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Lilies are past peak but still lovely in many locations including the two bulb gardens as well as the Kemper Center.
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'Annabelle' hydrangea is in flower as is black snakeroot. In the Japanese Garden the sacred lotus is in flower.
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Roses are still flowering in many locations including our two rose gardens.
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Southern magnolias still have fragrant flowers and golden raintrees have turned yellow with flowers. Tamarisk can also be seen in flower.
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The buttonbush has a very interesting flower and the flowers on sumac promise a nice crop of red berries for the fall. The bottlebrush buckeye is mostly past peak, but a few plants in the Boxwood Garden have yet to begin.
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Daylilies are in full flower. They would look lovely combined with Russian sage or Stachys 'Hummelo'.
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Three very showy rose of Sharon's in flower are 'Diana', 'Minerva', and 'Aphrodite'.
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Many beebalms are flowering as are the St. John's worts including 'Hidcote'.
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You can see the charming bottle brush grass in the Woodland Garden. Many cultivars of purple coneflowers as well as other coneflowers are in flower.
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Oakleaf hydrangeas continue and in the Japanese Garden the combination of balloon flower with butterfly weed is striking.
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Yarrows are in full flower in many locations along with coreopsis. In the Kemper Herb Garden the lavindin cultivar 'Grosso' is still spectacular.
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Most of the clematis have finished their spring flush of flowers but serveral cultivars will repeat flowering throughout the summer. Most astilbes are past, but a few are still showy.
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At the Kemper Center the giant hysop cultivar 'Honey Bee Blue' is most attractive and the flowers of the flat sea holly are most beguiling. The trumpet creeper in the Kemper Bird Garden is in full flower.
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Shasta daisy 'Sunny Side Up' is lovely as is Stokes' aster 'Peach Melba'. Many blue-flowered cultivars of Stokes' aster are blooming around the Garden.
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Bear's breeches is an unusual and lovely plant. A couple of plants have begun to flower. The lovely spires of red hot poker are dramatic. Some garden phlox are beginning to flower.
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In the Kemper Center's herb garden three cultivars of trumpet honeysuckle planted next to each other are back in flower and are spectacular.
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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, which can be seen in many locations.
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Mimosa is still in flower and the chaste tree has begun.
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Our summer annuals trail bed is growing rapidly and other summer flowering annuals, including vincas and petunias, have been planted 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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