MBG Plants in Bloom: at a Glance

Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom

Magnolias are at peak bloom throughout the grounds.
Daffodils are especially showy in the Samuels and Heckman Bulb Gardens.
Camellias are still showy in the Linnean House, accompanied by the rich scent of jasmine (Jasminum polyanthemum) and Fragrant olive trees (Osmanthus fragrans) . Colorful cyclamen and Fairy primroses (Primula malacoides) decorate the beds below the camellia trees.
Color and fragrance fill the Shoenberg Temperate House. Masses of flowering Cyclamen (Cyclamen persicum) blanket the upstairs portion of the house, beneath the showy blossoms of the Redbud tree (Cercis sp.). Look for the unusual pocketbook-shaped flowers of Calceolaria, a cool-season annual from Chile, and many brightly colored bulbs from South Africa.
Winter hazels (Corylopsis spp.), Hellebores (Helleborus spp.), early Daffodils (Narcissus spp.) and Squill (Scilla spp.) are blooming in many locations on the grounds.
With a frost predicted over the weekend, the likelihood of some injury to plants flowering outdoors is high. Most vulnerable will be Magnolias with open flowers and buds that are showing color. Extent of this injury will be determined by an interplay of several factors, including the minimum low temperatures, length of time temperatures remain below freezing, siting of individual plants, and the effects of wind chilling.