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Lilies are past peak but still showy in many areas. Daylilies are in full bloom.
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'Annabelle' hydrangea and black snakeroot are still in flower. In the Japanese Garden the sacred lotus is gorgeous.
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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 the flowers on the golden raintrees have turned into inflated seed pods. Crape myrtles are beginning to flower.
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Summer sweet is just starting as is Hydrangea 'Tardiva'. Most of the bottlebrush buckeye plants have finished flowering but a few are still in bloom.
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Butterfly bush has started and Russian sage continues. Abelia is a long-flowering shrub.
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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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Meadow rue is attractive and balloon flower continues. The large-flowering herbaceous mallows are impressive.
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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. Blackberry lily is just starting.
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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.
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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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Bear's breeches is an unusual and lovely plant that is still showy. The lovely spires of blazing star are dramatic. 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 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 is magnificent.
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Our summer annuals trail bed is in full flower and 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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