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Snowdrops are in flower in many locations. You can enjoy them in the Mauoleum area as well as several other locations around the Garden. Winter aconite is also beginning to bloom.
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On warm days you can also enjoy some early flowers on the Japanese apricot in the Chinese garden. You can also enjoy the bright yellow flowers of the winter jasmine. In the Japanese garden some pussy willows have a few very early catkins pushing out.
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Some of the witch-hazels are past but many others are looking very lovely. You will see some x intermedia hybrids in flower as well as the Ozark and Chinese witch-hazels. On very cold days the petals may look shriveled, but as the temperature warms they come back to life!
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You can also still 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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Don’t miss the shrub dogwoods, which are adding bright colors to the winter landscape.
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In the Linnean House enjoy the camellias.
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You can also enjoy cyclamens and primroses. The fragrant olive still has a few sweet smelling flowers.
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