What's in Bloom

Gateway Visitor Center: Red amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus 'Velvet Curtains'), bloodflower (Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Deep Red'), cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus 'Orange'), single dahlia (Dahlia 'Happy Date' & 'Happy Romeo'), St. Johnswort (Hypericum 'Hidcote'), Durango® Flame French marigold (Tagetes patula 'PAS 2254'). Containers: Japanese maple (Acer palmatum'Tamukayama').  Bridge: Amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus 'Velvet Curtains'), bloodflower (Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Deep Red'), mini-petunia (Calibrachoa 'Can Can Apricot'), cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus 'Orange'), single dahlia (Dahlia 'Happy Date' & 'Happy Romeo'), tassel flower (Emilia coccinea 'Scarlet Magic'), Joe-pye weed (Eupatorium purpureum), sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas 'Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple'), Lucky™  Pot of Gold & Lucky™ Red Flame shrub verbena (Lantana camara 'Balucgold' & cultivar), coleus (Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Merlot'), French marigold (Tagetes patula 'PAS 2254'), verbena (Verbena speciosa 'Imagination'). Harris Tram Stop: False goatsbeard (Astilbe × arendsii 'Rose Pink'), spider flower (Cleome hassleriana 'Violet Queen'), coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), daylily (Hemerocallis 'Mary Todd'), garden phlox (Phlox paniculata 'Bright Eyes'), black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida ssp. sullivantii 'Goldsturm'), verbena (Verbena speciosa 'Imagination'), culver's root (Veronicastrum virginicum). Shoreline: Large-flowered inula (Inula orientalis 'Grandiflora').

Parking Lots, Lake-Cook Entrance and Gatehouse: Lot 1: Shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa 'McKay's White').  Lot 3: Smooth hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens), panicle hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata 'Unique'), Japanese aster (Kalimeris incisa 'Blue Star'), shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa 'Abbotswood Silver', 'Goldfinger', 'Limelight',  & 'Veitchii'), garden snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus). Lot 4: Giant fleeceflower (Persicaria polymorpha). Lot 5: Daylilies (Hemerocallis 'Mary Todd', 'Pink Lavender Appeal', 'Summer Wine'), shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa 'Jackmannii'), weigela (Weigela florida 'Pink Delight' & 'Suzanne').  Lot 6:  Hybrid sundrops (Oenothera macrocarpa x fremontii 'Lemon Silver'), willow-leaf spirea (Spiraea salicifolia). The Links:   Late bottlebrush buckeye (Aesculus parviflora var. serotina), spotted bellflower (Campanula punctata f. rubriflora 'Wine 'n' Rubies'),  Southern bush honeysuckle (Diervilla sessilifolia 'Butterfly'), Rozanne geranium (Geranium 'Gerwat'), bloody cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum 'New Hampshire Purple'), Rebecca Moss geranium (Geranium x oxonianum 'Rebecca Moss'), Wlassov cranesbill (Geranium wlassovianum), Bretschneider hydrangea (Hydrangea heteromalla 'Bretschneideri'), smooth hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens & var. discolor),Hills of Snow hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens 'Grandiflora'), Endless Summer ® hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Bailmer'), Bouquet Rose hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Bouquet Rose'), panicle hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata 'Brussels Lace', 'Little Lamb'), Gemo St. Johnswort (Hypericum 'Gemo'), Tutsan St. Johnswort (Hypericum androsaemum 'Prince Flair'), large-flowered St. Johnswort (Hypericum bellum), catmint (Nepeta 'Veluws Blauwtje'), tree spirea (Sorbaria arborea var. glabrata), meadowsweet (Spiraea alba), Margaritae spirea (Spiraea 'Margaritae'), Amethyst ™ coralberry (Symphoricarpos x doorenbosii 'Kordes').  Annex Road: Janet hosta (Hosta 'Janet'), Japanese kerria (Kerria japonica 'Golden Guinea'), hybrid Rugosa Rose (Rosa 'Belle Poitevine'), cutleaf spirea (Spiraea 'Margaritae', Spiraea japonica 'Crispa', Spiraea japonica 'Dolchica').  Gatehouse & Lake-Cook Entrance: Durango® Flame French Marigold (Tagetes patula 'PAS2254'), Velvet Curtains amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus 'Velvet Curtains'), bloodflower (Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Deep Red'), Orange Klondike Cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus 'Orange'), single dahlias (Dahlia 'Happy Date' &'Happy Romeo'), tassel flower (Emilia coccinea 'Scarlet Magic').

Plant Science Center: Bottlebrush buckeye (Aesculus parviflora), butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa), tall bellflower (Campanula americana), enchanter's nightshade (Circaea lutetiana), purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea), Summer Stars™ bush honeysuckle (Diervilla rivularis 'Morton'), purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), smooth hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens), oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Queen'), catmint (Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low'), black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), meadowsweet (Spiraea alba), hoary verbena (Verbena stricta), culver's root (Veronicastrum virginicum).  Rooftop North: Anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum), lesser calamint (Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta), nettle-leaved bellflower (Campanula trachelium), lance tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata), threadleaf coreopsis (Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb'), Winn Falls fleabane (Erigeron scopulinus), Lipstick® strawberry (Fragaria 'Stickbolwi'), spotted hawkweed (Hieracium spilophaeum 'Leopard'), Walker's Low catmint (Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low'), sundrops (Oenothera fremontii 'Lemon Silver', Oenothera fruticosa 'Fireworks'), Red Rocks penstemon (Penstemon x mexicale 'Red Rocks'), Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia), tunic flower (Petrorhagia saxifrage), self-heal (Prunella grandiflora), black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), meadow sage (Salvia x sylvestris 'East Friesland'), white stonecrop (Sedum album 'Coral Carpet'), Kamchatka sedum (Sedum kamtschaticum 'Variegatum'), royal catchfly (Silene regia), lamb's ears (Stachys byzantina 'Big Ears'), red mother-of-thyme (Thymus praecox 'Coccineus'). Rooftop South: Beach wormwood (Artemisia caudata), winecups (Callirhoe involucrata), tall bellflower (Campanula americana), partridge pea (Cassia fasciculata), white prairie clover (Dalea candida), purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea), purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), tufted fleabane (Erigeron caespitosa), wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa), Ozark sundrops (Oenothera macrocarpa), upland white aster (Oligoneuron album), Virginia mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum), black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), hoary vervain (Verbena stricta).  Containers: ornamental pepper (Capsicum annuum var. annuum 'Sangria'), No-azami Japanese thistle (Cirsium japonicum 'Beauty Series Mix'), spider flower (Cleome hassleriana 'Sparkler Blush'), orange mint (Mentha x piperita 'Citrata'), woodland tobacco (Nicotiana sylvestris 'Only the Lonely'), Egyptian star cluster (Pentas lanceolata 'Butterfly White'), scarlet sage (Salvia splendens 'Hotline Burgundy'), Whirlwind® Blue Fanflower (Scaevola aemula 'Scablhatis'), eggplant (Solanum melongena var. esculentum 'Hansel' &  'Gretel').

Sun Plant Evaluation Garden: This garden is under construction and is not open to the public at this time, but some of the flowers can be viewed from the road. 

Entrance: Yarrow (Achillea 'Apricot Delight', 'Hella Glashoff', 'Peachy Seduction', 'Pineapple Mango', 'Pink Grapefruit', 'Pomegranate', 'Saucy Seduction', 'Summer Berries Group', 'Sunny Seduction'), monkshood (Aconitum 'Eleonora'), northern wolfsbane (Aconitum lycoctonum ssp. lycoctonum),  monkshood (Aconitum napellus), hyssop (Agastache 'Orange Flare' & 'Purple Haze'), Jim Crocket® false aster (Boltonia asteroides var. latisquama 'Masbolimket'), butterfly bush (Buddleja 'Lochinch' & 'Pink Delight') butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii 'African Queen', 'Attraction', 'Black Knight', 'Border Beauty', 'Butterfly Heaven', 'Dartmoor', 'Empire Blue', 'Miss Ruby', 'Nanho Purple', 'Opera', 'Orchid Beauty', 'Purple Prince', 'Red Plume', 'Royal Red', 'Santana', 'Snowbank', Buddleja x weyeriana 'Bicolor'), callicarpa hybrids, mountain bluet (Centaurea montana 'Amethyst Dream'), tickseed (Coreopsis 'Citrine' & 'Crème Brulee'), Coreopsis Big Bang® Series 'Cosmic Eye', tickseed (Coreopsis 'Full Moon'), Coreopsis Big Bang® Series 'Galaxy', tickseed (Coreopsis 'Garnet', 'Jethro Tull', 'Little Penny', 'Mango Punch', 'Pineapple Pie', 'Ruby Frost', 'Rum Punch', ' Schnittgold'), mouse ear coreopsis (Coreopsis auriculata 'Zamphir'), big coreopsis (Coreopsis grandiflora 'Early Sunrise', 'Goldfink', 'Mayfield Giant', 'Sunray', 'Tetra-Giants'), greater tickseed (Coreopsis major), star tickseed (Coreopsis pubescens 'Sunshine Superman'), pink tickseed (Coreopsis rosea 'Dreamcatcher', 'Heaven's Gate'),  threadleaf coreopsis (Coreopsis verticillata 'Cremebru', 'Golden Dream', 'Golden Shower', 'Moonbeam', 'Moonray', 'Route 66'), pinks (Dianthus 'Heart's Desire'), Siberian larkspur (Delphinium grandiflorum), Crazy Pink™ coneflower (Echinacea 'Adam Saul'), coneflower (Echinacea 'All That Jazz'), Orange Meadowbrite® coneflower (Echinacea 'Art's Pride'), Pixie Meadowbrite® coneflower (Echinacea 'CBG Cone 2'), coneflower (Echinacea 'Champagne Bubbles', 'Chocolate Cherries', 'Coral Reef', 'Cotton Candy'),  Big Sky® Sundown coneflower (Echinacea 'Evan Saul'), coneflower (Echinacea 'Firebird', 'Flame Thrower', 'Heavenly Dream'), Big Sky® Summer Sky coneflower (Echinacea 'Katie Saul'), coneflower (Echinacea 'Little Annie', 'Mac 'n Cheese'), Big Sky® Harvest Moon coneflower (Echinacea 'Matthew Saul'), coneflower (Echinacea 'Maui Sunshine', 'Meringue', 'Milkshake', 'Pink Double Delight', 'Pure Honey', 'Snow Cone', 'Summer Snow Storm'), Big Sky® Sunrise coneflower (Echinacea 'Sunrise'), Big Sky® Sunset coneflower (Echinacea 'Sunset'), coneflower (Echinacea 'Tangerine Dream', 'Tiki Torch', 'Tomato Soup'), Ozark coneflower (Echinacea paradoxa), purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea 'Alba', 'Avalanche'), Conefections® coneflower (Echinacea 'Coconut Lime'), purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea 'Cygnet White', 'Doubledecker', 'Fatal Attraction', 'Fragrant Angel', 'Green Envy', 'Green Eyes', 'Green Jewel', 'Hope' ,'Jade', 'Kim's Knee High', 'Kim's Mop Head', 'Lilliput', 'Lucky Star', 'Magnus', 'Mars', 'Merlot', 'Pica Bella',  'Pink Poodle', 'Prairie Splendor', 'Primadonna Deep Pink', 'Primadonna White', 'Razzmatazz', 'Red Knee High', 'Rubinglow', 'Rubenstern', 'Ruby Giant', 'Show Off', 'Sir Lancelot', 'Sombrero Hot Pink', 'Sparkler', 'Verbesserter Leuchtstern', 'Vintage Wine', 'Virgin', 'White Swan'), Tennessee coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis 'Rocky Top'), sea holly (Eryngium 'Big Blue'), Mediterranean sea holly (Eryngium bourgatii), Dane's flower (Eryngium campestre), sea holly (Eryngium maritimum), flat-leafed eryngo (Eryngium planum 'Blaukappe', 'Blue Glitter', 'Blue Hobbit', 'Hellas', 'Paradise Jackpot', 'Silver Salentino'), rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium), geranium (Geranium 'Sweet Heidy'), cranesbill (Geranium 'Rozanne'), sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani 'Lemon Yellow'), false sunflower (Helianthus x multiflorus 'Sunshine Daydream'), lavender (Lavandula angustifolia 'Buena Vista', 'Hidcote Superior', 'Imperial Gem', 'Lavance Purple' 'Mitcham Gray', 'Sarah', Lavandula x chaytoriae 'Richard Gray', Lavandula x intermedia 'Grosso', Lavandula Vera),  Blue Cushion™lavender (Lavandula 'Schola'),  Shasta daisy (Leucanthemum x superbum 'Banana Cream', 'Fiona Coghill', 'Goldrausch', 'Paladin', 'Sante', 'Victorian Secret'), brilliant campion (Lychnis fulgens), bee balm (Monarda didyma 'Pink Lace' & 'Purple Rooster'), catmint (Nepeta 'Blue Dragon'), catnip (Nepeta cataria x mussinii), veined catmint (Nepeta nervosa 'Pink Cat'), purple moor grass (Molinia caerulea 'Heidebraut'), dwarf switch grass ( Panicum virgatum 'Cheyenne Sky'), red switch grass (Panicum virgatum 'Huron Solstice') switch grass (Panicum virgatum 'Warrior'), penstemon (Penstemon 'Prairie Twilight'), garden phlox (Phlox 'Sherbet Cocktail', Phlox paniculata 'Alexandra', 'Blushing Shortwood', 'Cosmopolitan', 'Fondant Fancy', 'Grenadine Dream', 'Peppermint Twist', 'Picasso', 'Pina Colada', 'Purple Kiss', 'Swizzle', 'Watermelon Punch'), sedum (Sedum telephium 'Emperor's Wave'), dwarf betony (Stachys minima), Stoke's aster (Stokesia laevis 'Blue Star', 'Color Wheel', 'Honeysong Purple', 'Klaus Jelitto', 'Peachie's Pick', 'Purple Parasols', 'Purple Pixie', 'Silver Moon'), meadowrue (Thalictrum 'Splendide'), blue indigo veronica (Veronica 'Blue Indigo').  Plant Breeding Beds: Echinacea hybrids including coneflower (Echinacea 'Dwarf Orange' & 'Firewheel'), wood betony (Stachys officinalis).  Woody Plant Evaluation: Panicle hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata 'Big Ben', 'Burgundy Lace', 'Dolly', 'Limelight', 'Little Lamb', 'Mega Pearl', 'Pink Lady', 'White Lady').

Shade Plant Evaluation Garden: Yarrow (Achillea 'Strawberry Seduction'), goat's beard (Aruncus 'Misty Lace'), shieldleaf Rodgersflower (Astilboides tabularis),  masterwort (Astrantia 'Buckland'), Illumination Scarlet tuberous begonia (Begonia 'Illumination Scarlet'), blackberry lily (Belamcanda chinensis), periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus 'Pacifica xp Orange' & 'Titan Apricot'), Canterbury bells (Campanula medium 'ChampionBlue'), Japanese thistle (Cirsium japonica 'Beauty Mix'), Medley™ clematis (Clematis 'Evipo012'), Chinook™ (Clematis 'Evipo013'), Gazelle™  (Clematis 'Evipo14'), Savannah™ clematis (Clematis 'Evipo015'),clematis (Clematis 'Lady Betty Balfour' &'Ville de Leon'), Jouin clematis (Clematis x jouiniana 'Praecox'), Italian clematis (Clematis vitacella 'Polish Spirit'), yellow corydalis (Corydalis lutea), sweet William (Dianthus  barbatus 'Sweet Red with White Eyes'), China pinks (Dianthus chinensis x barbatus 'Ideal Violet'), fringed bleeding heart (Dicentra eximia 'Dolly Sods'), foxglove (Digitalis 'Candy Mountain'), purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea 'Alaska' & 'Merlot'), eryngium (Eryngium planum 'Paradise Jackpot'), treasure flower (Gazania rigens 'Daybreak  Yellow  Improved'), cranesbill (Geranium 'Jolly Bee', a.k.a. 'Rozanne'), bloody cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum 'Elke'), coral bells (Heuchera 'Color Dream' & 'Sugar Plum'), hosta (Hosta 'Christmas Tree', 'Gold Edger' & 'Mighty Mouse'), smooth hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens 'Hayes Starburst'), bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Sadie Ray'), Quick Fire™ panicle hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata 'Bulk'), panicle hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata 'Daruma'), oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia 'Pee Wee' & 'Sike's Dwarf'), mountain hydrangea (Hydrangea serrata), impatiens (Impatiens walleriana 'Dazzler White Improved' & 'Super Elfin'), vine-leaved kitaibelia (Kitaibelia vitifolia), crimson pincushion (Knautia macedonica), spotted deadnettle (Lamium maculatum 'Chequers'), deadnettle (Lamium orvala 'Album'), English  lavender (Lavandula angustifolia 'Elegance Snow'), Siberian goldenray (Ligularia sibirica), goldenray (Ligularia stenocephala 'Little Rocket'), snow candles (Lysimachia 'L9902'), mukdenia (Mukdenia rossii 'Crimson Fans'), penstemon (Penstemon hartwegii 'Tubular Bells with White Throat'), Carillo Purple penstemon (Penstemon x mexicali 'Carillo Purple'), spreading petunia (Petunia x hybrida 'Easy Wave'), Rodgersflower (Rodgersia 'Badenweiler', 'Die Schone', 'Kupfermound' & R. podophylla 'Bronze Form', 'Rotlaub' & 'Smaragd'), black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta 'Denver Daisy'), hydrangea vine (Schizophragma corylieum), white stonecrop (Sedum album 'Murale'), Middendorf stonecrop (Sedum middendorfianum var. diffusum), compass plant (Silphium laciniatum), Simpson's rosinweed (Silphium simpsonii), wood betony (Stachys officinalis), shredded umbrella plant (Syneilesis aconitifolia), meadowrue (Thalictrum ichangense 'Evening Star'), meadow rue (Thalictrum rochebrunianum), creeping red thyme (Thymus praecox 'Coccineus'), Annie Hall thyme (Thymus praecox ssp. arcticus 'Annie Hall'), culver's root (Veronicastrum virginicum 'Pink Glow').