What's Blooming in Our Gardens Now
Through the month of October, you may enjoy these blooms and fall colors:
Estate Entry and Approach Road:
Mums, Salvias, Iron Weed, Goldenrod, Franklinia, maroon foliage on Dogwoods and Sourwoods, red fruit on Dogwoods and Winterberry Holly. Look for the fall color in the forest to peak in mid-October or slightly later.
Shrub Garden:
Roses blooming until the first frost, white and purple varieties of Beautyberry, hardy mums, Japanese Anemone, and Ceanothus. Relish the reddish-orange foliage on Sweetshrub and Fothergilla shrubs, as well as the bright yellows on the Golden Rain, Pagoda and Sassafras trees.
Italian Garden:
Tropical and Hardy Water Lilies are in bloom until frost.
Spring Garden:
Summersweet and other shrubs with great fall foliage and Encore Azaleas in bloom sporadically. Japanese Maples put on their bright red fall show in mid month.
Azalea Garden:
Pitcher Plants, Goldenrod, Winterberry Hollies, fall foliage on native azaleas, some bloom on the Encore Azalea varieties. Look for extraordinary color in late-October on the Sweet Gum trees, Black Gum trees, and Japanese Maples.
Walled Garden:
Hundreds of mums fill the garden with colors, accentuated with Salvias, Dahlias, pansies, and ornamental grasses.
Conservatory:
Shrimp Plant, Orchids, Begonias, Salvias, Alamanda, Bird of Paradise, Crown of Thorns, Flowering Maple, Fuchsia, Passion Flower Vine, Begonias, and Pentas.
Inn on Biltmore Estate and Winery:
Mums, Ornamental Grasses, Japanese Anemone, and Beautyberry.