SUMMER AT DOW GARDENS

Summer fills the gardens with color that evolves week to week. Perennials, flowering shrubs, and pollinator favorites come into bloom across the 110 acres, drawing bees, butterflies, and the occasional hummingbird. The plants listed below are in bloom now or close to it. Come see what is open this week.

WHATS IN BLOOM

A lavender butterfly bush flower spike stretches diagonally across softly blurred yellow and green foliage.
Buddleja 'Glass Slippers' (butterfly bush)
Branching stems of bright yellow showy goldenrod flowers fill the frame, with additional blooms softly blurred behind them.
Solidago speciosa (showy goldenrod)
A golden-yellow black-eyed Susan with a dark brown center fills the foreground among green leaves, buds, and another bloom.
Rudbeckia fulgida var. deamii (black-eyed Susan)
A bright yellow red hot poker flower spike stands before two blurred blooms, arching green leaves, and pale purple flowers.
Kniphofia 'Lucky Lemons' (red hot poker)
Small white seven-son flowers and pale green buds cluster along reddish stems among dark green leaves.
Heptacodium miconioides (seven-son flower)
Pale pink Japanese anemone flowers with yellow centers and rounded pink-gray buds rise above green foliage.
Anemone × hybrida 'September Charm' (Japanese anemone)

LOCATING PLANTS
AT DOW GARDENS

Find these plants out on the grounds with our digital map. Turn on the What’s in Bloom layer to see exact locations and plan your walk. Use it before or during your visit.