What's in Bloom at PHS?

PHS’s mission is to use horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the Greater Philadelphia region, which includes our work to provide free, beautiful green spaces for communities to gather. PHS oversees the beauty and care of more than 80 acres throughout Philadelphia! We are proud of our efforts to beautify our City for both residents and visitors alike.

Our green spaces are changed regularly, usually on a seasonal basis through Spring, Summer, and Fall. We've been asked what's in bloom so many times that we will now make selected plant lists available to download, share, or just enjoy. We look forward to your exploration of all our unique horticultural displays – either virtually or in person!

   Here are a just a few of PHS's plant spaces with location and plant lists below.

PHS Headquarters Office

100 N 20th Street, Philadelphia PA

 

Tall Cylindrical Containers on 20th Street:

• Betula nigra - River Birch 
• Phormium 'Maori Queen' - Flax Lily 'Maori Queen' 
• Bouteloua curtipendula - Sideoats Grass 
• Cosmos bipinnatus Bright Lights mixed - Cosmos 
• Nicotiana langsdorfii - Langsdorff's tobacco plant 
• Euphorbia Miner's Merlot ('Km-mm024') - Euphorbia 
• Plectranthus ciliatus 'Troy's Gold' - Plectranthus 
• Gomphrena pulchella Truffula Pink ('Past0517e') - Gomphrena 
• Cissus javana - Rex Begonia Vine 
• Pelargonium sidoides - African Geranium 
• Salvia ‘Amante’ - Sage 

Long Horizontal Planters along Arch Street:

 

• Canna Tropicanna Black ('Lon01'PBR) - Canna 
• Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff' - Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff' 
• Pseuderanthemum carruthersii var. atropurpureum ‘Rubrum’ - Black leaf Shooting Star 
• Sanguisorba 'Blackthorn' - Burnet 'Blackthorn' 
• Salvia buchananii Fashion™ Burgundy - Sage 
• Salvia ‘Amante’ - Sage 
• Cosmos bipinnatus Bright Lights mixed - Cosmos 
• Nicotiana langsdorfii - Langsdorff's tobacco plant 
• Plectranthus argentatus - Silver Spurflower 
• Acalypha wilkesiana 'Haleakala' - Haleakala Copper Plant 
• Heuchera ‘Cajun Fire’ - Cajun Fire Alumroot   
• Carex testacea 'Prairie Fire' - Orange New Zealand Sedge 'Prairie Fire'