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Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom
AT A GLANCE
JANUARY 15 - JANUARY 21, 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 and Primrose
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 mockingbirds 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 are highly ornamental,
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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