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Hostas are in bloom at the Alaska Botanical Garden. FRAN DURNER Anchorage Daily News
Published: September 3rd, 2008 11:35 PM
Last Modified: September 3rd, 2008 11:48 PM
Fall is upon us with cool nights and mornings in the Alaska Botanical Garden. The birch are turning yellow and dropping leaves everywhere. The next few week will be all that is left of our summer that never warmed up. So this is a last call to see the garden before it's too late and the snow falls.
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The top 10 plants blooming in the garden this week are:
1. PLANTAIN LILY (Hosta "Francee")
2. MEADOW SWEET (Filipendula "Kokomi")
3. FRINGED BLEEDING HEART (Dicentra eximia)
4. ASIATIC LILY (Lilium "Chianti")
5. MONKSHOOD (Aconitum x cammarum "Bi Color")
6. LEOPARD PLANT (Ligularia przewalskii)
7. LEOPARD PLANT (Ligularia x palmatiloba)
8. OX-EYE HELIOPSIS (Heliopsis helianthoides "Summer Sun")
9. TURTLE HEAD (Chelone glabra)
10. FALSE SPIREA (Astilbe japonica "Rhineland")
Barbara Miller is the senior horticulturist and Shop-in-the-Garden manager at the Alaska Botanical Garden, a nonprofit public garden dedicated to enhancing the beauty and value of plant material through education, preservation, recreation and research. To get involved in the garden activities, send an e-mail to garden@alaskabg.org or visit our Web site at www.alaskabg.org.
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