Week of July 20, 2012
![Overlook](images/bloom2012/7_20.jpg)
Containers on a shady patio, including Asplenium nidus, The Bird's Nest Fern, in the rear, Begonia (unidentified cultivar) by the left, and Anthurium 'Quilted Hearts' by the right.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Cut Flower Garden](images/bloom2012/7_20a.jpg)
Alcea rugosa, Russian hollyhock, shines in the Cut Flower Garden.
Photo by Doug Croft
![Mixed Border](images/bloom2012/7_20b.jpg)
In this border, hardy plants with tropical effects glow in the morning sun, including red Canna 'Australia', green Manihot grahmanii, white flower spikes of Acanthus 'Summer Beauty', and in the back, Musa xishuangbannaensis 'Mekong Giant'.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Ananas D'Amerique A Chair Verte](images/bloom2012/7_20c.jpg)
'Ananas D'Amerique A Chair Verte' melon weaves its way through 'Temptation' bicolor corn.
Photo by Doug Croft
![Lunch Lady Gourd](images/bloom2012/7_20d.jpg)
A tendril of 'Lunch Lady' Gourd winds it's way along The Vegetable Garden fence.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![The Chanticleer House](images/bloom2012/7_20e.jpg)
Pink seed heads of Melinus nerviglumis 'Savannah' arch over Agave attenuata in The Chanticleer House Garden.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Juglans nigra](images/bloom2012/7_20f.jpg)
Early morning light streaming through Juglans nigra, a Black Walnut tree in the Picnic area.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Liatris aspera](images/bloom2012/7_20g.jpg)
Liatris aspera opens in The Gravel Garden.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![new Gravel Garden](images/bloom2012/7_20h.jpg)
A stone path winds its way up through the new Gravel Garden.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Echinacea sp.](images/bloom2012/7_20i.jpg)
Echinacea sp. and Hydrangea paniculata emerge from a field of Sporobolus on the path to The Ruin Garden.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Eagle Pass Okra](images/bloom2012/7_20j.jpg)
'Eagle Pass' Okra, a member of the mallow family, flowers and fruits in the vegetable garden.
Photo by Doug Croft
![Lilium 'Sixth Sense'](images/bloom2012/7_20k.jpg)
Lilium 'Sixth Sense' blooms in The Tennis Court Garden as early morning sun illuminates the seed heads of Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Lobelia cardinalis](images/bloom2012/7_20l.jpg)
Lobelia cardinalis, our native cardinal flower, on fire in a bed of Sporobolus heterolepis, or Prairie Dropseed.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Ruellia humilis](images/bloom2012/7_20m.jpg)
Ruellia humilis, or Wild Petunia, a native plant, in The Winter Shrub Border.
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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Early Saturdays in 2024
We open at 8:00am on August 3,
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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
Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College.
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Friday, October 18, 2024 at the
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