Monday, September 23, 2013

A Visit to Rotary Botanic Gardens

Last Wednesday my friend and fellow plant geek Jess and I traveled to Rotary Botanic Gardens in Janesville, WI.  While she'd been there a number of times, this was my first time.  I was thoroughly impressed at how great the gardens looked, even this late in the season.  I'm not putting a lot of words into this one, just LOTS of images:



I was super excited to see Colocasia 'Black Coral' in person




Aster oblongifolius 'October Skies' looking great!

Bouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition' has been on my wishlist for awhile.

Pinus strobus 'Mini Twists'

Phlox 'Betty Blake'

Taxodium ascendens 'Debonair'





Hosta 'Guardian Angel'

Dryopteris affinis 'Crispa Gracilis'



Acer pseudoplatanus 'Variegata'










'Lacinato' Kale






Lycoris - either radiata or sanguinea


Ammobium alatum 'Bikini'

Basil 'Pasta Perpetuo' hedge

Pennisetum 'Ginger Love' is now on the wishlist.

Chasmanthium latifolium 'River Mist'

An unknown variegated shrub.  Nope I couldn't ID it, but it's probably one of those easy things.

Another Acer pseudoplatanus 'Variegata'

Acer pseudosieboldianum

Acer pseudosieboldianum





Experimenting with pallet walls.  I don't like the Gaillardia, at least not by itself.  I may try this concept.

Gaillardia 'Punch Bowl' I think this one is an annual


Zinnias were covered with mildew, but the flowers were still beautiful.



Neat culvert planters.

Petunia Sophistica Blackberry

A number of Acer japonicum 'Green Cascade' were in the garden


Taxodium distichum

Zelkova serrata 'Variegata'

Pennisetum 'Cherry Sparkler'



Pepper 'Purple Flash'



Sambucus nigra 'Linearis'

Sambucus nigra 'Linearis'


Emilia japonica 'Irish Poet'


Heuchera 'Big Top Gold'



One of the COOLEST Amaranth plants ever echoed the following sculpture




After we were done at Rotary, we headed to Stoughton to do some shopping at The Flower Factory.  We ran into Brent Horvath of Intrinsic Perennial Gardens who was also doing some shopping and had a short chat.  No pictures, but a few things followed me home:
Achillea ageratifolia
Achillea x wilczeckii
Chelonopsis yagiharana
Clematis hexapetala 'Mongolian Stars'
Iris sauveolens
Liatris microcephala
Oxalis crassipes
Rabdosia longituba
Salvia pachyphylla