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By December fall color is past and we are into winter but don't miss enjoying the beautiful structure of trees around the Garden. They continue to brighten the winter landscape as winter sets in. The fruit on the heavenly bamboo will still be noteworthy. Pansies will be peaking through the snow and in warm weather you may catch a flower hear and there but the real show won't be back until spring.
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Fruit on hollies will still be attractive. Also take note of the fruit on the coralberry, which is a Missouri native.
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The ornamental grasses remain lovely. Miscanthus will display their showy panicles until late winter.
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Plants with other noteworthy winter features are the berries on winterberries and the attractive bark on the paperbark maple and river birch.
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Colorful bark on many of the shrub dogwoods adds bright colors to winter.
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In the Linnean House, late in December, you can enjoy some early camellias as well as cyclamens.
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The pines in the Japanese Garden are always picturesque. Norway spruce is a good large growing evergreen for the area. Sawara cypress makes a dependable garden evergreen under 6 feet tall.
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