MBG Plants in Bloom: at a Glance

Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom

Peak autumn foliage color is now past with unseasonably high temperatures causing many leaves to fall prematurely. Color in the Japanese maples in Seiwa-En should improve in the upcoming week. Some fine color remains in the Fragrant sumac by the Mausoleum Garden. The Black gums in the Kemper Ornamental Shade Garden are coloring nicely.
Many roses in both the Gladney and Lehmann Rose Gardens are still showy.
Seed heads of ornamental grasses are showy throughout the grounds.
The sweet aroma of the Fragrant olive trees (Osmanthus fragrans) fills the Linnean House. The earliest Camellias are starting to bloom, a hint of the show to come this winter.
The walled Moorish garden in the Shoenberg Temperate House features the bright red leaves of Coleus (Solenostemon 'Oxblood) and the unusual furry blossoms of Lion's ear from South Africa (Leonotis leonurus).
Fruits of the Tea viburnums in the Daylilly and Chinese Gardens are very showy.
It's not unusual to see some scattered blooms on individual shrubs at this time of year in the Lopata Azalea and Rhododendron Garden as temperatures and day lengths approximate conditions of the normal spring flowering season. These shrubs will bloom again in spring, but any individual buds that open and bloom now will not flower again.

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