More Photos from Our Community

Since we can't get to as many gardens as we'd like, we'll have to live vicariously through the photos club members have taken in June's, over the years.

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Meteor Shower Verbena
Wendy's Wish Sage, Magellan Orange Zinnia, Plumed Celosia, Artemis Silver Sage, Century Plant
 Showstar Blackfoot, High Tide Blue Floss Flower, Happy Ring Cosmos
Coleus leaves come in startlingly different colors!
 Supertunia Vista Bubblegum Petunia, Superbena Royale Plum Wine Verbena, Sunsatia Coconut Nemesia
Dalaya Red Yellow Eye Dahlia, in bloom
Ivory Halo Dogwood
Vision in Pink Chinese Astilbe, in bloom
Flowers of Golden Thumbelina Japanese Spirea
The entrance to the Chicago Botanic Gardens
Snow Princess Sweet Alyssum, in bloom
Flowers of Golden Thumbelina Japanese Spirea
Easy Elegance Kiss Me Shrub Rose, in bloom
Supertunia Vista Paradise Petunia
Forest Pansy's foliage remains a purplish green throughout summer.
Dalaya Red Yellow Eye Dahlia, in bloom
The Chalet Nursery always has a great containers!
Sunsatia Lemon Nemesia
Sun Sprinkles Miniature Rose, in bloom
Whiskers Light Blue Pansy in bloom
Flowers of Berried Treasure Pink Strawberry
Robina Orienpet Lily
Matrix Lemon Pansy
Maggie Daley False Goatsbeard, in bloom
Flower of Sun Cherry Zinnia
Mojave Fuchsia Purslane
Matrix Deep Blue Blotch Pansy, Solstice Orange Tricolor Snapdragon, ?
Roses & Clematis climbing trellis
 Peach Blossom Astilbe, in bloom
Supertunia Really Red Petunia
Ferns, Hosta & Heuchera
Robusta Shrub Rose
Victoria Blue Mealycup Sage, Double Fire Zinnia, Rumblin Nu Blue Petunia, Ivanetti Dahlia
Superbells Holy Moly Calibrachoa
Pugster Pink Butterfly Bush
Snow Princess Sweet Alyssum, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena
Colorblaze Golden Dreams Coleus
? Ivory Halo Dogwood
Heart To Heart Mesmerized Elephant Ear, Chocolate Drop Coleus, Lemon Coral Stonecrop
Bouffant: Angelface Blue Summer Snapdragon, Superbells Blackcurrant Punch Million Bells, Supertunia Raspberry Rush Petunia
Freckles Coleus
Clio Magenta Cleome, in bloom
Viola Elizabeth Clematis, in bloom
Prairie Joy Shrub Rose
Potomac Yellow Snapdragon
Entrained Tri-Color Beech (Fagus sylvatica 'Tricolor') at Chalet Nursery
Box Elder & Ostrich Ferns tower over a bed of Pachysandra in this shady, wet area.
Pewter Lace Japanese Painted Fern
Shrubby Cinquefoil
Heart To Heart Lemon Blush Elephant Ear, Sweet Caroline Kiwi Sweet Potato Vine, Hippo Red Polka Dot Plant
Rustic Orange Coleus
Rockapulco Rose Impatiens, Hippo Rose Polka Dot Plant, Diamond Frost Spurge, Sweet Caroline Raven Improved Sweet Potato
Golden Spirit Smoketree, Kelvin Floodlight Dinnerplate Dahlia, Mesa Yellow Blanket Flower, Susie Clear Yellow Black-Eyed Susan Vine, Flutterby Petite Snow White Butterfly Bush
Chinese Fringe Tree
Sunsatia Mango Nemesia
Short 'n Sassy Sneezeweed, Julia Coneflower
Huge flower spikes of the Dalmatian Peach Foxglove
Fragrant Delight Heliotrope, in bloom
Flowers of Julia Coneflower
Alauna Clair-Obscur Dahlia, in bloom
Coleus Kong Jr. 'Rose'
Astilbe, White Dynasty Caladium, Whitespire Gray Birch
Supertunia Daybreak Charm Petunia
Paprika Yarrow
Flower of Chicago Peace Hybrid Tea Rose
Variegated Leaves of Sunny Princess Weigela
Dash Violet Pinks
Purple Dragon Dead Nettle
Candelabra Grandiflora Rose
Dalaya Red Yellow Eye Dahlia
? Yarrow
Entrained Tri-Color Beech
Leaves of Japanese Zelkova
New Gold Lantana, Bishop of Llandaff Semi-Double Dahlia, Orange Punch Canna Lily
Million Kisses Devotion Tuberous Begonia
Candelabra Grandiflora Rose
Blue Light Clematis, in bloom
? Astilbe, Ladys Mantle
Dainty Bess Hybrid Tea Rose, in bloom
Grass - Northern Sea Oats, White Lava Elephant's Ear, Wildfire Smoky Rose Coleus, Sweetheart Ivy, Marshmallow Begonia, Ceylon Bowstring Hemp
King Tut Papyrus, Mohawk Burkwood Viburnum, Jealousy Himalayan Honeysuckle, Mahogany Splendor Red-Leaf Hibiscus
Flowers of Ivanetti Dahlia
Butterfly Weed
Dharuma Panicle Hydrangea, Rozanne Cranesbill
Leaves of Frost Japanese Zelkova
Flower of Empress Clematis
Russian Sage, Nearly Wild Floribunda Rose
Elina Roses, in bloom
 Snow Princess Sweet Alyssum, in bloom
Marilyn Monroe Hybrid Tea Rose
Pink Diamonds: Hippo Rose Polka Dot Plant, Heart to Heart Va Va Violet Elephant Ear, Diamond Snow Spurge
Tower of Jewels
Japanese painted fern coloration makes it one of the most popular cultivated ferns.
Waterfall Blue Edging Lobelia
Suncredible Yellow Sunflower
Visions in Pink Chinese Astilbe
Ladys Mantle, ? Geranium, ? False Goat's Beard
Diamond Frost Spurge, Emerald Lace Swedish Mosaic Ivy, Illustris Colocasia, Freckles Coleus, Infinity Dark Pink New Guinea Impatiens
Potomac Yellow Snapdragon
 Pink Delight Butterfly Bush, Golden Fleece Goldenrod, Potomac Yellow Snapdragon, Showstar Blackfoot, High Tide Blue Floss Flower, Happy Ring Cosmos
Lavaglut Floribunda Rose, in bloom
Japanese Painted Fern
Flowers of Love and Peace Hybrid Tea Rose
Blue Angel Hosta
Flower of Kelvin Floodlight Dahlia
? Clematis
Million Kisses Devotion Tuberous Begonia, 
Giant Exhibition Chivalry Coleus, Black Beauty Alumroot, Foxtail Fern
Wave Petunias
Orange Punch Canna Lily, in bloom
Zagreb Threadleaf Coreopsis, in bloom
Flowers of Bouquet Rose French Hydrangea
Superbells Cherry Blossom Mini Petumia, in bloom
Ivory Halo Dogwood
Love Grandiflora Rose
Infinity Dark Pink New Guinea Impatiens, in bloom
Goldilocks Rocks Bidens, Superbells Double Amber Million Bells, Vermillionaire Firecracker Plant
Bugloss 'Silver Heart'
Shrubby Cinquefoil
Tsingling Maple
Magellan Orange Zinnia (Zinnia elegans 'Magellan Orange')
Flower of Diana's Delight Clematis
Lovely purple Petunia basket
Heart To Heart Heart And Soul Elephant Ear, Heart To Heart Heart's Delight Elephant Ear, Sunstar Pink Egyptian Star Flower, Supertunia Mini Vista Pink Star Petunia
Cleopatra Coneflower, Short 'n Sassy Sneezeweed
Ivory Halo Dogwood, Day Lilies, Wave Petunias, Clematis
Whitespire Gray Birch, Sagae Hosta
Tutti-Frutti Hyssop, in bloom
Golden Thumbelina Japanese Spirea, in bloom
Jurassic Silver Swirl Begonia
Nearly Wild Floribunda Rose
Dalmatian White Foxglove, in bloom
Dalaya Red Yellow Eye Dahlia
Clio Magenta Spider Flower
Shining Sensation Weigela
Japanese Zelkova
Elina Roses, in bloom
Colorblaze Dark Star Coleus
Gold Leaf Tansy, Lanai Blue Denim Verbena, Mahogany Splendor Red-Leaf Hibiscus
Fragrant Bouquet Hosta
Tri-Color Beech leaves literally shine when backlit!
Flowers of Superbells Doublette Love Swept Calibrachoa
ColorBlaze Wicked Hot Coleus, Heat It Up Scarlet Blanket Flower, Superbells Double Orange Million Bells, Sweet Caroline Red Hawk Sweet Potato Vine
Permathread Red Satin Tickseed
Million Kisses Devotion Tuberous Begonia, Trailing Garnet Robe Coleus
Nearly Wild Floribunda Rose
Carefree Sunshine Rose
Prince Tut Papyrus, Whirlwind Blue Fan Flower, Sweet Caroline Jet Black Sweet Potato, Silver Falls Dichondra
Guardian Blue Delphinium, Cambridge Scarlet Beebalm
Hummelo Betony
Showstar Blackfoot, in bloom
Flowers of Pink Taffeta Spirea japonica
Flower of Koko Loko Floribunda Rose
Rustic Orange Coleus
Comptesse de Bouchard Clematis
Wisley Clematis


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Field-Grown vs. Greenhouse-Grown Plants

Plants which are well-adapted to our local climate are most often field-grown (outside). Field-grown plants are generally cheaper and have the advantage of already somewhat acclimated to our cold winters, but that means they’re not artificially far along in the spring and tend to bloom at the normal time in our area.

Spring annuals and tender perennials are typically grown in Greenhouses so they can be ready and luxurious exactly when customers want them. Some perennials are also “forced” into early bloom in greenhouses. In May, there can be a very big difference between field-grown and greenhouse-grown plants of the same type. The latter typically look good right away (so they’re a great choice where that’s important), but we typically pay a premium for it.


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