What's in Bloom

Gateway Visitor Center: Entrance: Containers: Japanese maples (Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood' & var. atropurpureum), ornamental pepper (Capsicum annuum var. annuum 'Masquerade'), decorative dahlia (Dahlia x hybrida 'Melody Swing'), St. Johnswort (Hypericum 'Hidcote'), red fountain grass (Penisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'), coleus (Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Wizard Sun Sunset'). Bridge: AngelMist™ Deep Plum summer snapdragon (Angelonia angustifolia 'Balangdeum'), trailing petunia (Calibrachoa x hybrida 'Callie Deep Yellow'), dichondra (Dichondra repens 'Emerald Falls'), Lucky® Red Hot shrub lantana(Lantana 'Ballucred'), lantana (Lantana camara 'New Gold') &), petunia (Petunia x hybrida 'Wave Lavender'), plumbago (Plumbago auriculata 'Royal Cape'), Superbena® Large Lilac Blue verbena (Verbena 'USBENAL11'). Harris Tram Stop: False goatsbeard (Astilbe x arendsii 'Rose Pink'), spider flower (Cleome hassleriana), common cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus), California poppy (Eschscholzia californica), butterfly flower (Gaura lindheimeri 'Gauka'), Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioica), catmint (Nepeta x faassenii 'SixHillsGiant'), flowering tobacco (Nicotiana sylvestris 'Only the Lonely'). Shoreline: Large-flowered inula (Inula orientalis 'Grandiflora'), tansy chrysanthemum (Tanacetum macrophyllum).

Parking Lots, Lake-Cook Entrance and Gatehouse: Lot 1: Cambridge geranium (Geranium x cantabrigiense), shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa 'McKay's White'), Autumn Jazz ® arrowwood viburnum (Viburnum dentatum 'Ralph Senior'). Lot 2: Redosier dogwood (Cornus sericea), dusty European elder (Sambucus nigra 'Pulverulenta'), Japanese spirea (Spiraea japonica 'Golden Elf'). Lot 3: Lady's mantle (Alchemilla mollis 'Auslese'), smooth hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens ), shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa 'Abbotswood Silver', 'Limelight', 'Mount Everest', & 'Veitchii'), American elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis), Bumalda spirea (Spiraea x bumalda 'Froebellii'), Spiraea odessala, Summer Charm™ Peking lilac (Syringa pekinensis 'DTR124'), Japanese tree lilac (Syringa reticulata), small-flowered tamarisk (Tamarix parviflora), Red Feather ™ Arrowwood viburnum (Viburnum dentatum 'J. N. Select'), weigela (Weigela florida 'Boskoop Glory'). Lot 4: Giant fleeceflower (Persicaria polymorpha). Lot 5: Dwarf yellow daylily (Hemerocallis minor), shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa 'Jackmannii'), Japanese spirea (Spiraea japonica 'Goldmound','Candlelight' & 'Firelight'), littleleaf linden (Tilia cordata), Mongolian linden (Tilia mongolica), Henry linden (Tilia henryana), large-leafed linden (Tilia platyphylla), weigela (Weigela florida 'Suzanne'). Lot 6: Drummond's dogwood (Cornus drummondii), Winter Flame dogwood (Cornus sanguinea 'Winter Flame'), redosier dogwood (Cornus sericea), Lavender Lady ™ Japanese spirea (Spiraea japonica 'KLMO'), prickly comfrey (Symphytum asperum). The Links: Redosier dogwood (Cornus sericea), hairyleaf cotoneaster (Cotoneaster submultiflorus), deutzia (Deutzia x hybrida 'Pink Pompon', Deutzia x magnifica 'Nancy', Deutzia parviflora var. kalmiiflora), Geranium 'Spinners', marsh geranium (Geranium palustre ), bloody cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum 'Cedric Morris'), bloody geranium (Geranium sanguineum 'Kristin Jacobs'), Cambridge geranium (Geranium x cantabrigiense 'St. Ola'), Oxonian geranium (Geranium x oxonianum 'Rebecca Moss' & 'Southcombe Star'), Hills of Snow hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens 'Grandiflora' & var. versicolor), Bretschneider hydrangea (Hydrangea heteromalla 'Bretschneideri'), winterberry (Ilex verticillata ),ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare 'Filigran'), Persian catmint (Nepeta 'Veluws Blauwtje'), shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa 'Veitchii'), meadowsweet spirea (Spiraea alba ), birchleaf spirea (Spiraea betulifolia), white lace spirea (Spiraea decumbens ), Japanese spirea (Spiraea japonica 'Flaming Mound', 'Golden Elf', 'Gold Rush', 'White Gold'), Golden Thumbelina™ spirea (Spiraea japonica 'KLMThirteen'), spirea (Spiraea x bumalda 'Crispa'), Amethyst™ coralberry (Symphoricarpos x doorenbosii 'Kordes'), Autumn Jazz® arrowwood viburnum (Viburnum dentatum 'Ralph Senior'), Chicago Lustre® viburnum (Viburnum dentatum 'Synnestvedt'), weigela (Weigela florida 'Abel Carriere', Weigela hortensis 'Dart's Pink Lady'). South of lots: Southern catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides 'Nana'), Peking mock orange (Philadelphus pekinensis), Glacier mockorange (Philadelphus x cymosus 'Mer de Glace'), Margarite spirea (Spiraea 'Margaritae'),weigela (Weigela 'Victoria'). Lake-Cook Entrance & Gatehouse: Bonfire begonia (Begonia 'Bonfire'), ornamental pepper (Capsicum annuum var. annuum 'Masquerade'), decorative dahlia (Dahlia x hybrida 'Melody Swing'), Lucky® Red Hot Shrub Verbena (Lantana camara 'Ballucred'), Sunadora® Valencia African Daisy (Osteospermum ecklonis 'Ianavalia'), red fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'), coleus (Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Wizard Sun Sunset').

Lavin Sun Plant Evaluation Garden: Entrance: Cambridge geranium (Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Brookside' & 'Saint Ola'), Henry's Garnet® Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica 'Sprich'), spotted deadnettle (Lamium maculatum 'Pink Pearls'), catmint (Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low'), May Night sage (Salvia x superba 'May Night'), wood betony (Stachys macrantha 'Hummelo'). Evaluation Beds: Yarrow (Achillea 'Apricot Delight', 'Pomegranate', 'Pretty Belinda', 'Strawberry Seduction', 'Wonderful Wampee'), common yarrow (Achillea millefolium 'Marie Ann' & 'Royal Tapestry'), mint hyssop (Agastache aurantiaca 'Apricot Sprite'), butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa), Persian cornflower (Centaurea dealbata 'Steenbergii'), bellflower (Campanula 'Purple Sensation', 'Samantha', C. punctata 'Vienna Festival'), tickseed (Coreopsis 'Crème Brulee, 'Heaven's Gate', 'Jethro Tull'), big coreopsis (Coreopsis. grandiflora 'Rising Sun', 'Sunfire', 'Sunray', 'Wayfield Giant'), lance coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata 'Walter'), star tickseed (Coreopsis pubescens 'Sunshine Superman'), threadleaf coreopsis (Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam'), pinks (Dianthus 'Neon Star' & 'Shooting Star'), Orange Meadowbrite® coneflower (Echinacea 'Art's Pride'), Pixie Meadowbrite® coneflower (Echinacea 'CBG Cone 2'), coneflowers (Echinacea 'Chocolate Strawberries', 'Pink Double Delight', 'Tiki Torch'), pale purple coneflower (Echinacea pllida 'Hula Dancer'), Ozark coneflower (Echinacea paradoxa ), wavyleaf purple coneflower (Echinacea simulata), geranium (Geranium 'Jolly Bee', 'Rozanne' & 'Stephanie'), meadow cranesbill (Geranium pratense ' Double Jewel'), bloody geranium (Geranium sanguineum 'Elke' & 'Rod Leeds'), avens (Geum 'Fireball', 'Starkers Magnificum'), Arkwright's campion (Lychnis arkwrightii 'Orange Gnome'), ragged robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi 'Lychjen'), brilliant campion (Lychnis fulgens), nepeta hybrid (Nepeta cataria x mussinii), Loraine Sunshine false sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides 'Helhan'), Altai daisy (Heteropappus altaicus), false hair poppy (Papaver pseudocanescens), Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum orientale 'Karley Rose'), foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis 'Precious Gem'), giant fleeceflower (Persicaria polymorpha), Jerusalem sage (Phlomis tuberosa 'Bronze Flamingo'), garden phlox (Phlox paniculata 'Swizzle'), Himalayan cinquefoil (Potentilla atrosanguinea 'Red' & 'Yellow Queen'), slender cinquefoil (Potentilla gracilis), Nepal cinquefoil (Potentilla nepalensis 'Shogran'), cinquefoils (Potentilla 'Emilie', 'Volcan', 'William Rollison'), black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida var. speciosa 'Pot of Gold'), violet sage (Salvia nemorosa 'Marcus'), meadow sage (Salvia pratensis 'Eveline', 'Lapis Lazuli', 'Rhapsody in Blue', 'Swan Lake'), Menzie's burnet (Sanguisorba menziesii), Stoke's aster (Stokesia laevis 'Honeysong Purple'), spiderwort (Tradescantia 'Angel Eyes', 'Bilberry Ice', 'Blue and Gold', Blue Stone', 'Charlotte', 'Concord Grape', 'Danielle', 'Innocence', 'Jeannene', 'Karminglut', 'Little Doll', 'Lord Nelson', 'Mariella', 'Mrs. Loewer', 'Osprey', 'Perrine's Pink', 'Purple Profusion', 'Red Cloud', 'Red Grape', 'Rubra', 'Snowcap', 'Sweet Kate', 'Sylvana', 'Therese', 'White Doll', 'Zwanenburg Blue'), Virginia spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana 'Caerulea Plena'), speedwell (Veronica 'Darwin's Blue', 'Fairytale', 'Ulster Blue Dwarf'),Austrian speedwell (Veronica austriaca ssp. teucrium 'Crater Lake Blue'), harebell speedwell (Veronica prostrata 'Goldwell'), spike speedwell (Veronica spicata 'High Five', 'Minuet', 'Pink Panther', 'Purpleicious', 'Romiley Purple', 'Silbersee', 'Twilight'). Woody Plant Evaluation: Six-petal clematis (Clematis hexapetala), panicle hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata), weigela (Weigela 'Ruby Queen'). Plant Breeding Beds: Shining blue star (Amsonia illustris), echinacea hybrids, beard tongue (Penstemon digitalis 'Pink Dawn'), phlox hybrids including (Phlox 'Minnie Pearl'), speedwells (Veronica alpina 'Alba', V. austriaca 'Craterlake Blue', V. prostrata 'Trehane', V. spicata 'Royal Candles').

Pullman Shade Plant Evaluation Garden: Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea 'Merlot'), panicle hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata 'Daruma'). Pond/Lathhouse: Blue globe onion (Allium caeruleum), bluestar (Amsonia elliptica), yellow corydalis (Corydalis lutea), alumroot (Heuchera 'Mocha'), hydrangea (Hydrangea 'Doublicious'), climbing hydrangea (Hydrangea anomala ssp. petiolaris), oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea querifolia 'Little Lamb' & 'Snow Queen'),spotted deadnettle (Lamium maculatum), honeysuckle (Lonicera dioica), climbing rose (Rosa 'CB02-003'), cascade stonecrop (Sedum divergens), Middendorf stonecrop (Sedum middendorffianum var. diffusum), red creeping thyme (Thymus praecox 'Coccineus'), Annie Hall thyme (Thymus praecox ssp. arcticus 'Annie Hall'). South: Masterwort (Astrantia carniolica 'Hadspen Blood' & 'Rubra'), great masterwort (Astrantia major 'Lars', 'Magnum Blush', 'Roma', 'Rosa-Lee', 'Ruby Wedding', A. var. rosea), clematis (Clematis 'Ville de Lyon'), yellow corydalis (Corydalis lutea), Ivory Prince hellebore (Helleborus 'Ivory Prince'), coral bells (Heuchera 'Color Dreams'), Blue Wedgwood hosta (Hosta 'Blue Wedgwood'), hosta (Hosta capitata),Scarlet Beauty™ Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica 'Morton'), deadnettle (Lamium orvala 'Album'), comfrey (Symphytum grandiflorum 'Sky-Blue-Pink'), Peking lilac (Syringa reticulata ssp. pekinensis ' Zhang Zhiming'). East: Onion (Allium 'Rien Poortvliet'), great masterwort (Astrantia major 'Roma'), ground clematis (Clematis recta), clematis (Clematis viticella 'Grandiflora Sanguinea'), deutzia (Deutzia parviflora), fringed bleeding heart (Dicentra eximia & D. eximia 'Dolly Sods'), Dolce™ Key Lime Pie coral bells (Heuchera 'Tnheu042'), mountain hydrangea (Hydrangea serrata ), impatiens (Impatiens sp.), rodgersflower (Rodgersia 'Badenweiler','Die Schone', 'Fireworks' & 'Kupfermound'), elderberry rodgersflower (Rodgersia sp. aff. sambucifolia), featherleaf rodgersflower (Rodgersia pinnata 'Elegans' & 'Hercules') Japanese hydrangea vine (Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Moonlight'). North: Bluestar (Amsonia ciliata 'Halfway to Arkansas'), straw foxglove (Digitalis lutea), cushion spurge (Euphorbia epithymoides), meadow cranesbill (Geranium pretense 'Mrs. Kendall Clark'), honeysuckle (Lonicera 'Mandarin'), crimson pincushion (Knautia macedonica), spotted deadnettle (Lamium maculatum 'Chequers'), catmint (Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low'), beard's tongue (Penstemon digitalis 'Husker's Red'), May Night sage (Salvia x sylvestris 'Mainacht').