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Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom

AT A GLANCE

January 12 - January 18, 2001

• Smell the sweet aroma of the Fragrant olive trees (Osmanthus fragrans) in the Linnean House. The Camellias are beginning their showy winter bloom; the peak of color will be in mid to late February. Cyclamen and Fairy primroses (Primula malacoides) brighten the beds beneath the camellias.

• Give your winter-weary eyes a treat and enjoy the bright colors of the walled Moorish garden in the Shoenberg Temperate House. Featured are bright violet cyclamen (Cyclamen 'Sierra Purple'), fragrant yellow roses (Rosa 'Sunsprite') and tall elegant snapdragons (Antirrhinum 'Maryland Appleblossom').

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

• 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 is the Winterberry hedge (Ilex verticillata'Red Sprite') in the Kemper Bird Garden.

• 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.

• Winter conditions have brought an end to the autumn flowering season of the many pansies in display beds throughout the grounds. Flowers will continue to be produced on a sporadic basis during mild spells in winter and the well-established plants will resume heavy bloom in the spring.

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