What's in Bloom at the Chicago Botanic Garden
November 15, 2002

Main Gardens Outlying Gardens Native Habitats

The Greenhouses Cascading Mums Fall Color

Willows	Chrysanthemum	Grasses	Baldcypress
Golden weeping willows and russet-brown baldcypress are reflecting their autumn finery in the waters of the Chicago Botanic Garden. Little Japanese spireas and azaleas on Sansho-en are clinging tightly to their red and yellow foliage. Siberian irises and other shore plants are lining the shores with bright yellow. As color from fall foliage fades, colorful fruits and perennials that offer late-season interest become more important parts of the landscape. Ornamental grasses continue to look beautiful until winter. A few flowers, such as Korean chrysanthemums and monkshood, are hanging, while the latest of all the flowering shrubs, common witch hazel, is now in full bloom in the McDonald Woods, the English Walled Garden, the Enabling Garden and the Native Plants Garden.