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The Garden is alive with spring flowers. The weeping cherries are flowering in the Japanese Garden along with plums and spring bulbs everywhere.
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The star and saucer magnolias are in flower. Around town you will see Bradford pears coming into full flower.
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Among the wonderful daffodil cultivars to enjoy are 'Peeping Tom', 'Cassata', and 'Tete-a-Tete'.
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You can also still see many lovely crocuses and may still spot a few reticulated irises. The wind anemone is particularly charming.
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Grape hyacinth are starting in warm locations and the summer snowflake is in full bloom.
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Helleborus hybrids and Lenten roses are glorious. Striped squill and glory of the snow are still lovely.
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Forsythia is in full flower and the Chinese redbud is just starting. Also note the spicebush.
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In the Kemper Center Vegetable Garden don't miss the 'Bonfire' peach and 'Snow Fountains' cherry. Around the Garden Japanese flowering quince are also beginning.
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You will see the lovely blue flowers of vinca, the first flowers on lungworts, and also the gorgeous pasque flower.
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The camellias are past peak but still worth a visit.
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You can also enjoy cyclamens, primroses, and the fragrant olive.
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The jasmine is flowering and the Mexican orange is coming into full-flower. You can also see some lovely amaryllis.
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Most witch-hazels are past and have been replaced by the equally lovely winter hazels.
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The winter and fragrant honeysuckles are still in flower and the cornelian cherry is very attractive.
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Other treasures to see are hyacinths, pansies and Virginia bluebells.
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In the Temperate House enjoy Clanwilliam daisy, flowering maple, and the firecracker plant.
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Don't miss the lovely wax flower, the crimson bottlebrush, and the cyclamens.
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Also take note of the lovely African daisy, pride of Madeira, and geraniums.
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You can also enjoy several floral treats in the Climatron. You can enjoy bauhinia and some lovely heliconias.
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Hong Kong orchid tree Bauhinia x blakeana
(lf)
Climatron
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Also of note is the bush clock vine, the powderpuff tree, and of course orchids.
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Bush clock vine Thunbergia erecta
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Climatron
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Powder puff tree Calliandra haematocephala
(lf)
Climatron
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