The first day of Spring Fling had a couple of glitches (including my forgetting my camera), but it was otherwise a fine day. I met all sorts of interesting people whose name I may not remember and saw some amazing things at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Above is a field of Icelandic poppies near the [...]
Archive for May, 2009
23 May
Baptisia blooming
You wouldn’t know it from this blog, but the garden is looking really nice this May. I can only blame all the planning we’re doing to make sure that Spring Fling will be fantastic! The blue false indigo (Baptisia australis) is finally blooming – I planted it several years ago and haven’t seen any flowers [...]
15 May
Bloom Day – May 2009
The bulbs are done, the native spring ephemerals are finishing up, and the perennials are going great guns. It’s May! In bloom: Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum biflorum) strawberry (wild) columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) Dutchman’s pipe (Aristolochia macrophylla) wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) Celandine poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) violets: both ordinary and Labrador prairie trillium (Trillium recurvatum) ornamental allium lilies [...]
