At the Kemper Center for Home Gardening, Milkweeds, Coneflowers, and
Goldenrods in the Lucy and Stanley Lopata Prairie Garden are showy.
The Supertunias (Petunia axillaris) in the Flower Trial Garden are
showy. The intricate knot garden in the circular bed in the Vegetable
Garden is very showy.
Tardiva hydrangeas throughout the grounds are near peak bloom.
Tall verbena and African daisies on Spoehrer Plaza are showy.
Both the Swift Perennial Border and the Swift Family Garden,
including the unusual aquatics in the pools just south of the Linnean
House are very showy.
Roses in both the Gladney and Lehmann Rose Gardens are at the peak
of seasonal bloom.
The Crapemyrtles in Bakewell Court are in full bloom.
Cardinal flowers growing along the stream in the English Woodland
Garden are in full bloom.
In the Shoenberg Temperate House, carnivorous plants are lush and eating
heartily, dining on insects. Look for the figs ripening high above
the tiled Moorish garden.
In the Linnean House, Impatiens are in full bloom and the foliage of
the Rex begonias is very showy.
Cannas are showy in the Heckman and Samuels Bulb Gardens.
The Mexican Sunflowers in the Isabelle A. Baer Garden are in full
bloom.
Tropical Water lilies in the Milles Sculpture Garden pools are
showy.
The view of the new Kresko Victorian Garden and the Kaiser Maze from atop the
Piper Observatory is spectacular.
The flower borders along the path to the Kemper Center for Home Gardening
are showy.
Only a few Daylilies in the Jenkins Daylily Garden are still in
bloom.