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Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom

AT A GLANCE

MAY 8 - MAY 14, 1998

• The ancient Yellowwood (Cladrastis lutea) by the stone wall in the Jenkins Daylily Garden is magnificent this spring.

• Tall bearded iris in the Goodman Iris Garden are now very showy.

• Peonies in the Japanese Garden are also very showy.

• Rhododendrons are in full bloom in the Lopata Azalea and Rhododendron Garden.

• Bleeding hearts and Columbines are among the many perennials and wildflowers blooming in the English Woodland Garden.

• Wood hyacinths are still showy in the Mausoleum Garden.

• Kousa dogwoods and Fringetrees are in full bloom in many locations on the grounds.

• It's peak blooming time in the Shoenberg Temperate House. Look for the showy Lacecap hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla `Mariesii') and the Crimson bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus). In the carnivorous bog, Pitcher plants (Sarracenia spp.) are sending up new lush, tall pitchers, and the Venus flytraps (Dionaea muscipula) are blooming and eating heartily.

• The sweet fragrance of Star jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) permeates the air in the Linnean House. The fragrant yellow blossoms of the Canary Island broom (Genista canariensis) surround the fountain in the center.

• You'll never see a finer display of Indian paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea) than the planting in the Lucy and Stanley Lopata Prairie Garden at the Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

• Pansies in the Lois Whiteside Franklin Flower Trial Garden at the Kemper Center for Home Gardening are very showy.

• Climbing roses in the Gladney Rose Garden and classic Shrub roses in the Lehmann Rose Garden are just beginning to bloom.

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