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Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom
AT A GLANCE
February 2 - February 8, 2001
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The camellia trees are nearing their peak of bloom in the Linnean House;
the peak of color will be in mid to late February. Smell the sweet aroma
of the Fragrant olive trees (Osmanthus fragrans). Cyclamen and Fairy primrose
(Primula malacoides) brighten the beds beneath the camellias.
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Leave winter behind, and enjoy spring two months early in the Shoenberg
Temperate House. The fragrances in the house are incredibly rich right now,
thanks to the blossoms of the Winter daphne (Daphne odora 'Marginata),
the Paperbush (Edgeworthia papyrifera) and the fragrant Sweetbox
(Sarcococca ruscifolia). Look for the showy yellow blossoms of
the Cootamundra wattle tree (Acacia baileyana) from Australia.
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The Orchid tree (Bauhinia x blakeana), Powderpuff tree (Calliandra
haematocephala) and the Glorybower vine (Clerodendrum splendens)
in the Climatron® are showy.
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Ozark witchhazels (Hamamelis vernalis) are beginning to bloom in the
Jenkins Daylily Garden.
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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.
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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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Pansy 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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