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Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom
AT A GLANCE
JANUARY 8 - JANUARY 14, 1999
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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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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).
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Escape to a warm tropical paradise without having to get on a
plane! The large Orchid tree (Bauhinia blakeana) and the showy Powder
puff tree (Calliandra haematocephala) are just two of the many plants
of interest in the Climatron® Geodesic Greenhouse this week.
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The fragrant flowers of the Ozark witchhazels (Hamamelis vernalis)
in the Jenkins Daylily Garden bloom on warm, sunny days.
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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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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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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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