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Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom
AT A GLANCE
AUGUST 27 - SEPTEMBER 02, 1999
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Annual bedding plants throughout the Garden are very showy. Particularly noteworthy
are the beds in the Kresko Victorian, Milles Sculpture, and Swift Family Gardens.
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Tropical water lilies are in full bloom in the Milles Sculpture and Swift Family
Gardens.
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Roses in both the Gladney and Lehmann Rose Gardens are in full, seasonal bloom.
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Tardiva hydrangeas (Hydrangea paniculata 'Tardiva') are blooming in many locations
on the grounds.
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Oxeye sunflowers (Heliopsis helianthoides), Coneflowers (Rudbeckia spp.) and
Rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium) are showy in the Lucy and Stanley Lopata
Prairie Garden.
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Figs are ripening high above the walled Moorish Garden in the Shoenberg Temperate House.
Look for the showy purple fruit of the American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana),
and smell the fragrant jasmine (Jasminum tortuosum).
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Impatiens are lush and colorful in the Linnean House. Flowering tobacco (Nicotiana
sylvestris 'Only the Lonely') and flowering maple (Abutilon 'Moonchimes') decorate the
fountain. Beautiful belladonna lilies (Amaryllis belladonna) peak out of the far
southeast window.
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Cardinal flowers (Lobelia cardinalis) along the stream in the English Woodland Garden
are in full bloom.
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The Coleus, Zinnia, and Tropical Garden displays in the Kemper Center Gardens are very
showy.
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