Thursday, June 6, 2019

Chicago Botanic SP 2019 b


Blue and White Bi-Color Cineraria




Ranunculus / Persian Buttercups and White Grape Hyacinth.
The dark leaves are "Forever Purple" Coral Bells.




"Polar Ice" Narcissus




Purple and Lavender Ranunculus / Persian Buttercups and White Grape Hyacinths
"Forever Purple" Coral Bells dark leaves.



Rose and Pink Lupine.  Their green foliage is distinctive.




Purple and Pink Stock Flowers




Rosy Lupine with dark "Forever Purple" Coral Bells.




Purple Phalaenopsis Orchids and Bromeliads Pot inside Regenstein Building




Ranunculus / Persian Buttercups are as large and colorful as roses and bloom
profusely in the spring, both outdoors and in pots.




"Persian Princess" - most beautiful of Persian Buttercups / Ranunculus




"Buttered Popcorn" Ranunculus





Flowering Crabapple Trees were all over the Garden and all over Chicago,
in white, pink, and magenta.  Because this spring was cold and wet, bloom was delayed,
and now they are blooming more profusely than ever.
This is a line of trees outside the Circle Garden.




A Flowering Crabapple by my sister's house.




Branches of Flowering Crabapple




Lavender Rhododendron




Pale Pink Rhododendron




White Azaleas




Lavender Azaleas




Dalmatian Purple Foxglove and "Light and Dreamy" Pink Tulips
"Amethyst" Wallflowers and "Popsicle Purple Face" Pansies  cover the ground.




"Light and Dreamy" Pink Tulips, Purple Pansies,  and Amethyst Wallflowers
They were along a path leading up to the Circle Garden.




The Circle Garden is one of the brightest spots in the Garden, with a fountain in the
center and thousands of "Torch Song" striped tulips immediately beside it and thousands
more "Happy Together" tulips in the four corners.




Circle Garden with "Torch Song" striped tulips and "Happy Together" solid colors
in the corners.  To either side there is a "secret garden" with orange flowers.
Flowering White Crabapple trees are off to the side.





Circle Garden - "Happy Together" Tulips.
They were big flowers, robust, tall, and bright in color.




Circle Garden Fountain -  "Torch Song" Striped Tulips




"Torch Song"  StripedTulips and "Happy Together "Tulips




"Torch Song" Striped Tulips




Bed of "Happy Together" Tulips.  They looked like thousands of Easter Eggs.




Circle Garden Fountain.  It was beginning to sprinkle.




Circle Garden Fountain and  "Torch Song"  Striped Tulips




Circle Garden and "Torch Song" Tulips




"King's Blood" Red Tulips and "Popsicle Purple Face"  Pansies




"Happy Together" Tulips




"Happy Together" Tulips




"Torch Song"  Striped Tulips




Looking into Side Gardens with "Apricot Delight" Tulips




"Apricot Delight" and "Ballerina" Orange and Red Tulips




"Apricot Delight" and "Ballerina" Lily-like Tulips




Looking in to Fountain




"King's Blood" Tulips




"King's Blood" Tulips




"Purple Dalmatian Foxglove" and  "Light and Dreamy" Pink  Tulips and
"Dark Prince" Tulips and "Amethyst" Wallflowers and Purple Pansies in Circle Garden




"Light and Dreamy" Pink Tulips and "Amethyst" Wallflowers and Purple Pansies groundcover.




Redbud Tree and "Purple Dalmatian" Foxglove and "Popsicle Purple Face" Pansies




Flowering Crabapple and Redbud Trees and Purple Pansies and  "Light and Dreamy" Pink Tulips.




Visitor to the Circle Garden and "Happy Together" Tulips.



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