Week of August 19, 2011
![Lycoris sprengeri](images/bloom2011/8_19.jpg)
Lycoris sprengeri, a rare Surprise Lily, with irredescent blue, lavender tones blooms near the Asian Woods.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Lunch Lady gourd](images/bloom2011/8_19a.jpg)
Lunch Lady gourd grows along the Vegetable Garden fence.
Photo by Doug Croft
![Tennis Court Arbor](images/bloom2011/8_19b.jpg)
Cool, leafy green under the Tennis Court Arbor.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Ipomoea lobata](images/bloom2011/8_19c.jpg)
Ipomoea lobata, firecracker vine or Spanish Flag, climbs the arches in the Cut Flower Garden.
Photo by Doug Croft
![Hibiscus coccineus](images/bloom2011/8_19d.jpg)
Hibiscus coccineus, a native hibiscus in the Pool Garden.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Jonathan Wright](images/bloom2011/8_19e.jpg)
Jonathan Wright tends to his cucumber and cherry tomato vines in the Kitchen Courtyard.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Agastache](images/bloom2011/8_19f.jpg)
Agastache sp. is backlit against the Juniperus virginiana in the gravel garden.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Alternathera denta](images/bloom2011/8_19g.jpg)
Dark purple Alternanthera denta 'Rubingnosa' and Portulaca Pazzazz Series sprawl around Agave ovatifolia in the Tea Cup Garden.
Photo by Lisa Roper
![Cucumis melo](images/bloom2011/8_19h.jpg)
A hybrid melon, Cucumis melo 'Burpee Hybrid' tumbles down the staircase in the Kitchen Coutyard.
Photo by Jonathan Wright
What's in Bloom - 2010 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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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.
We ask guests to carry out what they bring in.
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,
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Woody Plant Conference
Friday, July 19, 2024 at the
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