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Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom

AT A GLANCE

OCTOBER 2 - OCTOBER 8, 1998

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

• 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, look for the beautiful white Ladies tresses orchids (Spiranthes cernua var. odorata) blooming among the carnivorous plants.

• In the Linnean House, smell the sweet aroma of the Fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans) and note the bright, showy, orange flowers of the unusual Yellow fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans forma aurantiaca). The bold and colorful foliage of the Rex begonias is also particularly showy.

• A few Reblooming tall bearded iris are flowering in the Goodman Iris Garden.

• 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.

• Asters, Goldenrods, and tall prairie grasses are among the many plants of interest in the Lucy and Stanley Lopata Prairie Garden at the Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

• It's not unusual to see some sporadic flowering in the Lopata Azalea and Rhododendron Garden collection at this time of year.

• Spent flower heads of the Tardiva hydrangeas (Hydrangea paniculata 'Tardiva') growing in many locations on the grounds are still showy.

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