Week of May 25, 2012
![Scorzonera hispanica](images/bloom2012/5_25.jpg)
Scorzonera hispanica, black salsify, flowers in the Vegetable Garden.
Photo by Doug Croft
![The Pond](images/bloom2012/5_25b.jpg)
A meadow of Papaver rhoeas, the Flanders Poppy, Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna' and Oenothera speciosa spill down the hill toward The Pond.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![The Pond](images/bloom2012/5_25d.jpg)
View to Chanticleer House from the Rock Ledge, with Papaver rhoeas, Silene armeria, Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna' and Verbascum sp..
Photo by Lisa Roper
![The Pond](images/bloom2012/5_25e.jpg)
Waterfall in the upper pond, surrounded by Papaver rhoeas and the palmate leafed Napaea dioica.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Papaver orientale 'Patty's Plum'](images/bloom2012/5_25a.jpg)
Paeonia 'Old Faithful' brightens up a cloudy day in the Cut Flower Garden.
Photo by Doug Croft
![Sun Porch](images/bloom2012/5_25c.jpg)
Carnations on the mantel, and flowers floating in a container on the Sun Porch.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Escholtia californica](images/bloom2012/5_25f.jpg)
Eschscholzia californica, The California poppy lines a path above the Pond Arbor.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Tea Cup](images/bloom2012/5_25g.jpg)
Carol Pollard assists with a total makeover of the Teacup Garden. Musa 'Black Thai' is underplanted with silver and puple foliage.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Long Border](images/bloom2012/5_25h.jpg)
Baptisia sphaerocarpa 'Screaming Yellow', purple leafed Cottinus coggyria 'Velvet Cloak', deep blue Anchusa azurea, and Aquilegia chrysantha 'Denver Gold' are underplanted with grey leafed Crambe maritima on the Long Border.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium](images/bloom2012/5_25i.jpg)
Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium, the Pond Cypress, and a meadow of Sporobolus heterolepis line the path to The Ruin Garden.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Digitalis purpurea](images/bloom2012/5_25j.jpg)
Digitalis purpurea Excelsior Group surround the Visitor Pavillion.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Cardiocrinum giganteum var yunnanense](images/bloom2012/5_25k.jpg)
Cardiocrinum giganteum var yunnanense, a plant in the lily family standing over 6 feet tall is in bloom in the Asian Woods.
Photo by Lisa Roper
What's in Bloom - 2011 Season
Take a look at last seasons Highlights to help plan your visit this season...Opening Times
Wednesday - Sunday
10am - 5pm
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Parking reservations are required until
3pm Saturdays & Sundays,
and until 6:30pm Friday evenings.
Parking reservations are not required on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Friday Late Closings
Open until 8pm May 3 through
August 30.
Picnicking is permitted only in the picnic areas except on Friday evenings from 4-8pm, guests may picnic anywhere in the garden.
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Once Upon a Garden:
Storytime at Chanticleer
Story Time will be held at 9:30am,
on July 20, August 10 . Registration is required.
Woody Plant Conference
Friday, July 19, 2024 at the
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Friday, October 18, 2024 at the
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