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Lilies are well past peak but still a few late bloomers are showy. Some lovely large-flowered dahlias can be seen in the bulb gardens. Daylilies are past peak but still very showy.
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A few big leaf hydrangeas are still showy and some Pee Gee hydrangeas are blooming. Enjoy the bright red of the cardinal flower.
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Roses are still flowering in many locations including our two rose gardens.
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The Japanese pagoda tree is beginning and many crepe myrtles are coming into full bloom.
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Summer sweets are flowering as is Hydrangea 'Tardiva'. Most of the bottlebrush buckeye plants have finished flowering but a few are still in bloom. Their bloom time is quite variable depending upon location.
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Butterfly bush is blooming and Russian sage continues. 'Rose Carpet' indigo is a great ground cover for a sunny location.
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Three very showy rose of Sharons still in flower are 'Diana', 'Minerva', and 'Aphrodite'.
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Many beebalms are still flowering and plumbago has started in several locations.
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Rattlesnake master is an ususual plant and many cultivars of purple coneflowers as well as other coneflowers are in flower.
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Meadow rue is attractive and balloon flower continues. The large-flowering herbaceous mallows are impressive.
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In the bulb gardens you will see gladiolus, agapanthus and crinums.
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The late-flowering Chinese astilbe is still showy and a great choice for color in the shade. Blackberry and candy lilies are flowering.
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At the Kemper Center the giant hysop cultivar 'Honey Bee Blue' is still a show-stopper and the flowers of the flat sea holly and globe thistle are still attractive.
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In the Kemper Center's prairie and butterfly gardens you will see Culver's root, western ironweed, and Joe Pye weed.
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Tropical waterlilies are blooming and you may also catch a flower on the impressive Amazon water lily. Many garden phlox are flowering.
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In the Kemper Center's herb garden three cultivars of trumpet honeysuckle planted next to each other are still showy.
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Oxeye daisy brings bright yellow flowers to summer and the speedwells bring colors ranging from white to pink to blue. Hostas are mostly grown for their foliage but they also have attractive flowers. Some are still in flower.
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Mimosa is still in flower and the chaste trees at the Garden are very attractive large shrubs.
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Our summer annuals trial beds are in full flower and real differences can be observed in cultivar performance. Other summer flowering annuals, including vincas and petunias, are flowering throughout the Garden.
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Other annuals of note are begonias, ageratum and pentas.
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Still others you will see are lantana, heliotrope, and caricature plant.
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Some plants you will see in our summer baskets and containers include Chinese hibiscus, mandevilla, and scaevola.
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An attractive native woodland flower is black cohosh. It is coming to the end of its bloom but can add charm to any woodland setting. The pollia in the Woodland Garden is showy as are the fruit on the Italian arum plants, which are turning orange.
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Other plants to look for are Japanese anemones, some of which are beginning to flower already, the blue salvia in the Rock Garden, and the nodding onion.
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