What's in Bloom

Visitor Center: Harris Tram Stop: Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus 'Maryland Orange'), bloodflower (Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Mix'), common cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus 'Sonata Carmine'), Persian ground ivy (Nepeta x faassenii 'Six Hills Giant'), peony (Paeonia 'Mons Jules Elie'), black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta 'Indian Summer'), Autumn Jazz® viburnum (Viburnum dentatum 'Ralph Senior'), Mammoth™ Sangria Punch pansy (Viola x wittrockiana). Entrance: Bloodflower (Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Mix'), common cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus 'Antiquity' & 'Sonata Carmine'), dahlia (Dahlia 'Ginger Snap' & 'Wannabee'), licorice plant (Helichrysum petiolare 'Limelight'), lantana (Lantana camara 'Landmark Sunrise Rose'), black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta 'Indian Summer'), common coleus (Solenostemon scutellaroides 'Versa Watermelon'), Imagination verbena (Verbena speciosa 'Imagination'). Bridge: Summer snapdragon (Angelonia angustifolia 'Archangel Raspberry Improved'), Cabaret™ Bright Red mini-petunia (Calibrachoa 'Balcabrite'), licorice plant (Helichrysum petiolare 'Limelight'), lantana (Lantana camara 'Landmark Sunrise Rose'), petunia (Petunia x hybrida 'Storm Blue'). Under the bridge: White fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus).

Parking Lots, Lake-Cook Entrance and Gatehouse: Lot 1: Shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa 'McKay's White'), Autumn Jazz® arrowwood viburnum (Viburnum dentatum 'Ralph Senior'). Lot 2: Siberian iris (Iris sibirica 'Careless Sally'), dusty European elderberry (Sambucus nigra 'Pulverulenta'), vetch-leaf sophora (Sophora davidii), birchleaf spirea (Spiraea betulifolia), Fritsch spirea (Spiraea fritschiana var. parviflora), Weigela 'Looymansii Aurea', Pink Princess weigela (Weigela florida 'Pink Princess'). Lot 3: Peking cotoneaster (Cotoneaster acutifolius), Rebecca Moss geranium (Geranium x oxonianum 'Rebecca Moss'), dwarf eastern ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius 'Nanus'), shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa 'Abbotswood Silver' & 'Limelight'), garden snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus), China Snow® Peking lilac (Syringa pekinensis 'Morton'), Summer Charm™ Peking lilac (Syringa pekinensis 'DTR124'), Japanese tree lilac (Syringa reticulata), Chinese lilac (Syringa x chinensis), arrowwood viburnum (Viburnum dentatum ), weigela (Weigela 'Boskoop Glory', Weigela florida 'Pink Princess'). Lot 4: Blue Shadow Kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa 'Blue Shadow'), MIDNITE PRAIRIEBLUES® False Indigo (Baptisia 'Midnight'). Lot 5: deutzia (Deutzia hypoglauca), hybrid sundrops (Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. fremontii 'Lemon Silver'), shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa 'Jackmannii'), Nippon spirea (Spiraea nipponica 'Rotundifolia' & 'Snowmound'), American linden (Tilia americana 'Boulevard' & Redmond'), littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata), Mongolian linden (Tilia mongolica), largeleaf linden (Tilia platyphyllos 'Fastigiata' & 'Prince's Street'), weigela (Weigela florida 'Pink Delight'). Lot 6: Bugleweed (Ajuga reptans 'Bronze Beauty'), Tricia mourning widow geranium (Geranium phaeum 'Tricia'), globe daisy (Globularia trichosantha), orange poppy (Papaver oreophilum), Thunberg spirea (Spiraea thunbergii 'Mount Fuji'), Nippon spirea (Spiraea nipponica 'June Bride'), prickly comfrey (Symphytum asperum), arrowwood viburnum (Viburnum dentatum ), weigela (Weigela florida 'Abel Carriere', Weigela hortensis 'Dart's Pink Lady'), Fine Wine™ weigela (Weigela florida 'Bramwell'), early weigela (Weigela praecox). The Links: Twilite Prairieblues™ false indigo (Baptisia x variicolor 'Twilite'), Midnite Prairiblues™ false indigo (Baptisia 'Midnight'), Chinese fringe tree (Chionantghus retusus ), Peking cotoneaster (Cotoneaster acutifolius), bearberry cotoneaster (Cotoneaster dammeri 'Ursynow'), hairyleaf cotoneaster (Cotoneaster submultiflorus), Pink Pompon deutzia (Deutzia x hybrida 'Pink Pompon'), deutzia (Deutzia parviflora var. kalmiiflora, Deutzia parviflora var. micrantha), Nancy deutzia (Deutzia x magnifica 'Nancy'), deutzia (Deutzia purpurascens 'Kalmiiflora', Rozanne geranium (Geranium 'Gerwat'), Cambridge geranium (Geranium x cantabrigiense 'St. Ola'), bigroot geranium (Geranium macrorrhizum), geranium (Geranium x magnificum 'Rosemoor'), bloody cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum 'Cedric Morris'), bloody geranium (Geranium sanguineum 'Kristin Jacobs'), creambush (Holodiscus discolor), Bretschneider hydrangea (Hydrangea heteromalla 'Bretschneideri'), Siberian iris (Iris sibirica 'Turn a Phrase'), ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare 'Filigran'), Star Power peony (Paeonia 'Star Power'), Fredheim potentilla (Potentilla fruticosa 'Fredheim'), Bourbon rose (Rosa 'Zephirine Drouhin'), birchleaf spirea (Spiraea betulifolia), littleleaf Fritsch spirea (Spiraea fritschiana var. parvifolia), Pink Parasols ™ Fritsch spirea (Spiraea fritschiana 'Wilma'), Lavender Princess ® spirea (Spiraea japonica 'KLMNine'), Golden Thumbelina ™ spirea (Spiraea japonica 'KLMThirteen'), Japanese spirea (Spiraea japonica 'Pruhoniciana'), Nippon spirea (Spiraea nipponica 'Halward's Silver'), Thunberg spirea (Spiraea thunbergii 'Mount Fuji'), littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata ), weigela (Weigela florida 'Abel Carriere', Weigela hortensis 'Dart's Pink Lady', Weigela 'Evita', Weigela 'Looymansii Aurea', Weigela 'St. Klernet', Weigela 'Styriaca'), early weigela (Weigela praecox). Annex Road: Lunar Eclipse false indigo (Baptisia 'Lunar Eclipse'), Twilite Praireblues ™ false indigo (Baptisia x variicolor 'Twilite'), Smoke bush (Cotinus coggygria 'Pink Champagne'), tall indigo (Indigofera amblyantha), Japanese kerria (Kerria japonica 'Golden Guinea'), hybrid rugosa rose (Rosa 'Belle Poitevine'), birchleaf spirea (Spiraea betulifolia var. corymbosa), weigela (Weigela 'Pink Delight' & 'Victoria'), golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea). Gatehouse & Lake-Cook Entrance: ANGELMIST® Deep Plum Summer Snapdragon (Angelonia angustifolia 'Balangdeum'), Bahama Mama dahlia (Dahlia 'Bahama Mama'), LANDMARK™ Rose Glow shrub verbena (Lantana camara 'Balandroglo'), Cherry Sparkler fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Cherry Sparkler'), Paparazzi Rodeo Rose Petunia (Petunia x hybrida 'Paparazzi Rodeo Rose'), Mystic Spires blue sage (Salvia 'Balsalmisp'), Wendy's Wish salvia (Salvia 'Wendy's Wish'), Queen Red Lime (Zinnia elegans 'Queen Red Lime').

Grunsfeld Growing Garden: Red horsechestnut (Aesculus x carnea 'Fort McNair'), onion (Allium cepa 'Red Zeppelin'), large bunching onion (Allium fistulosum 'White Spear'), dill (Anethum graveolens 'Vierling'), Serena White™ snapdragon (Angelonia angustifolia 'PAS394032'), sandhill sage (Artemisia pycnocephala 'David's Choice'), Million Kisses® Elegance tuberous begonia (Begonia boliviensis x hybrid 'Yagance'), beet (Beta vulgaris 'Merlin'), cauliflower (Brassica oleracea 'Cheddar', Brassica oleracea var. botrytis 'Panther'), mini bell pepper (Capsicum annuum 'X3RRed Knight'), cayenne pepper (Capsicum annuum var. annuum 'Bianca'), sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum var. annuum 'Cute Stuff', 'Islander), ornamental pepper (Capsicum annuum var. annuum 'NuMex Twilight'), harebell (Campanula rotundifolia 'Olympica'), cilantro (Coriandrum sativum 'Calypso', 'Santo'), lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus), dahlia (Dahlia 'Happy Single Flame'), carrot (Daucus carota ssp. sativus 'Hercules'), fennel (Foeniculum vulgare 'Bronze'), sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas 'Sweet Carolina Sweetheart Purple', 'Margarita'), lettuce (Lactuca sativa 'Concept', 'Magenta', 'Merveille des Quatre Saisons', 'Nevada Summer Crisp'), Abyssinian banana (Musa ensete 'Maurelii'), catmint (Nepeta 'Joanna Reed'), basil (Ocimum basilicum 'Purple Ruffles'), parsnip (Pastinaca sativa 'Lancer'), parsley (Petroselinum crispum var. crispum 'Forest Green', Petroselinum crispum var. neopolitanum 'Giant of Italy'), petunia (Petunia x hybrida 'Pink Dreams Fusables'), bush lima bean (Phaseolus limensis 'Fordhook 242'), yellow bush bean (Phaseolus vulgaris 'Carson'), radish (Raphanus sativus 'Crunchy Royale'), potato (Solanum tuberosum 'Goldrush'), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Defiant PHR', 'Smarty'), naranjilla (Solanum quitoense), broomcorn (Sorghum bicolor 'Texas Black'), French marigold (Tagetes patula 'Boy Harmony'), wheat (Triticum aestivum 'Glenn', T. durum 'Black Tip'), ornamental wheat (x triticale 'Silver Tip'), long bean (Vigna unguiculata 'Gita'), flour corn (Zea mays 'Painted Mountain) and various coleus, lantana and ripening strawberries.

Plant Science Center: Meadow anemone (Anemone canadensis), blue wild indigo (Baptisia australis), Danford iris (Iris danfordiae), reticulata iris (Iris reticulata 'Pixie'), Leichtlin camass lily (Camassia leichtlinii), golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea). Rooftop North: Lipstick™ garden strawberry (Fragaria 'Stickbolwi'), creeping baby's breath (Gypsophila repens 'Rosea'), Japanese roof iris (Iris tectorum), ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), hairy beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus), garden sage (Salvia officinalis), variegated Kamchatka sedum (Sedum kamtschaticum 'Variegatum'), wild stonecrop (Sedum ternatum 'Larenim Park'), red mother of thyme (Thymus praecox 'Coccineus'). Rooftop South: Wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis), lanceleaf coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata), foxglove beard tongue (Penstemon digitalis). Planter: Hyssop (Agastache aurantiaca 'Orange Flare'), Marguerite daisy (Argyranthemum frutescens 'Madeira™ Cherry RedBonmadcher')treasure flower (Gazania rigens 'Daybreak Orange Cream'), gomphena (Gomphrena haageana 'QIS Carmine'), petunia (Calibrachoa 'Can-Can Apricot).

Bernice E. Lavin Plant Evaluation Garden: Willow amsonia (Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia, Amsonia tabernaemontana 'Short Stack'), Midnite Prairiblues™ false indigo (Baptisia 'Midnight'), Solar Flare false indigo (Baptisia 'Solar Flare'), Arctic Fire™ redosier dogwood (Cornus sericea 'Farrow'), Joanna Reed catmint (Nepeta 'Joanna Reed'), Mexican evening primrose (Oenothera berlandieri 'Siskiyou'), garden peony (Paeonia 'Duchesse de Nemours'), Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale 'Bolero','Effendi'), Pink Double Knockout® rose (Rosa 'Radtkopink'), Blushing Knock Out® rose (Rosa 'Radyod'), Snow Hills meadow sage (Salvia x sylvestris 'Schneehügel'), Pink Princess weigela (Weigela florida 'Pink Princess'). Evaluation/Breeding beds: Yarrow (Achillea 'Summer Berries'), Gold Strike lady's mantle (Alchemilla sericata 'Gold Strike'), East Indies aster (Aster tongolensis 'Napsbury' ), Midway bluestar (Amsonia 'Midway'), fringed bluestar (Amsonia ciliate var. filifolia), fringed bluestar (Amsonia ciliata 'Halfway To Arkansas'), Arkansas bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii 'Butterscotch', 'Green Mist', 'Lemon Drop'); wild blue indigo (Baptisia australis var. minor 'Blue Mound'), Midnite Prairiblues™ false indigo (Baptisia 'Midnight') , Starlite Prairiblues™ false indigo (Baptisia x bicolor 'Starlite'), hybrid false indigos (Baptisia 'Blueberry Sundae', Cherries Jubilee', 'Dutch Chocolate', 'Lavender Rose', 'Lemon Meringue', 'Lunar Eclipse', 'Royal Purple', 'Sandstorm', 'Solar Flare', 'Spilled Buttermilk', 'Sunny Morning'); TWILITE PRAIRIEBLUES™ False Indigo (Baptisia x variicolor 'Twilite'), ground clematis (Clematis recta), Fascination solitary clematis (Clematis integrifolia 'Fascination'), pinks (Dianthus 'Pomegranate Kiss'), Japanese meadowsweet (Filipendula purpurea ), dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris), double dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris 'Flore-Pleno'), Kansu gentian (Gentiana gracilipes ), Geranium 'Blushing Turtle', Rozanne™ geranium (Geranium 'Gerwat'), avens (Geum 'Alabama Slammer', 'Cosmopolitan', Diana', 'Fire Lake', 'Fire Storm', 'Gimlet','Limoncello', 'Lisanne' 'Mai Tai', 'Sea Breeze', 'Sangria', 'Totally Tangerine', 'Wet Kiss'); bowman's root (Gillenia trifoliata 'Pink Profusion'), Cherry Cola alumroot (Heuchera 'cherry Cola'), Spellbound coral bells (Heuchera 'Spellbound'), Silvana St. Johnswort (Hypericum cerastoides 'Silvana'),Thunder and Lightning pincushion flower (Knautia macedonica 'Thunder and Lightning'), lavender (Lavandula angustifolia 'Blue River, 'Buena Vista', 'Dwarf Blue', 'Ellagance Sky', 'Hidcote Superior', 'xLoddon Blue', 'Munstead','Oxford Gem', ''Sarah', 'Sharon Roberts', 'Thumbelina Leigh', 'Victoria Amethyst', 'Violet Intrigue'; Early Bird catmint (Nepeta 'Early Bird'), Little Trudy™ catmint (Nepeta 'Psfike'), Lemon Pledge catnip (Nepeta cataria 'Lemon Pledge'), Purple Haze catmint (Nepeta 'Purple Haze'), Auslese catmint (Nepeta x faassenii 'Auslese'), Itoh peonies (Paeonia 'Bartzella', 'Cora Louise', KEINKO™ ('Pink Doodle Dandy'), 'Sequestered Sunshine', MIKASA™ ('Smith Opus 1'), TAKARA™ ('Smith Opus 2'), YUMI™ ('Yellow Doodle Dandy') –all are fading; Dark Towers penstemon (Penstemon 'Dark Towers'), beardlip penstemon (Penstemon digitalis 'Precious Gem'), Himalayan fleeceflower (Persicaria affinis 'Dimity'), snakeweed (Persicaria bistorta ssp. carneum), Superb snakeweed (Persicaria bistorta 'Superbum), giant fleeceflower (Persicaria polymorpha), Blue Lake phlox (Phlox 'Blue Lake'), Forever Pink phlox (Phlox 'Forever Pink'), Pink Perfection phlox (Phlox 'Pink Perfection'), sand phlox (Phlox bifida 'Alba'), Kelsey phlox (Phlox kelseyi), Bungalow Blue downy phjlox (Phlox pilosa 'Bungalow Blue'), moss phlox (Phlox subulata 'Case's White', 'Red Creek', 'White Delight'), Weyrich's knotweed (Polygonum weyrichii), cutleaf self-heal (Prunella laciniata sterile blue), Ave Maria meadow sage (Salvia nemorosa 'Ave Maria'), Madeline meadow sage (Salvia pratensis 'Madeline'), Purple European elderberry (Sambucus nigra f. porphyrophylla 'Thundercloud'), Lucky Charm spiderwort (Tradescatia 'Lucky Charm'), speedwell (Veronica 'Tidal Pool', 'Waterperry Blue', 'Whitewater'), gentian speedwell (Veronica gentianioides 'Barbara Sherwood'), comb speedwell (Veronica pectinata), Georgia Blue speedwell (Veronica pedunculus 'Georgia Blue'), Madame Mercier speedwell (Veronica petraea 'Madame Mercier'), Veronica surculosa, Veronica thymoides.

William Pullman Plant Evaluation Garden: Entrance: Gaura (Gaura lindheimeri 'Stratosphere White'), mourning widow (Geranium phaeum 'Avendo'), nettle (Lamium maculatum 'Elizabeth de Haas), catmint (Nepeta racemosa 'Blue Wonder', Walker's Low'), flowering tobacco (Nicotiana alata 'Perfume Blue'), weigela (Weigela 'St. Klernet'). West beds: Columbine (Aquilegia sp.), masterwort (Astrantia 'Dark Shiny Eyes'), great masterwort (Astrantia major 'Roma', Rosea'), Siberian bugloss (Brunnera macrophylla 'Dawson's White', 'Haspen Cream', 'Jack Frost', 'King's Ransom', 'Mr. Morse', 'Pink Parachutes' 'Silver Wind'), camass lily (Camassia leichtlinii 'Blue Danube'), six-petal clematis (Clematis hexapetala), Busch corydalis (Corydalis buschii), yellow corydalis (Corydalis lutea), marsh spurge (Euphorbia palustris & cv.'Walenburg's Glorie'), Gaura (Gaura lindheimeri 'Stratosphere White'), Brookside geranium (Geranium 'Brookside'), bloody geranium (Geranium sanguineum 'Elke'), hellebores (Helleborus 'Ice Follies', 'Pink Parachutes', 'Red Racer'), alumroot (Heuchera 'Mysteria', 'Sugar Plum'), climbing hydrangea (Hydrangea anomala ssp. petiolaris), various species iris, flowering tobacco (Nicotiana alata 'Perfume Blue'), garden peony (Paeonia 'Carl G. Klehm'), eastern ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius 'NCRPIS Compact Selection'), rhododendron (Rhododendron 'Red Eagle Glacier'), two-row sedum (Sedum spurium 'Golden Carpet'), celandine poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum), comfrey (Symphytum grandiflorum 'Sky-Blue-Pink'), veronica (Veronica 'Whitewater'), Pink Poppet™ weigela (Weigela 'Plangen'), Eyecatcher™ weigela (Weigela 'Walweigeye') dark horse weigela (Weigela florida 'Dark Horse'). East beds: Rien Poortvliet Onion (Allium 'Rien Poortvliet'), columbine (Aquilegia sp.), barrenwort (Epimedium 'Fukujuji'), pink bishop's cap (Epimedium x youngianum 'Roseum'), mourning widow (Geranium phaeum 'Raven'), foamy bells (X Heucherella 'Solar Power'), deadnettle (Lamium orvala 'Album'), Lenten rose (Helleborus 'Golden Sunrise', 'Ivory Prince', 'Red Mountain'), stinking hellebore (Helleborus foetidus 'Sopron'), Lenten rose (Helleborus niger 'Hgc Josef Lemper'), Sicilian honey garlic (Nectaroscordum siculum), featherleaf rodgersflower (Rodgersia pinnata 'Elegans', Hercules'), bronzeleaf rodgersflower (Rodgersia podophylla 'Rotlaub', 'Smaragd'), weigela (Weigela florida 'White Knight'). North beds: Dwarf blue star (Amsonia tabernaemontana 'Short Stack'), six-petal clematis (Clematis hexapetala), the president clematis (Clematis 'The President'), cushion spurge (Euphorbia epithymoides), sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum), Rozanne cranesbill (Geranium 'Jolly Bee'), spotted geranium (Geranium maculatum 'Vickie Lynn'), bigroot cranesbill (Geranium macrorrhizum 'Spessart'), spotted deadnettle (Lamium maculatum), French Lace™ weigela (Weigela 'Brigela'), Carnival™ weigela (Weigela 'Courtalor'), Midnight Wine™ weigela (Weigela florida 'Elvera'), Java Red weigela (Weigela florida 'Java Red'), Minuet weigela (Weigela florida 'Minuet'), Koster's variegated weigela (Weigela 'Kosteriana Variegata'), weigela (Weigela 'Red Prince', 'Rumba', 'Samba', 'Tango').