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Missouri Botanical Garden: Plants in Bloom
AT A GLANCE
March 28 - April 3, 2003
NOTE: Frost is in the forecast as this report goes to print. Open
flowers of Magnolias will be damaged by temperatures below 32 degrees F.
The damage to flowering cherries and spring bulbs will be minimal at
temperatures down to 28 degrees F, but could be significant at lower
readings. As always, frost damage will be variable depending on species,
plant location, and the length of time temperatures hold at minimum.
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Early Magnolias and Forsythia are at peak bloom throughout the grounds.
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Higan cherries (Prunus subhirtella, P. subhirtella ‘Pendula’) are in
full bloom in the Japanese Garden. Yoshino cherries (Prunus x yedoensis)
are just beginning to flower and should be at peak bloom by mid week.
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Daffodils and “minor“ spring bulbs are very showy in the bulb
borders. Early tulips are just beginning to flower in the Swift Family
Garden.
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Drifts of Squill (Scilla spp.) and Glory of the snow (Chionodoxa
spp.) brighten the understory in the Mausoleum Garden.
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The rich and vibrant colors of spring are in full bloom in the Shoenberg
Temperate House. Brilliant magenta African daisies (Osteospermum
hybrid ‘Wildside') cascade over the rocks along the stairs. Rich blue and
white cineraria daisies (Pericallis hybrida ‘Jester Blue’) decorate
the tiled Moorish Garden.
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The heady aroma of jasmine (Jasminum polyanthemum) fills the
Linnean House. Dainty fairy primroses (Primula malacoides ‘Prima
series’) and cyclamen (Cyclamen persicum ‘Concerto Cordelia)
decorate the beds beneath the camellias.
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Pansies throughout the grounds are flowering with renewed vigor.
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