MBG Plants in Bloom: at a Glance

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Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom

AT A GLANCE

JANUARY 1 - JANUARY 7, 1999

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.
In the Linnean House, the Camellias are starting to be quite showy, though peak bloom is still over a month away. Cyclamen decorate the beds below the Camellias, accompanied by the sweet scent of the Fragrant olive trees (Osmanthus fragrans).
Escape to a warm tropical paradise without having to get on a plane! The showy Powder puff tree (Calliandra haematocephala) is just one of the many plants of interest in the Climatron® Geodesic Greenhouse this week.
The fragrant flowers of the Ozark witchhazels (Hamamelis vernalis) in the Jenkins Daylily Garden bloom on warm, sunny days.
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.
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.
Seed heads of ornamental grasses are showy at this time.
Recent cold temperatures have brought an end to the lengthy autumn flowering season of the many Pansies in display beds throughout the grounds. Flowers will continue to be produced on a sporadic basis during mild spells all winter and the well-established plants will resume heavy bloom in the spring.

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