Montreal Botanic Gardens 2019 b

The Montreal Botanic Gardens actually consist of more than 20 different gardens,

including the Rose Garden, the Chinese Garden, the Japanese Garden, the English

Meadow, the Alpine Garden, the Monastic Garden, etc.

The English Meadow is a very large garden with lake and ponds and stream.  In spring,

this is where you see the tulips and daffodils and hyacinths.  In June the iris and peonies

bloom.  And in early September, it is the season of daylilies.

"Aztec Gold" Daylilies

"Strawberry Parfait" Stonecrop

"Bela Lugosi" Daylily

Black-eyed Susans and Magenta Gomphrena balls

"Challenger" Daylilies

"Challenger" Daylilies

"Yazoo Eye-catcher" Daylily

"Claret Wine" Daylily

"Aristocrat" Daylily

English Meadow, new footbridge, and in the background, the Alpine Garden.

They have created a garden solely of plants brought from the highest mountain ranges

in the world, the Alps, the Himalayas, the Rockies, the Atlas, etc.  They tend to be

very small and delicate to survive in such harsh conditions.

Footbridge from English Meadow to Alpine Garden

"Bicentennial Queen" Daylily

"Purple Panther" Daylily

"Lemonfellow" Daylily

"Humdinger" Daylily

There are six "exhibition gardens."  This one has all medicinal plants and

poisonous plants.  These are "Angel's Blush" white hydrangeas.

"Angel's Blush" Hydrangeas

This exhibition garden features new varieties of common flowers that people might like

to use in their gardens next year.  There is a number by each plant and you can jot them down.

Then at the entrance, there is a book with addresses of sources to buy seeds for each type.

These are new varieties of petunias and impatiens.

"Blueberry Shortcake" - a new variety of petunias

"Sky Blue Clematis" - new variety of popular climbing vine

New Varieties of Petunias and Zinnias

New Petunias

"Sincerity" - new dahlia

New varieties these days seem to emphasize flowers with several shades, rather

than all solid red or yellow or pink.

"Bella Maggiore XXXVI" - new dahlia which has not yet been named

"Bella Maggiore LXII" new pink variety of dahlia

"Crazytunia Spider Girl" new petunia

"Profusion Cherry Bi-color" Zinnia, a new variety in which every flower is different

Close-up of "Profusion Cherry Bi-color" petunia.  I like them.

"Red Hot Poker" Zinnias

A visitor in the Dahlia Garden


To be continued  .  .  .


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