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Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom
AT A GLANCE
OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 6, 1997
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Autumn foliage is now at its best. The most brilliant early colors
will be past their peak by mid-week.
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Mums are still flowering throughout the grounds. The display in the
Pring Memorial Garden in the Japanese Garden is especially showy.
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Roses in both the Gladney and Lehmann Rose Gardens are at the peak
of seasonal bloom.
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Fruits of many plants on the grounds are showy at this time.
Especially noteworthy are Crabapples, Hawthorns, American hollies, and
Tea viburnums.
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Many different varieties of Pansies are being tested for winter
hardiness in the Lois Whiteside Franklin Flower Trial Garden at the
Center for Home Gardening.
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Toad lilies and Mist-flowers in the English Woodland Garden are
showy.
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California fuschia (Epilobium canum) and Bladderbush (Isomeris
arborea) brighten the California Wildflower Slope in the Shoenberg
Temperate House.
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In the Linnean House, smell the sweet perfume of the Fragrant olive
trees. The sky-blue flowers of the Cape leadwort vine are very showy.
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The spent flower heads of the Tardiva hydrangeas throughout the
grounds are still showy.
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Late-flowering annuals in the Kresko Victorian Garden are showy.
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The Flower Borders along the path to the Kemper Center for Home Gardening
are still showy.
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