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Snowdrops are beginning to flower. You can enjoy them in the Mauoleum area as well as several other locations around the Garden.
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The warm weather has brought out some early flowers on the Japanese apricot in the Chinese garden. Also you can enjoy the bright yellow flowers of the winter jasmine. In the Japanese garden some pussy willows are just starting to come out.
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A number of the witch-hazels are in flower. You will see some x intermedia hybrids in flower as well as the Ozark and Chinese witch-hazels.
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You can also enjoy the sweet scent of winter and fragrant honeysuckles and the stunning Christmas rose. Flower buds are already beginning to appear on the stinking hellebore.
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Heavenly bamboo still has some attractive fruit and 'Wintergreen' boxwoods have small but fragrant blossoms. A number of pansies are in flower.
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Some plants with noteworthy winter bark that are still worthy of mention are Japanese stewartia, paperbark maple and river birch.
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Don’t overlook the shrub dogwoods, which can add bright colors to the winter scene.
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In the Linnean House you can enjoy camellias as well as cyclamens and impatiens.
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