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Crape myrtles continue in flower and are very tolerant of summer heat.
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Roses also continue and the summer annuals are in full glory.
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Hydrangea 'Tardiva' is still in flower. Enjoy the bright red of the cardinal flower.
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Fountain grass is flowering and the chaste tree is still very attractive. Bluebeards are coming into flower.
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Butterfly bush continues in bloom and some miscanthus are beginning to display their showy panicles. '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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Turtlehead is flowering and the Joe Pye weeds continue. Plumbago is flowering in several locations.
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Compass plant is coming into flower but the purple coneflowers are past prime. Many other coneflowers can still be seen.
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The seven-son flower is just beginning and the large-flowering herbaceous mallows are impressive. Surprise or magic lilies are always a welcome sight.
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In the bulb gardens you will see gladiolus, caladiums and crinums.
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Many garden phlox are in flower.
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In the Kemper Center bird garden enjoy scarlet rose mallow and trumpet vine.
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In the Kemper Center's prairie and butterfly gardens you will see slender mountain mint and obedient plant.
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Tropical waterlilies are blooming and you may also catch a flower on the impressive Amazon water lily.
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In shady areas you may see the hardy begonia and the large-flowered fragrant hosta as well as others. Hostas also 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. 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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Other plants to look for are Japanese anemones, some of which are beginning to flower already and the blue salvia. Don't miss the unusual flowers of the buttonbush in a pool in front of the Linnean House.
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