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Several trees were uprooted or damaged in the July 19th storm but clean-up has progressed rapidly and the Garden is lovely with dayliles, roses and many summer annuals in flower.
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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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The Japanese pagoda tree is flowering as are many crepe myrtles.
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Summer sweets are flowering as is Hydrangea 'Tardiva'.
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Butterfly bush continues in bloom as does Russian sage. 'Rose Carpet' indigo is a great ground cover for a sunny location.
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Rose of Sharons are also still in flower.
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Many beebalms are still flowering and plumbago is flowering in several locations.
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Rattlesnake master is an ususual plant and many cultivars of purple coneflowers as well as other coneflowers can be seen.
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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, caladiums and crinums.
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The late-flowering Chinese astilbe is still showy in a few locations and a great choice for color in the shade. Blackberry and candy lilies are flowering.
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In the Kemper Center's prairie and butterfly gardens you will see slender mountain mint, western ironweed, and obedient plant.
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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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Oxeye daisy brings bright yellow flowers to summer and the speedwells bring colors ranging from white to pink to blue. Hostas provide colorful leaves for shady gardens.
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Our summer annuals trial beds are in full flower and real differences can be observed in cultivar performance. You can view our top 20 picks from the 2005 trials in the Trials area of our web site. 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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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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