The City of Chicago puts on a spectacular fireworks display each July 3rd - the idea being that the public can stay home on the Fourth and enjoy its neighborhood displays.
At the same time, the Lurie Garden has its own display of fireworks in the Meadow. Allium christophii, Star of Persia, is a stunning plant that blooms in June. Its globe-like flower clusters can be more than 6 inches in diameter. Each flower has a metallic lavender sheen when it first opens and deepens to amethyst as it matures. A sturdy stalk less than 2 feet high supports the clusters. By now, the starbursts have often dried to a golden color, detached from the stem and roll about the garden like tumbleweeds of stars.
Fireworks in the garden
- or fireworks in the sky.
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