What's in Bloom

Gateway Visitor Center: Harris Tram Stop: Winter interest: Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioica) -gnarled branches, Sargent crabapple (Malus sargentii) –red fruit, Red Jewel® crabapples (Malus 'Jewelcole') –espaliered branches.

Parking Lots, Lake-Cook Entrance and Gatehouse: Various crabapples (Malus spp.) and hawthorns (Crataegus spp.) with red and orange fruit; red berries on spreading cotoneaster (Cotoneaster divaricatus) and many-flowered cotoneaster (Cotoneaster multiflorus); cones and catkins on Japanese alder (Alnus japonica); green twigs on Japanese kerria (Kerria japonica Gatehouse & Lake-Cook Entrance: Tulip bulbs have been planted for next season.

Sun Plant Evaluation Garden: Entrance: Cones and catkins on the black alder (Alnus glutinosa), berries on Hesse cotoneaster (Cotoneaster 'Hessei'), fruits on the Morning Sun® crabapple (Malus 'Joy Morton').

Shade Plant Evaluation Garden: Interesting bark: David maple (Acer davidii), cherry-bark maple (Acer griseum), Fox Valley® river birch (Betula nigra 'Little King'), Himalayan birch (Betula utilis), American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana), European beech (Fagus sylvatica 'Purple Fountain' & 'Rohan's Gold'), seven-son flower (Heptacodium miconioides). Fuzzy buds on Yulan magnolia (Magnolia denudata 'Forrest's Pink'). Interesting fruits: Eastern wahoo (Euonymus atropurpureus 'Morton'), sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua 'Moraine').