Fall Flowers in Chicago

The "Circle Garden" is one of my favorites among the 26 gardens, 

which make up the Chicago Botanic Gardens.

Mums and asters and decorative kale and pampas grass and dahlias.

"Sonata White" Cosmos

"Golden Glow" Garden Mums

Cucumber Leaf Sunflower, pale yellow.

"Brown Eyes" Garden Mums

"Rosy Glow" Korean Mums - extra hardy and prolific

"Maryl" Spoon Mums

Yellow Climbing Rose

Apricot Delight

Strawflowers - dry easily and stay colorful all winter inside.

"Poodle Skirt" Dahlia

"White Icicle" Dahlia

"Blutiful" Dahlia in bluish-purple, about six inches across

Ornamental  Peppers

"Mambo" Orange Ornamental Peppers

"Henry III" pink Milka Asters

"Peter III" Blue Milka Asters

"Henry III" and "Peter III" Milka Asters in Enabling Garden

Pale Blue Woodland Asters  /  English Asters

White Woodland Asters

Pretty Lady Jane Pink Anemones

White Japanese Anemones

"Centerpiece" Korean Mums - delicate and frothy

"Bolero" Copper Mums

Pot of White Bridal Mums in McGinley Bridal Pavilion

Amata  Pink  Mums

King's Delight Korean Mums

Lady Laura Peruvian Lilies.  There are 190 varieties of these lilies, which you can buy

in any grocery store.  But this is the only variety which you can leave outdoors and

will survive a Chicago winter and bloom again next year.

Lemon Yellow Water Lily

Orange Harvest Glow Mums

Mums and Asters in the Circle Garden

Lemon Tart Korean Mums

Decorative Kale with White Centers

Giant Red Swamp Mallow - about 10 inches across

Starbright White Garden Mums in an urn.

Junkyard Dog Dahlia, shot against the sun

The Botanic Gardens believe anyone can have a garden, even though all you

have is a tiny plot or a patio.  They recommend these Wall Gardens for small

spaces and have a number of them on display with different plants to show

what can be done.  This one has vegetables and flowers.

Sweet Alyssum in a vertical wall garden.

St. Tropez Chrysanthemums

End of Day Two in the Chicago Botanic Gardens

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