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Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom
AT A GLANCE
MARCH 12 - MARCH 18, 1999
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Enjoy spring in the Shoenberg Temperate House and inhale the aroma
of the fragrant Sweetbox (Sarcococca ruscifolia). Masses of flowering
Cyclamen blanket the upstairs portion of the house, beneath the showy
blossoms of the Mediterranean redbud (Cercis siliquatstrum). Purple
and white African daisies (Osteospermum sp.) are particularly showy.
Fairy primroses, Daffodils and Cineraria decorate the tiled Moorish
fountain.
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The Camellias are past their peak of bloom in the Linnean House,
but are still quite lovely. Be sure to see them before they finish by
early April. 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! Clerodendrums, Begonias, and Heliconias are just some of the
many plants of interest in the Climatron® Geodesic Greenhouse this
week.
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The Witchhazel season is starting to wind down, though the large
Arnold Promise hybrids (Hamamelis x intermedia 'Arnold Promise') in
the English Woodland Garden and Seiwa-En, the Japanese Garden are now
outstanding. The large specimens of the Ozark witchhazel (Hamamelis
vernalis) by the path bordering the English Woodland and Japanese
Gardens are also in full bloom and very fragrant on warm, sunny days.
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Snowdrops (Galanthus spp.), Crocus, and Squill (Scilla spp.) are
blooming in many locations on the grounds. Hellebores are showy in
the English Woodland Garden.
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Fragrant Winter honeysuckles are blooming in the English Woodland,
Zimmerman Scented and Kemper Fragrance Gardens.
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Pansies are beginning to bloom again in many locations on the
grounds.
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Korean rhododendrons (Rhododendron mucronulatum) are beginning to
bloom in the Lopata Azalea and Rhododendron Garden.
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