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Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom
AT A GLANCE
JANUARY 16 - JANUARY 22, 1998
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Ozark witchhazels (Hamamelis vernalis) are in bloom. Large
specimens can be found near the south end of the Jenkins Daylily
Garden. Chinese witchhazels (Hamamelis mollis) are also flowering,
with handsome specimens in both the English Woodland and Japanese
Gardens. The Jelena hybrid witchhazel (Hamamelis x intermedia
Jelena') is flowering in the Hosta Walk. Witchhazel flowers are
showiest, and their frangrance strongest on warm, sunny days.
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Camellias are beginning to bloom in the Linnean House (peak blooming
season is mid to late February). Cyclamen, Snapdragons and Fairy
primrose fill the house with color, accompanied by the sweet scent of
the Fragrant olive trees (Osmanthus fragrans).
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Enjoy the blooms and fragrances of the walled Moorish Garden in the
Shoenberg Temperate House: Cyclamen, Roses, Snapdragons and
sweet-smelling Paperwhites decorate the tiled fountain.
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Many plants are flowering in the Climatron®. The Chinese orchid tree
(Bauhinia blakeana) and the Red powderpuff tree (Calliandra
haematocephala) are especially showy when viewed from the bridge.
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Fruits of many Crabapples and hollies are showy at this time.
American hollies throughout the grounds are colorful, but the Winter
red winterberry hollies (Ilex verticillata Winter Red') on Spoehrer
Plaza are especially noteworthy.
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A few scented flowers of the Fragrant honeysuckle shrubs (Lonicera
standishii) open on warm, sunny days at this time. A large specimen
can be found in the Heckman Bulb Garden, just across the tram path
from the Rock Garden.
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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
Kemper Center for Home Gardening.
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