab apple, dogwood, magnolia, mountain ash, rhododendron, red bud,serviceberry.
June: Rock roses, brooms, Korean dogwood, rhododendrons, stewartia, styrax.
July: Stewartia, eucryphia, hydrangeas, maackias. Tree Tour trail map
August: Eucryphias, hydrangea, sorrel trees, crabapples(fruit). Tree Tour trail map
September: Franklinia, Japanese maples, sorrel trees. Tree Tour trail map
October: Fall Colors: Japanese maples, witch hazels, sourgums, sorrel trees, buckeyes, strawberry trees, mountain ash. Tree tour trail map
November: Hollies, callicarpa, mountain ash, viburnum. Tree tour trail map
December: Sarcococca, hollies, the Winter Garden.

1) Illicium henryi (Henry’s Star Anise)

This Chinese Illicium is a standout of the genus, as most anise have white or cream-colored flowers.
I. henryi can be found along the foot path of the Sino-Himalayan Hillside as well as along the Ridgetop Trail, just west of the Magnolia Collection.

2) Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel)

1) Aesculus x carnea ‘Fort McNair’

A hybrid between A. pavia and A. hippocastanum, it probably originated as a chance hybrid made by insects in 19th-century Germany.
Selected at the fort of the same name in Washington, D.C., flowers are pink with a yellow throat.
It can be found on Azalea

University of Washington Botanic Gardens