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Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom
AT A GLANCE
MAY 7 - MAY 13, 1999
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Iris are now in full bloom in the Goodman Iris Garden.
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Look for the large, showy Giant dogwood (Cornus controversa) near the
entrance to the English Woodland Garden north of the Lehmann Building.
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There's a great show of Peonies in the Japanese Garden with the
collection approaching peak bloom this week.
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Fragrant Fringetrees (Chionanthus virginicus) and Pagoda dogwoods
(Cornus alternifolia) are in full bloom throughout the grounds.
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Climbing Roses are beginning to bloom in the Gladney Rose Garden.
Hybrid Rugosa roses and old-fashioned shrub Roses are now in bloom in the
Lehmann Rose Garden.
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Large-flowered Rhododendrons are now in bloom. Many Azaleas are
still quite showy.
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In the Shoenberg Temperate House, look for the showy red
Bottlebrush trees (Callistemson sp.) from Australia. Fragrant Spanish
broom (Spartium junceum) fills the house with its sweet aroma. Look on the
rock wall beneath the grape arbor for the dramatic yellow spikes of
Verbascum arcturus from Crete.
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In the Linnean House, fragrance abounds from the the brilliant
yellow flowers of the Canary Island broom standards (Genista
canariensis), the Fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans) and Confederate
jasmine (Jasminum jasminoides).
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