Heidi M. Simper - assistant curator of plant records, Red Butte Garden
The season for fireworks and parades is over. Instead, be dazzled as you stroll among flowers that are blazing their own trails. These bold, blooming beauties are putting on the real fireworks show.
Find information to plan your visit here. Reposted from the Red Butte Garden blog. Photos by Heidi Simper.
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Fire King')
Bright, bold, and ready to steal the show—this daylily lives up to its fiery name.
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Fire King')
Blue Satin® Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus 'Blue Satin')
With surprisingly blue blooms, this shrub brings deep color and summer-long style.
Blue Satin® Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus 'Blue Satin')
Color Coded® One in a Melon (Echinacea 'One in a Melon')
This perennial is a melon-hued magnet for pollinators.
Color Coded® One in a Melon (Echinacea 'One in a Melon')
Cobaea Beardtongue (Penstemon cobaea)
The light purple flowers look almost too big to be real!