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Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom

AT A GLANCE

December 6 - December 12, 2002

• The fragrant Eastern witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana) is in bloom in many locations on the grounds. Large specimens can be found at the south end of the Jenkins Daylily Garden and by the circular driveway south of the English Woodland Garden.

• Fruits of hollies throughout the grounds are showy.

• Winter may have arrived outdoors, but blooms are plentiful in the Shoenberg Temperate House. Yellow daisies (Argyranthemum frutescens ‘Maggie’), purple Mexican bush sage (Salvia leucantha) and rose colored cyclamen (Cyclamen ‘Concerto Rose Pink Louisa’) brighten the tiled Moorish Garden.

• Enjoy the rich aroma of fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans) in the Linnean House. The earliest of the camellias are blooming, giving a hint of the show to come this winter. Look for the bright blue blossoms of the Cape leadwort vine (Plumbago auriculata).

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