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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Bright Lights Yellow African Daisy
Wendy's Wish Sage, Magellan Orange Zinnia, Plumed Celosia, Artemis Silver Sage, Century Plant
 Supertunia Vista Bubblegum Petunia, Superbena Royale Plum Wine Verbena, Sunsatia Coconut Nemesia
Easy Elegance Kiss Me Shrub Rose, in bloom
 Showstar Blackfoot, High Tide Blue Floss Flower, Happy Ring Cosmos
Victoria Blue Mealycup Sage, Double Fire Zinnia, Rumblin Nu Blue Petunia, Ivanetti Dahlia
Vision in Pink Chinese Astilbe, in bloom
Roses & Clematis climbing trellis
Flowers of Golden Thumbelina Japanese Spirea
Flowers of Golden Thumbelina Japanese Spirea
Whiskers Light Blue Pansy in bloom
Coleus leaves come in startlingly different colors!
Ferns, Hosta & Heuchera
The Chalet Nursery always has a great containers!
The entrance to the Chicago Botanic Gardens
Matrix Lemon Pansy
Flowers of Berried Treasure Pink Strawberry
Maggie Daley False Goatsbeard, in bloom
Superbells Holy Moly Calibrachoa
Matrix Deep Blue Blotch Pansy, Solstice Orange Tricolor Snapdragon, ?
 Peach Blossom Astilbe, in bloom
Dalaya Red Yellow Eye Dahlia, in bloom
Snow Princess Sweet Alyssum, in bloom
Snow Princess Sweet Alyssum, Superbena Large Lilac Blue Verbena
Supertunia Really Red Petunia
Sunsatia Lemon Nemesia
Sun Sprinkles Miniature Rose, in bloom
Ivory Halo Dogwood
Colorblaze Golden Dreams Coleus
Suncredible Yellow Sunflower
 Snow Princess Sweet Alyssum, in bloom
Orange Punch Canna Lily, in bloom
Rustic Orange Coleus
Flower of Sun Cherry Zinnia
Shrubby Cinquefoil, in bloom
Tropicana Hybrid Tea Rose
Heart To Heart Lemon Blush Elephant Ear, Sweet Caroline Kiwi Sweet Potato Vine, Hippo Red Polka Dot Plant
Flower of Empress Clematis
Dainty Bess Hybrid Tea Rose
Astilbe, White Dynasty Caladium, Whitespire Gray Birch
Wisley Clematis
Golden Spirit Smoketree, Kelvin Floodlight Dinnerplate Dahlia, Mesa Yellow Blanket Flower, Susie Clear Yellow Black-Eyed Susan Vine, Flutterby Petite Snow White Butterfly Bush
Supertunia Daybreak Charm Petunia
Jurassic Silver Swirl Begonia
Prairie Sun Black-Eyed Susan, Inca Zinnia, Patricia Ann's Sunset Dahlia
Flowers of Ivanetti Dahlia
Rockapulco Rose Impatiens, Hippo Rose Polka Dot Plant, Diamond Frost Spurge, Sweet Caroline Raven Improved Sweet Potato
Japanese Painted Fern
Spider Salmon with Dark Eye Gerbera Daisy
Rustic Orange Coleus
Forest Pansy's foliage remains a purplish green throughout summer.
Japanese Zelkova
Vesuvius Astilbe
ColorBlaze Wicked Hot Coleus, Heat It Up Scarlet Blanket Flower, Superbells Double Orange Million Bells, Sweet Caroline Red Hawk Sweet Potato Vine
 Pink Delight Butterfly Bush, Golden Fleece Goldenrod, Potomac Yellow Snapdragon, Showstar Blackfoot, High Tide Blue Floss Flower, Happy Ring Cosmos
Sunsatia Mango Nemesia
Coleus Kong Jr. 'Rose'
Four-Angled Sundrops, in bloom
Dalaya Red Yellow Eye Dahlia, in bloom
Prince Tut Papyrus, Whirlwind Blue Fan Flower, Sweet Caroline Jet Black Sweet Potato, Silver Falls Dichondra
Pewter Lace Japanese Painted Fern
Elina Roses, in bloom
Ivory Halo Dogwood
Purple Dragon Dead Nettle
Easy Elegance Kiss Me Shrub Rose, in bloom
Candelabra Grandiflora Rose
Ladys Mantle, ? Geranium, ? False Goat's Beard
Celebrette Cherry Stripe New Guinea Impatiens, Jurassic Silver Swirl Begonia
Robina Orienpet Lily
Tri-Color Beech leaves literally shine when backlit!
Blue Light Clematis, in bloom
Flowers of Wlassov Cranesbill
Guardian Blue Delphinium, Cambridge Scarlet Beebalm
Flowers of Julia Coneflower
Pugster Pink Butterfly Bush
Dainty Bess Hybrid Tea Rose, in bloom
Superbells Cherry Blossom Mini Petumia, in bloom
Diamond Frost Spurge, Emerald Lace Swedish Mosaic Ivy, Illustris Colocasia, Freckles Coleus, Infinity Dark Pink New Guinea Impatiens
Infinity Dark Pink New Guinea Impatiens, in bloom
Viola Elizabeth Clematis, in bloom
? Clematis
Cleopatra Coneflower, Short 'n Sassy Sneezeweed
Variegated Leaves of Sunny Princess Weigela
Lovely purple Petunia basket
Goldilocks Rocks Bidens, Superbells Double Amber Million Bells, Vermillionaire Firecracker Plant
Golden Thumbelina Japanese Spirea, in bloom
New Gold Lantana, Bishop of Llandaff Semi-Double Dahlia, Orange Punch Canna Lily
Entrained Tri-Color Beech (Fagus sylvatica 'Tricolor') at Chalet Nursery
Mojave Fuchsia Purslane
Flowers of Bouquet Rose French Hydrangea
Tutti-Frutti Hyssop, in bloom
Snow Princess Sweet Alyssum, Red Knockout Shrub Rose, Coral Meidiland Shrub Rose
Carefree Sunshine Rose
Supertunia Vista Paradise Petunia
Short 'n Sassy Sneezeweed, Julia Coneflower
Blue Angel Hosta
Flower of Koko Loko Floribunda Rose
Bugloss 'Silver Heart'
  Royal Candles Spiked Speedwell, in bloom
Paprika Yarrow
Grass - Northern Sea Oats, White Lava Elephant's Ear, Wildfire Smoky Rose Coleus, Sweetheart Ivy, Marshmallow Begonia, Ceylon Bowstring Hemp
Sun Cherry Zinnia, Jolt Cherry Sweet William, Zinderella Lilac Zinnia, Cramer's Burgundy Cockscomb
Backlit canopy of Van Houtte English Elm
Tower of Jewels
Dash Violet Pinks
Comptesse de Bouchard Clematis
Huge flower spikes of the Dalmatian Peach Foxglove
Sunjoy Tangelo Barberry
Senorita Rosalita Spider Flower, Colorblaze Torchlight Coleus, Diamond Snow Spurge, Sunpatiens Compact Royal Magenta
Clio Magenta Cleome, in bloom
Julia Coneflower, in bloom
Nearly Wild Floribunda Rose
Flowers of Speedy Sonnet Bronze Snapdragon
Dalaya Red Yellow Eye Dahlia
Gizmo Miniature Rose
Orange Stripe New Guinea Impatiens, in bloom
Colorblaze Torchlight Coleus, Supertunia Sharon Petunia
Million Kisses Devotion Tuberous Begonia, Trailing Garnet Robe Coleus
Giant Exhibition Chivalry Coleus, Black Beauty Alumroot
Dharuma Panicle Hydrangea, Rozanne Cranesbill
Japanese painted fern coloration makes it one of the most popular cultivated ferns.
Permathread Red Satin Tickseed
Gemini Hybrid Tea Rose, in bloom
Butterfly Weed
Leaves of Frost Japanese Zelkova
Beijing Gold Beyond Green Tree Liliac
Heart To Heart Mesmerized Elephant Ear, Chocolate Drop Coleus, Lemon Coral Stonecrop
Elina Hybrid Tea Rose
Whitespire Gray Birch, Sagae Hosta
Love Grandiflora Rose
? Yarrow
Fragrant Bouquet Hosta
Rustic Orange Coleus, Redhead Coleus
Shining Sensation Weigela
Caradonna Sage, Rustic Orange Coleus
Candelabra Grandiflora Rose
Flower of Chicago Peace Hybrid Tea Rose
Clio Magenta Spider Flower
Shrubby Cinquefoil
Box Elder & Ostrich Ferns tower over a bed of Pachysandra in this shady, wet area.
Flower of Kelvin Floodlight Dahlia
Jurassic Silver Swirl Begonia
Wave Petunias
Flowers of Multi-Blue Clematis
 Young Ostrich Fern fiddleheads unfurling
Elina Roses, in bloom
Easy Elegance Kiss Me Shrub Rose, in bloom
Robusta Shrub Rose
Million Kisses Devotion Tuberous Begonia
Visions in Pink Chinese Astilbe
Magellan Orange Zinnia (Zinnia elegans 'Magellan Orange')
Bishop of Llandaff Semi-Double Dahlia, Orange Punch Canna Lily
Dalmatian White Foxglove, in bloom
Zagreb Threadleaf Coreopsis, in bloom


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