Top 10 Summer Blooms

Butterfly Milkweed

Our hearts are completely aflutter for Butterfly Milkweed, an ornamental orange flower that transforms any day from ordinary to extraordinarily colorful.

Orange Daylily

Orange lilies in a garden with Jane's Carousel in the distance.

If you’re a long way from home, you’re in good company. The Orange Daylily hails from China, Japan, and Korea. Admire its foreign flavor at the Ornamental Gardens.

Summersweet

All of the other flowers are bitter that they can’t smell as sugary and fragrant as Summersweet – its blossoms can be wafted in the Woodland Gardens.

Joe-Pye Weed

We’re feverishly fascinated by Joe-Pye Weed, named for the healer who discovered its medicinal uses – you can discover its beautiful blooms amid the Freshwater Gardens.

Black-Eyed Susan

Get lost in the hypnotizing gaze of Pier 1’s Black-Eyed Susan – its opal iris peeking from layers of lash-like petals, each of them a captivating canary color.

Rose Mallow

Forget toasting marshmallows, and toast to the sweet, white Rose Mallow – its large petals on display in the visually delicious Freshwater Gardens.

Saltspray Rose

Seasoned to perfection by Mother Nature, the Saltspray Rose is sprinkled with sumptuous pink petals and contains just a dash of yellow at its center.

Boneset

Close up of a wasp on small white flowers.

Beautiful Boneset has gentle cream-colored blooms that count on the summer sun to open.

Giant Ironweed

A fan favorite of butterflies and bees, who are abuzz about the nectar it produces from July to September, the Giant Ironweed looms large in the gardens of Pier 1.