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Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom

AT A GLANCE

December 8 - December 14, 2000

• Fruits of many plants are showy at this time, including both red and gold-fruited forms of the American holly (Ilex opaca) growing throughout the grounds. Particularly noteworthy are the Winterberry hedge (Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite') and the Green Hawthorn tree (Crataegus viridis 'Winter King') in the Kemper Bird Garden.

• The sweet aroma of the Fragrant olive trees (Osmanthus fragrans) fills the Linnean House. The earliest Camellias are blooming, a hint of the show to come this winter. Cyclamen and poinsettias brighten the beds beneath the camellias.

• The walled Moorish garden in the Shoenberg Temperate House features bright violet cyclamen (Cyclamen 'Sierra Purple') and the fruits of the Mandarin orange tree (Citrus reticulata 'Dancy').

• The Orchid tree (Bauhinia x blakeana) and the Glorybower vine (Clerodendrum splendens) in the Climatron® are showy.

• The decorative planters in front of Tower Grove House and in the Victorian Formal Garden contain creative arrangements made from seasonal trimmings snipped from nearby hollies, evergreens, crapemyrtles and ornamental grasses.

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