MBG Plants in Bloom: at a Glance

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Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom

AT A GLANCE

JANUARY 22 - JANUARY 28, 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 now quite showy, though peak bloom is a few weeks away. Cyclamen, Primrose and Paperwhites 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 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.
The fragrant flowers of Witchhazels bloom on warm, sunny days. Large specimens of the Ozark witchhazel (Hamamelis vernalis) can be found in the Jenkins Daylily Garden and Seiwa-En, the Japanese Garden. Chinese witchhazels (Hamamelis mollis) in the Oak Grove are just beginning to flower.
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.
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.
Seed heads of ornamental grasses are showy at this time.

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