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Early in the month tulips usually peak and should not be missed. They are joined with cherries which have a short time when they are at peak.
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Flowering crabapples will also be in full flower along with serviceberries and bird cherries.
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Redbuds and whitebuds join in are closely followed by the flowering dogwoods.
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Pansies make lovely displays with the bulbs and also in the Kemper Center’s Pansy Trial Beds. Many spring-flowering annuals, such as toadflax will be in flower all month.
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Virginia bluebells, pasque flower, and windflowers continue into mid month.
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Also of note are candytuft, bugleweed, and the epimediums.
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The flowering bulbs will be continuing through the month. Don’t miss the always charming grape hyacinth as well as the very fragrant true hyacinth.
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Many spring-flowerering shrubs will be in peak form including: the Koreanspice viburnum, Japanese quince, and fothergilla.
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Throughout the month there will be a lovely show of flowers in the Shoenberg Temperate House.
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You can enjoy Callistemon citrinus, Euphorbia dendroides, and Rosa banksia ‘Alba Plena’
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In the Climatron enjoy a wide range of tropical plants and flowers.
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Take note of Thunbergia erecta, Sinningia cardinalis, and Passiflora vitifolia.
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Bush clock vine Thunbergia erecta
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Climatron
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A few camellias will still be in flower in the Linnean House and the sweet-smelling jasmine and the colorful cyclamens are most enjoyable.
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By mid-month azalea will be making a good showing.
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Lilacs will be in flower.
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Don’t miss the small Solomon’s seal and Spanish bluebells, both Plants of Merit, along with camas.
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The tree peonies are loved by all.
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Some wonderful Missouri native plants to look for are the blackhaw viburnum, golden ragwort, and celandine poppy.
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Woodland phlox, creeping phlox, and mountain bluet will be showy.
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Late in the month hawthorns and irises will begin.
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The red buckeye, horsechestnut, and empress tree will be starting.
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Blueberries flower now along with the black chokeberry.
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Other plants chiming in will be spiderworts, wild geraniums, and bluestar.
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Noteworthy shrubs will be the lantanophyllum viburnum, nannyberry, and European cranberry bush.
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Don’t miss the fragrant flowers of the Carolina allspice and the first flowers of the weigelas.
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