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Very welcomed rain has brought new life to plants in the area and liriope and the sweet autumn clematis are in full-flower is several locations.
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Be sure and look for the wonderful toad lilies. Also don't miss the spectacular hyacinth bean in the Kemper experimental garden.
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In the Kemper Fragrance Garden smell the sweet blooms of the tuberose and enjoy the lovely blue of the long-flowering Russian sage.
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Crape myrtles continue in flower and add bright colors to early fall.
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Roses have come back for a fall display and the summer annuals are still showy but are being replaced with mums and other fall-bloomers.
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A few Hydrangea 'Tardiva' are still in flower. The cardinal flower is almost past but bush clover is flowering.
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The fountain grasses are lovely and the chaste tree is still gorgeous. Bluebeards are in full-flower.
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Some butterfly bushes continue in bloom and miscanthus are displaing their showy panicles.
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Rose of Sharons continue and the castor aralia is in flower near the eastern entrance to the Japanese Garden.
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Turtlehead continues and the goldenrods are starting. Plumbago is flowering in several locations.
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In the prairie and butterfly gardens the compass plant is flowering.
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The seven-son flower is in full-flower and the solitary clematis is lovely. The late-flowering golden rain tree is almost past.
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In the bulb gardens you can still see dahlias, caladiums and crinums.
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Many garden phlox are still in flower but they will soon be outdone by the fall asters, such as 'Purple Dome' .
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In the Kemper Center Bird Garden enjoy scarlet rose mallow. You will also see a great crop of red berries on the winterberry, which will provide many months of winter color.
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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. In sunny areas look for the showy stonecrops.
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The Japanese anemones and coming into full-flower and the blue salvia is still striking.
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Our summer annuals are being replaced with fall blooming plants but you will still see vincas and petunias 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 can still see in our summer baskets and containers include Chinese hibiscus, mandevilla, and scaevola.
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