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Later flowering azaleas are looking very nice around the Garden. Hawthorns are in flower and irises are just beginning.
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Red buckeye has been in flower for a while aready, and horsechestnut and empress tree are starting.
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Blueberries are flowering but some blooms have been damaged by the late frost. Black chokeberry is very attractive.
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Some noteworthy native herbaceous perennals in flower now are spiderwort, wild geranium and blue star.
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Several viburnums are in flower. Of note are the lantanaphyllum viburnum, nannyberry, and the European cranberrybush.
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The tree peonies are lovely and in the Kemper Center's Native Missouri Woodland Garden check out golden ragwort and celendine poppy, which 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 weigelas starting to flower.
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Other perennials still in flower are lungworts, Jacob's ladder, and small Solomon's seal.
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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. Don't miss the spring flowering bulbs in the Mausoleum area. The area is filled with Spanish bluebells.
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Only a few flowering dogwood flowers have survived but lilacs will continue to perfume the Garden for a short while yet.
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Our pansies came through winter 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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Two long-flowering herbaceous perennials of note that continue in flower are Virginia bluebells and pasque flower.
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Also still of note are candytuft and bugleweed.
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The flowering bulbs are past peak but there are still many lovely bulbs in the bulb gardens. Around the Garden you will see Spanish bluebells and camassia in flower.
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