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Tulips are in full flower around the Garden and should not be missed.
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Double late tulips and Single late tulips Tulipa 'Monte Carlo' and 'Dreamland'
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Samuels Bulb Garden
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The petals on the flowering cherries are falling rapidly, but the flowering crabapples are now coming into full bloom. Other small flowering trees of note include: serviceberries and bird cherry
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Redbud and white redbud are also in full flower. The flowering dogwoods are not far behind.
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Our pansies came through the mild winter very well and are making lovely displays throughout the Garden including in the Kemper Center's Pansy Trial Beds. Many spring-flowering annuals, such as toadflax have been planted and are starting to flower.
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Herbaceous perennials of note now flowering include: Virginia bluebells, pasque flower, and windflower.
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Also of note are candytuft, bugleweed, and epimediums.
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The flowering bulbs are popping up all over with daffodil and tulip cultivars in full flower in many locations. From now through the end of April the spring flowering bulbs will be very showy in the bulb gardens. Don't miss the charming grape hyacinth as well as the true hyacinths.
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You can also still enjoy the beauty of spring blooming in the Shoenberg Temperate House.
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In the Climatron don’t' miss the unsual color of the jade vine located on the lower level of the Climatron near the exit to the Brookings Interpretive Center. Also look for the pods on the cacao plant, the source of chocolate.
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Jade vine Strongylodon macrobotrys
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Climatron
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Chocolate nut tree Theobroma cacao
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Climatron
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Many spring flowering shrubs are flowering this week, including the Koreanspice viburnum and Japanese flowering quince. Rhododendron P.J.M. in the Rhododendron Garden is in full bloom.
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Other shrubs to note are fothergilla and azaleas that will be flowering in many locations inlcuding the Azalea and Rhododendron Garden as well as in the Japanese Garden.
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A few camellias are still flowering in the Linnean House. Bedding primroses and cyclamen continue to be showy. Overhead in the hanging baskets is the lovely, sweet-smelling Jasminum polyanthum.
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