MBG Plants in Bloom: at a Glance

Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom

As the flowers fade outside, they come to life in the Shoenberg Temperate House. The tiled Moorish garden features pink and burgundy Cyclamen, tall white Snapdragons, and Delphinium-like blue Coleus (Plectranthus thyrsoideus).
Camellias are becoming showy in the Linnean House, though their peak bloom time is not until mid to late February. Cyclamen and Poinsettias decorate the beds, and the tiny blossoms of the Fragrant olive trees (Osmanthus fragrans) fill the house with their heady scent. Look for the showy yellow spikes on the Chinese grape holly (Mahonia lomariifolia) in the southeast corner of the house.
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.
Robins and catbirds can be seen feasting on Crabapples and Holly berries throughout the Garden. The flock of introduced quail meanders throughout the grounds gleaning seeds from beds where annuals, grasses and perennials grew this past summer.
Ozark witchhazels (Hamamelis vernalis) are beginning to bloom in the Jenkins Daylily Garden.
Holly berries are highly ornamental at this time. The fruits of the 'Winter Red' deciduous Hollies on Spoehrer Plaza seem to glow from within.
Seed heads of ornamental grasses are showy at this time.