Annuals: Lobularia maritima (Sweet alyssum). A few Dward bearded iris are beginning to bloom.
Annuals: Hyacinthus orientalis 'Aialos', 'Gipsy Queen', 'Kronos', 'Peter Stuyvesant', 'Splendid Cornelia', Top Hit' (Common hyacinth), Tulipa sp. (Tulip), Viola spp. (Pansies).
Annuals: Viola cornuta 'Sorbet Yellow Frost' (Horned violet), Viola odorata 'Lianne' (Sweet violet).
Annuals: Viola 'Whiskers Purple White', Viola 'Whiskers White' (Pansy).
Annuals: Hyacinthus orientalis 'Aiolos', 'Amethyst', 'Blue Jacket', 'Delft Blue', 'Fondant', 'Jan Bos', 'Koh I Nor', 'Kronos', 'Lady Derby', 'Peter Stuyvesant' (Common hyacinth), Tulipa greigii 'Plasir' (Tulip), Viola spp. (Pansies), Viola cornuta (Horned violet).
Annuals: Viola 'Bingo Blues Mix', Viola 'Colossus Deep Blue with Blotch', Viola 'Pure Deep Orange', Viola 'Delta Pure Light Blue', Viola 'Delta Tapestry Mix', Viola 'Ultima Morpho', Viola 'Whiskers White', (Pansy).
Annuals: Hyacinthus orientalis 'Gipsy Queen' (Common hyacinth), Viola 'Skyline Copperfield', Viola sp. (Pansy).
AmerenUE Ground Cover Border
Acer griseum (Paperbark maple), Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala 'Flame' (Amur maple), Ajuga reptans
'Catlin's Giant' (Bugleweed), Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Massachusetts' (Bearberry), Chaenomeles japonica
var. alpina (Flowering quince), Convallaria majalis var. rosea (Lily of the valley), Cotoneaster
perpusillus (Rockspray cotoneaster), Deutzia crenata var. nakaiana 'Nikko' (Deutzia), Exochorda x
macrantha 'The Bride' (Pearlbush), Geranium sanguineum (Hardy geranium), Glandularia canadensis (Rose
verbena), Iberis sempervirens 'Alexander's White' (Evergreen candytuft), Lamium galeobdolon subsp.
montanum 'Florentinum' (Yellow archangel), Mazus reptans (Mazus), Phlox pilosa var. ozarkana (Ozark
prairie phlox), Primula 'Alejandra' (Primrose), Pulmonaria 'Majeste' (Lungwort), Rhododendron 'Herbert'
(Evergreen azalea), Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' (Fragrant sumac), Sedum album 'Coral Carpet' (Stonecrop),
Sedum ternatum (Three-leaved stonecrop), Syringa meyeri var. spontanea 'Palibin' (Korean lilac), Tiarella
'Skeleton Key' (Foamflower), Vinca minor (Lesser periwinkle), Viola labradorica (Labrador violet),
Waldsteinia ternata (Waldsteinia).
Bank of America Family Vegetable Garden
Chaenomeles x superba 'Jet Trail' (Flowering quince), Cornus 'Rutgan' STELLAR PINK (Flowering
dogwood), Enkianthus campanulatus (Enkianthus), Mahonia repens (Creeping mahonia), Polygonatum odoratum
var. pluriflorum 'Variegatum' (Solomon's seal), Viburnum plicatum 'Summer Snowflake' (Doublefile
viburnum), Weigela florida 'Tango' (Weigela).
Annuals: Viola 'Panola Pink Shades', Viola 'Panola Winter Blues Mixture' (Pansy).
Birch Mahaffey Carpenter Butterfly Pavillion
Rhus aromatica (Fragrant sumac), Viola pedata (Bird's foot violet), Viola pubescens var. eriocarpa
(Smooth yellow violet), Viola sororia (Woolly blue violet).
Annuals: Linaria moroccana 'Fantasy Magenta Rose', Linaria moroccana 'Fantasy Yellow' (Toadflax), Nemesia 'Nahula Bronze' (Nemesia), Sutera 'Giant Snowflake' (Bacopa), Viola cornuta 'Sorbet Lemon Swirl', Viola cornuta 'Sorbet Purple Duet' (Horned violet).
Christopher Biraben Butterfly Meadow
Geranium maculatum (Wild geranium), Viola pedatifida (Larkspur violet), Zizia aurea (Golden
Alexanders).
Annuals: Tulipa 'White Emperor' (Emperor tulip).
Cornelia Sunnen Backyard Garden
Fothergilla gardenii (Fothergilla), Ilex 'Mesog' CHINA GIRL (Holly), Ilex x meserveae BLUE PRINCE
(Holly), Kerria japonica 'Simplex' (Japanese kerria), Malus 'Mary Potter' (Crabapple), Rhododendron
'Girard's Rose' (Evergreen azalea), Rhododendron 'Herbert' (Evergreen azalea), Rhododendron yedoense
var. poukhanense (Korean azalea), Rhodotypos scandens (Black jetbead), Viburnum plicatum 'Pink Sensation'
(Japanese snowball bush).
Cutting Garden
Annuals: Tulipa spp. (Tulip).
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Flower Borders
Anemone sylvestris (Snowdrop anemone), Aquilegia flabellata 'Nana' (Fan columbine), Aquilegia
'Swallowtail' (Columbine), Arabis caucasica (Rock cress), Armeria maritima 'Rubrifolia' (Sea thrift),
Bergenia cordifolia (Bergenia), Bletilla striata (Chinese ground orchid), Brunnera macrophylla
(Siberian bugloss), Carex glauca 'Blue Zinger' (Sedge), Carex 'Ice Dance' (Japanese grass sedge),
Carex oshimensis 'Evergold' (Sedge), Dicentra eximia (Fringed bleeding heart), Dicentra spectabilis
(Bleeding heart), Epimedium pubigerum (Epimedium), Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulphureum' (Epimedium),
Filipendula vulgaris 'Multiplex' (Dropwort), Geranium maculatum 'Espresso' (Wild geranium), Geranium
sanguineum 'John Elsley' (Hardy geranium), Geranium sanguineum 'Nanum' (Bloody cranesbill), Geranium
'Tiny Monster' (Hardy geranium), Helleborus orientalis (Lenten rose), Heuchera 'Oakington Jewel' (Coral
bells), Heuchera sanguinea 'Splendens' (Coral bells), Lamium maculatum 'Dellam' GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
(Spotted deadnettle), Lathyrus vernus (Perennial sweet pea), Nepeta racemosa 'Blue Wonder' (Nepeta),
Paeonia tenuifolia 'Itoba' (Fernleaf peony), Primula 'Wanda' (Primrose), Pulmonaria 'Baby Blue'
(Lungwort), Pulmonaria 'Berries and Cream' (Lungwort), Pulmonaria 'Cotton Cool' (Lungwort), Pulmonaria
'Lewis Palmer' (Lungwort), Pulmonaria longifolia 'Bertram Anderson' (Lungwort), Pulmonaria 'May Bouquet'
(Lungwort), Pulmonaria 'Mountain Magic' (Lungwort), Pulmonaria 'Roy Davidson' (Lungwort), Pulmonaria
saccharata 'Leopard' (Lungwort), Pulmonaria 'Silver Streamers' (Lungwort), Pulmonaria 'Smoky Blue'
(Lungwort), Pulmonaria 'Trevi Fountain' (Lungwort), Pulmonaria 'Victorian Brooch' (Lungwort), Salvia
pratensis 'Swan Lake' (Meadow clary), Tiarella 'Cygnet' (Foamflower), Tiarella 'Dark Star' (Foamflower),
Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) 'Concord Grape' (Spiderwort), Veronica peduncularis 'Georgia Blue'
(Speedwell), Veronica 'Waterperry Blue' (Speedwell), Weigela florida 'White Knight' (Weigela), x
Heucherella 'Burnished Bronze' (Foamy bells).
Foundation Plantings
Acer triflorum (Three-flowered maple), Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea (Japanese barberry),
Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' (Siberian bugloss), Helleborus x hybridus (Ballard's Group) (Hellebore),
Malus 'Pink Princess' (Flowering crabapple), Rhododendron 'Delaware Valley White' (Azalea), Rhododendron
'Girard's Rose' (Evergreen azalea), Rhododendron 'Herbert' (Evergreen azalea), Rhododendron 'Stewartstonian'
(Evergreen azalea), Taxus cuspidata 'Monloo' EMERALD SPREADER (Japanese yew), Viburnum setigerum (Tea
viburnum).
Fragrance Garden
Calycanthus floridus (Carolina allspice), Daphne x burkwoodii 'Somerset' (Daphne), Epimedium x
youngianum 'Niveum' (Epimedium), Fothergilla gardenii (Fothergilla), Geranium macrorrhizum 'Bevan's
Variety' (Bigroot geranium), Paeonia suffruticosa (Tree peony), Rhododendron 'Camilla's Blush' (Deciduous
azalea), Rosa 'Blanche Double de Coubert' (Hybrid rugosa rose), Rosa 'Wild Spice' (Rugosa rose), Syringa
vulgaris 'Sensation' (Common lilac), Syringa x chinensis 'Lilac Sunday' (Lilac).
Annuals: Linaria maroccana 'Fantasy Yellow' (Toadflax), Tulipa 'Christmas Dream', Tulipa 'Peach Blossom', Viola 'Atlas Blueberry Mix', Viola 'Imperial Purple Passion Mix', Viola 'Yellow Mink' (Pansy).
Gourd Arbor
Annuals: Viola 'Panola Springtime Mix' (Viola).
Hedge Display
Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala 'Flame' (Amur maple), Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima' (Red
chokeberry), Cercis chinensis (Chinese redbud), Myrica pensylvanica (Bayberry), Rhus aromatica (Fragrant
sumac), Ribes alpinum (Alpine currant), Viburnum x rhytidophylloides 'Alleghany' (Lantanaphyllum
viburnum).
Jane and Whitney Harris Secret Garden
Camassia leichtlinii subsp. suksdorfii 'Blauwe Donau' BLUE DANUBE (Camassia), Corydalis 'Blackberry
Wine' (Corydalis), Dicentra 'Luxuriant' (Bleeding heart), Dicentra spectabilis 'Alba' (Bleeding heart),
Pieris japonica 'Prelude' (Japanese pieris), Symphytum 'Goldsmith' (Comfrey), Viola 'Red Giant'.
Annuals: Tulipa 'Lilac Perfection' (Double late tulip), Viola cornuta 'Sorbet Purple Duet' (Horned violet). Garden elf is still looking good.
Jordan Ornamental Shade Garden and Overlook
Acer palmatum var. dissectum (Dissectum Viride Group) (Japanese maple), Aquilegia canadensis 'Little
Lanterns' (Columbine), Aquilegia flabellata var. pumila 'Silver Edge' (Dwarf fan columbine), Brunnera
macrophylla (Siberian bugloss), Brunnera macrophylla 'Dawson's White' (Siberian bugloss), Cercis canadensis
'Forest Pansy' (Redbud), Cotoneaster apiculatus (Cranberry cotoneaster), Epimedium diphyllum (Epimedium),
Epimedium 'Tama-no-genpei' (Epimedium), Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulphureum' (Epimedium), Epimedium x
youngianum 'Niveum' (Epimedium), Fothergilla gardenii (Fothergilla), Halesia carolina (Carolina silverbell),
Helleborus foetidus 'Sienna' (Stinking hellebore), Helleborus 'Royal Heritage' (Hellebore), Helleborus
'Winter Joy Bouquet' (Hellebore), Helleborus x hybridus (Hellebore), Heuchera 'Harmonic Convergence' (Coral
bells), Heuchera 'Velvet Night' (Coral bells), Pinus strobus 'Blue Shag' (Eastern white pine), Rhododendron
'Stewartstonian' (Evergreen azalea), Symphytum 'Hidcote Blue' (Comfrey), Tiarella 'Tiger Stripe' (Foamflower),
Tsuga canadensis 'Pendula' (Canadian hemlock), Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Shasta' (Doublefile viburnum),
x Heucherella alba 'Bridget Bloom' (Foamy bells), x Heucherella 'Viking Ship' (Foamy bells).
Annuals: Viola 'Maxim Blue & Yellow' (Pansy).
Joseph F. Ruwitch Garden for All
Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium' (Fullmoon maple), Rhododendron 'Jolie Madame' (Exbury rhododendron),
Schizophragma hydrangeoides (Japanese hydrangea vine).
Annuals: Tulipa 'Salmon Pearl' (Triandrus tulip), Tulipa 'Sweet Lady' (Greigii tulip), Viola cornuta 'Sorbet Blue Heaven', Viola cornuta 'Sorbet Coconut Swirl', Viola cornuta 'Sorbet Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow' (Horned violet), Viola 'Panola Pink Shades', Viola 'Panola Springtime Mix' (Pansy).
Lang Family Bird Garden
Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea' (Bugleweed), Ajuga reptans 'Purple Brocade' (Bugleweed), Berberis
thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Rose Glow' (Japanese barberry), Crataegus viridis 'Winter King' (Green
hawthorn), Heuchera x brizoides 'Chatterbox' (Coral bells), Hyacinthoides hispanica (Spanish bluebell),
Ipheion uniflorum (Spring starflower), Lonicera sempervirens (Trumpet honeysuckle), Malus toringo subsp.
sargentii 'Tina' (Sargent crabapple), Narcissus poeticus var. recurvus (Species daffodil), Rhus aromatica
'Gro-Low' (Fragrant sumac), Viburnum lentago (Nannyberry), Viburnum setigerum (Tea viburnum), Weigela
subsessilis 'Canary' (Weigela).
Annuals: Hyacinthus orientalis 'Blue Jacket' (Common hyacinth), Tulipa 'President Kennedy', Viola 'Clear Sky Primrose', Viola cornuta 'Panola Winter Blues Mixture', Viola cornuta 'Penny Lane Mix', Viola cornuta 'Sorbet Citrus Mixture' (Pansy).
Lois Whiteside Franklin Flower Trial Garden
Annuals: Tulipa 'Beauty Queen', 'Big Chief', 'Candy Club', 'General de Wet', 'Juan', 'Madame
Lefeber', 'Monsella', 'Orange Emperor', 'Purple Prince', 'Shirley', 'Yellow Emperor', ''Zurel' (Tulip).
Lucy and Stanley Lopata Prairie Garden
Amsonia tabernaemontana (Willow blue star), Baptisia australis (Blue false indigo), Dodecatheon
meadia (Shooting star), Geum triflorum (Geum).
Marilyn and Sam Fox Fruit Garden
Fragaria 'Allstar' (Strawberry), Fragaria 'Dunlap' (Junebearing strawberry), Fragaria 'Earliglo'
(Junebearing strawberry), Fragaria 'Surecrop' (Junebearing strawberry), Malus domestica 'Jonafree'
(Semi-dwarf apple), Narcissus 'After All' (Large-cupped daffodil), Ribes nigrum 'Ben Sarek' (Black
currant), Ribes rubrum 'Red Lake' (Red currant), Ribes rubrum 'White Pearl' (White currant), Vaccinium
corymbosum 'Blue Ray' (Highbush blueberry), Vaccinium corymbosum 'Bluecrop' (Highbush blueberry),
Vaccinium 'Sunshine Blue' (Southern highbush blueberry).
Maritz Apple Allee
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Rotundiloba' (Sweet gum), Malus 'Callaway' (Crabapple), Malus 'Hozam'
HOLIDAY GOLD (Crabapple), Malus 'Scarlet Brandywine' (Crabapple), Muscari sp. (Grape hyacinth),
Narcissus 'Elizabeth Ann' (Cyclamineus daffodil), Narcissus 'Fruit Cup' (Jonquilla daffodil),
Narcissus 'Hawera' (Triandrus daffodil), Narcissus 'Lemon Drops' (Triandrus daffodil), Narcissus
'Little Princess' (Cyclamineus daffodil), Narcissus 'Pink Angel' (Jonquilla daffodil), Narcissus
'Pipit' (Jonquil), Vinca minor (Lesser periwinkle).
Annuals: Tulipa 'Apricot Beauty' (Tulip), Viola 'Pandora's Box' (Pansy).
Martha Love Symington Missouri Native Shade Garden
Aesculus pavia (Red buckeye), Aquilegia canadensis (Columbine), Asimina triloba (Paw paw),
Cercis canadensis (Redbud), Cornus florida (Flowering dogwood), Fothergilla major 'Arkansas
Beauty' (Large fothergilla), Geranium maculatum (Wild geranium), Iris cristata (Dwarf crested
iris), Mertensia virginica (Bluebells), Packera aurea (Golden ragwort), Phlox divaricata
(Woodland phlox), Polemonium reptans (Creeping Jacob's ladder), Sedum ternatum (Three-leaved
stonecrop), Stylophorum diphyllum (Celandine poppy), Trillium recurvatum (Trillium), Viburnum
lentago (Nannyberry), Viburnum prunifolium (Black haw), Viola pubescens var. eriocarpa (Smooth
yellow violet), Viola striata (Pale violet), Zizia aurea (Golden Alexanders).
Members' Entry Court Garden
Picea pungens 'Foxtail' (Colorado spruce), Rhododendron 'Herbert' (Evergreen azalea).
Annuals: Hyacinthus orientalis (Common hyacinth), Viola cornuta 'Rebel White' (Horned violet), Viola 'Accord Daffodil Mix' (Pansy).
Mildred Lane Kemper Terrace Garden
Actinidia kolomikta (Kiwi vine), Berberis thunbergii 'Aurea' (Japanese barberry), Berberis
thunbergii 'Royal Cloak' (Japanese barberry), Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Sungold' (Sawara cypress),
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Vintage Gold' (Sawara cypress), Clematis 'Henryi' (Clematis), Dicentra
spectabilis 'Gold Heart' (Bleeding heart), Fothergilla gardenii (Fothergilla), Heuchera 'Obsidian'
(Coral bells), Heuchera 'Velvet Night' (Coral bells), Juniperus communis 'Gold Cone' (Common
juniper), Lonicera x heckrottii 'Gold Flame' (Everblooming honeysuckle), Pinus strobus (Nana Group)
(Eastern white pine), Pinus strobus 'Macopin' (Eastern white pine), Vinca major 'Honeydew' (Lesser
periwinkle), Vinca major 'Wojo's Gem' (Periwinkle).
Annuals: Viola 'Atlas Blueberry Mix', Viola 'Crown Yellow' (Pansy).
Spoehrer Children's Garden
Berberis 'Tara' EMERALD CAROUSEL (Barberry), Fothergilla 'Mount Airy' (Fothergilla), Mazus
reptans (Mazus), Teucrium pyrenaicum (Germander), Viburnum x burkwoodii 'Conoy' (Viburnum).
Annuals: Linaria maroccana 'Fantasy White with Yellow Eye' (Toadflax), Tulipa 'Arabian Mystery', Tulipa 'Blue Diamond', Tulipa 'Blue Ribbon', Tulipa 'Ted Turner', Viola cornuta 'Rebel Blue and Yellow', Viola cornuta 'Sorbet Lilac Ice', Viola cornuta 'Sorbet Swirl Mixture' (Horned violet), Viola 'Alpine Spring', Viola 'Patiola Violet with Yellow Face' (Pansy).
Suzanne Stagg Wright Rock Garden
Amsonia ciliata (Bluestar), Aquilegia canadensis (Columbine), Baptisia bracteata (False indigo),
Clematis fremontii (Fremont's leather flower), Geranium maculatum (Wild geranium), Packera aurea
(Golden ragwort), Phlox pilosa var. ozarkana (Ozark prairie phlox), Tradescantia longipes
(Spiderwort).
Annuals: Tulipa sp. (Tulip).
USBank City Garden
Fothergilla gardenii 'Blue Mist' (Fothergilla), Helleborus orientalis (Lenten rose), Wisteria
brachybotrys 'Shiro-kapitan' (Silky wisteria).
Annuals: Osteospermum 'Peach Symphony', Viola cornuta 'Sorbet Swirl Mixture' (Horned violet), Viola 'Imperial Frosty Rose' (Pansy).
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