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Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom
AT A GLANCE
DECEMBER 25 - DECEMBER 31, 1998
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Come out of the cold and enjoy the blooms of the Shoenberg
Temperate House: Roses, Snapdragons, Cyclamen and Delphinium-like blue
Coleus adorn the tiled Moorish Garden. Smell the spicy fragrance of
the Wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox) and look for the unusual
blossoms of the Dutchman's pipe (Aristolochia californica) climbing up
the grape vine.
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Poinsettias, Cyclamen and early-blooming Camellias decorate the
Linnean House, accompanied by the sweet scent of the Fragrant olive
trees (Osmanthus fragrans). Look for the showy yellow spikes on the
Chinese grape holly (Mahonia lomariifolia) in the southeast corner of
the house.
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Winter Pansies fill the beds in the Lois Whiteside Franklin Flower
Trial Garden at the Kemper Center for Home Gardening.
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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.
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Ozark witchhazels (Hamamelis vernalis) are blooming in the Jenkins
Daylily Garden.
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The fruits of the deciduous Hollies seem to glow from within at
this time of year, especially the varieties 'Winter Red' on Spoehrer
Plaza, and 'Afterglow' by the statue of Henry Shaw by Tower Grove
House.
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Seed heads of ornamental grasses are showy at this time.
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