Chicago Botanic Garden

PHOTO: identifying taxa signGeneral Info — vital statistics

Plants in the Collections

Number of plants in records: 2,304,875 (January 2009)

 

Total of active accessions (acquisition records): 19,321
Number of taxa in permanent collections: 9,252
Families represented: 229

Trees
 deciduous 8,991 evergreen 4,023 tender 184
Bulbs
 865,783
Shrubs deciduous 52,254 evergreen 12,448 tender 841
Succulents
 1,616
Cacti
 200
Perennials
 1,154,144
tender 3,765
Aquatics
 24,472
Vines
 8,788
Ground covers
 166,088
Epiphytes
 358
Annuals
 920


Statistics By Garden

Aquatic Garden
 331
Bulb Garden
 55,944
Circle Garden
 1,652
Dwarf Conifer Garden
 4,965
Enabling Garden
 470
English Walled Garden
 60,591
Esplanade
 65,532
Evening Island
 258,908
Fruit & Vegetable Garden
 29,529
The Greenhouses
 5,961
Heritage Garden
 26,248
Japanese Garden
 54,753
Lakeside Gardens
 84,512
Landscape Garden
 23,665
McDonald Woods
 13,749
Model Railroad
 4,857
Native Plant Garden
 13,682
Prairie & Marsh Island
 510,699
Rose Garden
 47,848
Sensory Garden
 69,154
Shade Plant Evaluation Garden
 6,070
Skokie River
 158,843
Spider Island
 30,657
Sun Plant Evaluation Garden
 6,028
Waterfall Garden
 28,024
WaterGardens/ Shorelines
 162,643
West Flower Walk
 25,499

Note: "Annuals" includes mostly self-seeding native plants. It does not include annual plants in seasonal displays.