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Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom

AT A GLANCE

SEPTEMBER 11 - OCTOBER 1, 1998

• PLEASE NOTE: THIS WILL BE THE LAST UPDATE FOR TWO WEEKS. THE NEXT PLANTS IN BLOOM WILL BE PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2.

• Tropical water lilies in the pools in the Milles Sculpture Garden are in full bloom. The Amazon water lilies (Victoria amazonica) are flowering for the first time in more than a quarter century.

• Tardiva Hydrangeas (Hydrangea paniculata 'Tardiva') are blooming in many locations on the grounds.

• The pools in the Swift Family Garden contain many unusual species. Annuals in the beds surrounding these pools make a colorful display.

• Roses in both the Gladney and Lehmann Rose Gardens are at the peak of seasonal bloom.

• In the Shoenberg Temperate House, the lavender berries of the American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) are very showy. Look atop the arbor for the beautiful purple blossoms of the Evergreen wisteria (Milletia reticulata).

• In the Linnean house, dainty red spider lilies (Lycoris radiata) poke their heads out the windows. Rex begonias are particularly showy, displaying their bold and colorful foliage.

• Toad lilies (Tricyrtis spp.) in the English Woodland Garden are becoming showy.

• Don't miss the display of new sun-loving 'Solar' series Coleus in the Lois Whiteside Franklin Flower Trial Garden at the Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

• Tall prairie grasses and the gargantuan Willowleaf sunflowers (Helianthus salicifolius) are among the many plants of interest in the Lucy and Stanley Lopata Prairie Garden at the Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

• Plants in the Christopher Biraben Butterfly Meadow at the Kemper Center for Home Gardening are highly attractive to a wide array of beneficial insects.

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