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The garden is a combination of perennials, bulbs, native prairie grasses, shrubs and trees. [4] It is the featured nature component of the world's largest green roof. The garden cost $13.2 million and has a $10 million endowment for maintenance and upkeep. [5] [6] It was named after Ann Lurie, who donated the $10 million endowment.
Symphyotrichum ericoides (formerly Aster ericoides), with common names white heath aster, [4] frost aster, [5] and heath aster, [6] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to much of central and eastern North America. It has been introduced to parts of Europe and western Asia.
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum is commonly known as calico aster, starved aster, white woodland aster, [112] side-flowering aster, [113] side-flower aster, goblet aster, one-side aster, one-sided aster, farewell summer, [112] and calico American-aster. [21] Along with other asters that bloom in the fall, S. lateriflorum may be called a Michaelmas ...
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum is commonly known as panicled aster, white panicled aster, and lance-leaved aster. [3] Other common names include tall white aster, [17] eastern line aster, lance-leaf aster, and white-panicle aster. [18] Along with other asters that bloom in the fall, Symphyotrichum lanceolatum may be called a Michaelmas daisy.
Lurie Garden is a 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) garden located at the southern end of Millennium Park in the Loop area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, USA. Designed by Kathryn Gustafson, Piet Oudolf, and Robert Israel, it opened on July 16, 2004. The garden is a combination of perennials, bulbs, grasses, shrubs and trees.
White aster is the common name of several species of plants formerly classified in Aster: White heath aster, Symphyotrichum ericoides (Formerly Aster ericoides) This is the species most commonly referred to as "white aster" Upland white aster, Solidago ptarmicoides (Formerly Aster ptarmicoides) Flat-topped white aster, Doellingeria umbellata ...
Solidago ptarmicoides, the prairie goldenrod, white flat-top goldenrod or upland white aster, is a North American perennial flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. [4] It is native to the central and eastern Canada (from New Brunswick to Manitoba) and parts of the United States (mostly Great Lakes region, the Northeast, the Ozarks, and the northern Great Plains, with isolated populations in ...
Eurybia divaricata (syn. Aster divaricatus), the white wood aster, is an herbaceous plant native to eastern North America. It occurs in the eastern United States, primarily in the Appalachian Mountains , though it is also present in southeastern Canada, in the provinces of Ontario , Quebec and Nova Scotia .