What's in Bloom

What's in Bloom at the Chicago Botanic Garden
July 15, 2010  

Visitors can see all their favorite flowers of summer right now, including purple coneflower, black-eyed Susan, waterlilies, hollyhocks, lilies, clematis and many varieties of daylilies and hosta.

PHOTO: Shooting star In the prairie and along  the shorelines, the yellow daisies of compass plant and prairie dock tower over colorful wildflowers, including wild bergamot, black-eyed Susans, rattlesnake master, culver’s root and mountain mint.  Many varieties of hydrangea are in bloom now, including Annabelle, Hills of Snow, panicle, oakleaf and the Endless Summer bigleaf hydrangeas. Many of these can be seen along the middle path of the parking lots and in the Waterfall Garden. Other mid-summer shrubs to look for include roses, potentilla, St. Johnswort, late bottlebrush buckeye and buttonbush. Enjoy a leisurely summer stroll at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

MAIN ISLAND

Aquatic Garden
Bulb Garden
Circle Garden
Dwarf Conifer Garden
Enabling Garden
English Oak Meadow
English Walled Garden
Esplanade
Heritage Garden
Lakeside Gardens
Landscape Gardens
McGinley Pavilion
Native Plant Garden
Rose Garden
Sensory Garden
Water Gardens
Waterfall Garden

GREENHOUSES

Semitropical
Greenhouse

Tropical Greenhouse

Arid Greenhouse

ISLAND GARDENS

Evening Island

Fruit & Vegetable Garden

Japanese Garden

NATIVE HABITATS

McDonald Woods

Dixon Prairie

Skokie River

OUTLYING GARDENS

East Road

Sun Plant
Evaluation Garden

Shade Plant Evaluation Garden

Front Entrance

Gatehouse & Parking Lots

Gateway Visitor Center

Plant Conservation Science Center