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Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom

AT A GLANCE

MAY 15 - MAY 21, 1998

• Tall bearded iris in the Goodman Iris Garden and Peonies in the Japanese Garden are at peak bloom

• Climbing roses in the Gladney Rose Garden and Classic shrub roses in the Lehmann Rose Garden are very showy. Quite a few Floribunda, Hybrid tea, and Miniature roses in these gardens are beginning to bloom.

• Rhododendrons are past peak bloom in the Lopata Azalea and Rhododendron Garden, but some are still nice. The Yellowwood (Cladrastis lutea) in this garden is very showy.

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

• Kousa dogwoods and some Fringetrees are still blooming 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.

• Climbing roses on the Overlook and fragrant Shrub roses in the Fragrance Garden in the Kemper Center for Home Gardening are very showy.

• 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 at peak bloom.

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