I just scanned this website and found that I mention the Gardens at Kendrick Lake in nearly 40 posts, and probably have pictures of this garden in twice that number of postings. I dedicated
one measley post on this garden on Prairiebreak, and a shorter, but more generous post
on my Botanic Gardens web presence...I've linked both of those if the dozens of pix I post below aren't enough: I realize the bulb section seems endless--but hang in there: the later spring, summer and autumn are pretty dang good. For a municipal display garden, I think this one is over the top: I've never seen anything that can begin to compare with it. The scope, the variety and the sophistication is really more on the order of a botanic garden's complexity. And since three of the people who created this garden (Chris, Greg and Molly) are no longer there, I am not sure what the future holds. The garden is clean as a whistle, but each year more open spaces expand as plants die and are not replaced. One can only hope for a miracle--a gardener/designer of the caliber of those who created this garden to amplify the plantings in the near future. Fortunately, we've had over a dozen years to photograph and admire the place. I will not be commenting much: I think the pictures speak for themselves. But I shall label where I can...
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| Probably Erigeron compositus in foreground. One of several red species tulips above. |
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| Tulipa clusiana |
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| Tulipa clusiana |
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| Hybrid of Tulipa clusiana |
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| Tulipa clusiana--a different hybrid? |
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| Tulipa vvedenskyi and Muscari 'Valerie Finnis' |
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| Tulipa vvedenskyi and Muscari 'Valerie Finnis' |
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| Tulipa vvedenskyi and Veronica oltensis |
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| Tulipa sp. |
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| Tulipa chrysantha and Muscari 'Valerie Finnis' |
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| Tulipa chrysantha and Muscari 'Valerie Finnis' |
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| Tulipa chrysantha and Muscari 'Valerie Finnis' |
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| Tulipa chrysantha and Muscari 'Valerie Finnis' |
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| Tulipa chrysantha and Muscari 'Valerie Finnis' |
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| Tulipa chrysantha and Muscari 'Valerie Finnis' |
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| Tulipa humilis hyb. |
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| Tulipa vvedenskyi |
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Tulipa humilis forma
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| Tulipa batalinii |
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| Tulipa batalinii |
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| Tulipa batalinii |
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| Tulipa batalinii |
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| Tulipa australis |
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| Tulipa batalinii |
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| Amelanchier alnifolia |
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M. macrocarpum (M. moschatum var. flavum) 'Golden Fragrance' |
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M. macrocarpum (M. moschatum var. flavum) 'Golden Fragrance' |
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M. macrocarpum (M. moschatum var. flavum) 'Golden Fragrance' |
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| Ribes aureum |
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| Tulipa humilis |
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| Opuntia basilaris |
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| Echinocereus triglochidiatus, Delosperma dyeri, Eriogonum flavum var. aureum |
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| Salvia transylvanica and Osteospermum barberiae v. compactum 'Purple Mountain' |
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| Genista sagittale, Yucca pallida and much much more! |
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| Clematis integrifolia 'Mongolian Bells' (blue) |
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| Gladiolus oppositiflorus v. salmoneus |
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| Kniphofia caulescens |
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| Aster sedifolius |
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| Aster sedifolius |
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| Aster sedifolius |
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| Aster sedifolius |
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| Silene schafta |
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| Salvia pachyphylla |
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| Agastache 'Ava' |
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| Agastache (aurantiaca hyb.) |
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| Opuntia basilaris (see above for same plant in bloom) |
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| Hirpicium armerioides |
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| Agastache rupestris |
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| Agastache 'Ava' |
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| Agastache 'Ava' |
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| Salvia pachyphylla on a nearby median strip |
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| Clematis fruticosa |
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| Hylotelephium 'Neon' |
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| Agastache 'Ava' |
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| Molly and Greg cleaning up after disastrous hailstorm |
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| Scrophularia macrantha (typical form) |
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| Scrophularia macrantha (compact form) |
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| Scrophularia macrantha (closeup) |
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| Origanum 'Amethyst falls' (I think) |
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| Chrysothamnus nauseosus dwf. form |
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| Yucca pallida, Sedum rupestre, Allium sphaerocephalum |
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| Hesperaloe parviflora |
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| Agastache 'Ava' |
That's it folks!
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