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The shortest day of the year is behind us but spring is still two months away. Still a walk through the Garden is delightful and before long we may see some early flowers on a few x intermedia witch-hazel that typically bloom in February. You also can't help but appreciate the many beaurtiful dogwoods grown for their colorful winter stems.
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Winter is also a wonderful time to appreciate the structure, bark, and branching of trees around the Garden as well as views hidden in summer with foliage.
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The heavenly bamboo still has some fruit and warm weather will bring out a few pansy flowers.
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Some hollies still have fruit, but they slowly disappear as they are eaten by birds. The fruit on the coralberry, which is a Missouri native, is still noteworthy for this time of year.
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The ornamental grasses remain lovely.
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Some other plants with noteworthy winter bark are Japanese stewartia, paperbark maple and river birch.
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Colorful bark on many of the shrub dogwoods add bright colors to the winter landscape.
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In the Linnean House you can enjoy some early camellias as well as cyclamens.
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The pines in the Japanese Garden are always picturesque. Also appreciate the many evergreen around the Garden, which add texture to the winter scene.
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This concludes our Plants in Bloom podcasts for 2007. We hope you have enjoyed them and return in 2008 to learn more about the plant treasures at the Garden. As always, you can learn more about these plant by going to www.mobot.org and clicking on "Plants in Bloom."
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Poinsettia Euphorbia pulcherrima GROSS™ HEIRLOOM™ RED
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