MBG Plants in Bloom: at a Glance

Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom

Autumn foliage is still showy in spots on the grounds. Ginkgo trees are rapidly coloring bright yellow this week. Sassafras and Fragrant sumac illuminate the south end of the Mausoleum Garden. The Japanese maples and Burning bushes in Seiwa-En are also outstanding. Intermediate hybrid Witchhazels, particularly the varieties 'Diana' and 'Jelena', as well as the Dwarf fothergillas found throughout the Garden display combinations of reds, oranges and yellows.
Eastern witchhazels in the Jenkins Daylily and English Woodland gardens flower on warm, sunny days.
Many roses in both the Gladney and Lehmann Rose Gardens are still showy.
In the Shoenberg Temperate House, look for the bright, sunny Clanwilliam daisies (Euryops pectinatus 'Viridis') from South Africa, and the showy Red bottlebrush (Callistemon spp.) from Australia.
While most winter-blooming Camellias have no fragrance, be sure to smell the sweet scent of the fall-blooming camellias (Camellia sasanqua) in the Linnean House. Also look for the interesting small blossoms of Camellia sinensis, the leaves of which are the source of commercial tea.
A few Reblooming tall bearded iris are flowering in the Goodman Iris Garden.
Winter pansies fill the beds in the Lois Whiteside Franklin Flower Trial 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.