What's in Bloom

What's in Bloom at the Chicago Botanic Garden

July 1, 2009

A rose by any other would smell as sweet — and you can find out for yourself by visiting the Rose Garden, now in full bloom. As you stroll trough the gardens, look at scientific names on labels to find out how goatsbeard and false goatsbeard, spirea and false spirea, garden geraniums and wild geraniums are totally different plants. In the Sensory Garden, honeysuckle vines and honeysuckle fuchsia have similar flowers but are not at all related. While you are in the Sensory Garden, visit the color, fragrance and texture beds and look for some very strange plants, including wart face kalanchoe, chocolate daisies and kangaroo paws. You will find many fantastic floral displays to enjoy and inspire at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

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