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Several viburnums are in flower. Of note are the lantanaphyllum viburnum and nannyberry. The doublefile viburnums will be starting soon.
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The wisteria in the Japanese Garden is past peak but the tree peonies are in full flower. A few early, single-flowered herbaceous peonies have openned, but the peak will not be until about the first week in May.
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In the Kemper Center's Native Missouri Woodland Garden check out the unusual flowers of the paw paw. Golden ragwort and celendine poppy are turning the garden bright yellow.
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A wonderful woody plant to note is the Carolina allspice. Be sure and smell its fragrant flowers. There are also some weigelias starting to flower.
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Herbaceous perennials in bloom are too many to list all of them, but you will see fairy bells, Jacob's ladder, and small Solomon's seal.
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Also look for several lungworts beginning to flower as well as Siberian bugloss. Bleeding hearts are always welcome bloomers in any garden.
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You will also see woodland phlox as well as creeping phlox. The mountain bluet in the Strassenfest and Boxwood Gardens is spectacular.
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The ground cover, Vinca minor, is flowering and the beautiful and well adapted Narcissus Don't miss the spring flowering bulbs in the Mausoleum area.
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Tulips remain 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 flowering dogwoods are in full flower and lilacs continue to perfume the Garden.
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Redbud, white redbud and the flowering dogwoods are in full flower.
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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 are flowering nicely in beds and containers.
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Herbaceous perennials of note that continue in flower include: Virginia bluebells, pasque flower.
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Also of note are candytuft and bugleweed.
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The flowering bulbs are past peak but there are still very lovely late flowering daffodils and other bulbs in the bulb gardens. Around the Garden you will see Spanish bluebells and camas in flower.
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Other shrubs to note are fothergilla, both the dwarf and large species, 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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