Monday, June 17, 2019

Chicago Botanic SP 2019 d


This is the beginning of the Woodland Path leading to the Sensory Garden.
Tulips in a bed in the center and along the four surrounding walls.




Orange, yellow, and white tulips make a bright focus of color in the woods.




Various brightly colored tulips and white Bacopa down below.




A border of bright tulips.




The Sensory Garden consists of a series of raised beds built all around a hill.  Some are
planted for their bright colors, others for their aroma, some for contrasts, others for
similarities.  These are "Ballerina" orange lily-like tulips, then "Enchantment" red
toadflax, "Princess Irene" rounded orange and red tulips, "Blushing Beauty" tall
variegated tulips.





Pink Hyacinths were still in bloom, with deep purple pansies.




"Ballerina" lily-like tulips and yellow wallflower.





Low growing Yellow Wallflower and some "Princess Irene" tulips.




"Princess Irene" tulips, red "Enchantment" toadflax, and Yellow Wallflowers.




Orange and red assortment; there are various green foliages.




"Princess Irene" and "Blushing Beauty" tulips.




"Princess Irene" Tulips




Orange and yellow Wallflowers, red "King's Blood" tulips, "Purple Delight" and "Purple Prince"
Tulips, and Super-nova Blue Primrose.




"Margarita" double purple tulips, red  "King's Blood Tulips,"  and "Purple Delight"
lily-form tulips.




"Super-Nova Blue Primrose," Large Cupped Yellow Daffodils, "Margarita"
double purple tulips.




Primrose, Tulips, and Wallflowers




Variety of Colors and Textures




"Super-Nova Blue Primrose"




"Purple Delight" lily-form tulips and "El Nino" variegated orange tulips




Yellow Wallflowers, Blue Poppy Anemones, Purple Toadflax, Red "King's Blood" Tulips




Blue Poppy Anemones, Yellow Daffodils, Purple Margarita Tulips, Yellow Big Smile Tulips




"Virginia" pointed purple-and-white tulips



"Virginia" Tulips




"Honeymoon" fringed white tulips and  "Misty Glen Narcissus"




"Sugar" double pink tulip




"Sugar" double pink and white tulips




"Sugar" pink tulips and "Misty Glen" white narcissus




"Sugar" double pink and white tulips




Orange and Yellow Calendula




Orchid Bergenia




"Summer Snowdrops"




Hillside with "Misty Glen" Daffodils and "Purple Prince" tulips




The Flowering Crabapples formed a tunnel by the side of the lake.




Visitor in Sensory Garden


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