What’s Blooming

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Spring

Bird’s Foot Violet.
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Summer

Prairie Blazing Star.
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Autumn

Blue Sage.
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Winter

Ozark Witch Hazel.
Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

From the tall grass prairie along Gregory Boulevard to the several gardens and water features surrounding the building, the Nature Center is gloriously in bloom with native Missouri plants. Visitors are welcome from dawn to dusk each day.

January

Little Bluestem

Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Little Bluestem
Ozark Witch Hazel

February

Ozark Witch Hazel

Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Little Bluestem
Ozark Witch Hazel

March

Bird’s Foot Violet

Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Bird’s Foot Violet
Downy Serviceberry
Ozark Witch Hazel

April

Celandine Poppy

Photo © John Whiteman

Bird’s Foot Violet
Celandine Poppy
Downy Serviceberry
Eastern Red Columbine

Fleabane
Forget-me-not
Foxglove Beardtongue
Ozark Witch Hazel
Wild Ginger
Woodland Phlox
Yellow Trout Lily

May

Foxglove Beardtongue

Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Bird’s Foot Violet
Black Chokeberry
Black Haw Viburnum
Blue False Indigo
Blue-eyed Grass
Celandine Poppy

Eastern Red Columbine
Fleabane
Forget-me-not
Foxglove Beardtongue
Golden Alexander
Highbush Blueberry
Inkberry Holly
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Narrow-leaf Cattail
Ohio Spiderwort

Prairie Coreopsis

Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Pennsylvania Sedge
Prairie Coreopsis
Purple Milkweed
Purple Poppy Mallow
Rose Verbena
Sand Phlox
Silky Dogwood
Spider Lily
Wild Ginger
Woodland Phlox
Yellow Flag

June

Golden Alexander

Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Anise Hyssop
Black Haw Viburnum
Black-eyed Susan
Blood Flower
Blue False Indigo
Blue-eyed Grass
Butterfly Weed
Cattail
Celandine Poppy
Evening Primrose
Fleabane
Feverfew
Foxglove Beardtongue
Golden Alexander
Grey-headed Coneflower
Indian Blanket
Inkberry Holly
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Large-flowered Tickseed
Lizard’s Tail
Milkweed
Missouri Coneflower

Missouri Purple Coneflower

Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Purple Coneflower
Narrow-leaf Cattail
Obedient Plant
Ohio Spiderwort
Oxeye Sunflower
Partridge Pea
Pickerel Weed
Plains Coreopsis
Prairie Bundleflower
Prairie Coneflower
Prairie Coreopsis
Purple Coneflower
Purple Milkweed
Purple Poppy Mallow
Rose Verbena
Silky Dogwood
Southern Blue Flag
Spider Lily
Yellow Flag

July

Prairie Blazing Star

Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Anise Hyssop
Arrowhead
Ashy Sunflower
Black-eyed Susan
Blood Flower
Blue Sage
Blue Vervain
Brown-eyed Susan
Butterfly Weed
Cattail
Evening Primrose
Feverfew
Garden Phlox
Goldenrod
Grey-headed Coneflower
Indian Blanket

Joe Pye Weed

Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Joe Pye Weed
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Large-flowered Tickseed
Lizard’s Tail
Milkweed
Missouri Coneflower
Missouri Purple Coneflower
Narrow-leaf Cattail
Obedient Plant
Ohio Spiderwort
Oxeye Sunflower
Partridge Pea
Pickerel Weed
Plains Coreopsis
Pokeweed
Prairie Blazing Star
Prairie Coneflower
Prairie Coreopsis
Purple Coneflower

Rose Verbena

Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Purple Milkweed
Rose Mallow
Rose Verbena
Rosinweed
Spearmint
Spider Lily
Summersweet
Sunflower

Swamp Milkweed
Swamp Rose Mallow
Tickseed
Wild Bergamot
Wild Senna
Zigzag Goldenrod

August

Blue Vervain

Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Anise Hyssop
Aromatic Aster
Arrowhead
Ashy Sunflower

Beggar Ticks
Black-eyed Susan
Blood Flower
Blue Sage
Blue Vervain
Brown-eyed Susan
Butterfly Weed
Evening Primrose
Feverfew
Garden Phlox
Goldenrod
Grey-headed Coneflower
Hairy Aster
Heath Aster
Indian Blanket
Joe Pye Weed

New England Aster

Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Large-flowered Tickseed
Little Bluestem
Lizard’s Tail
Milkweed
Missouri Coneflower
New England Aster
Northern Sea Oats
Obedient Plant
Oxeye Sunflower
Partridge Pea
Pickerel Weed
Plains Coreopsis
Pokeweed
Prairie Blazing Star
Prairie Coneflower
Prairie Dropseed
Purple Coneflower

Turtlehead

Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Rose Mallow
Rose Verbena
Rosinweed
Rough Blazing Star
Sneezeweed
Spearmint
Stiff Goldenrod
Summersweet
Sunflower

Swamp Milkweed
Swamp Rose Mallow
Tall Boneset
Tickseed
Turtlehead
Wild Bergamot
Wild Senna
Zigzag Goldenrod

September

Blood Flower

Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Anise Hyssop
Aromatic Aster
Arrowhead
Ashy Sunflower

Beggar Ticks
Black-eyed Susan
Blood Flower
Blue Sage
Blue Vervain
Brown-eyed Susan
Evening Primrose
Feverfew
Garden Phlox
Goldenrod
Hairy Aster
Heath Aster

Indian Blanket

Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Indian Blanket
Joe Pye Weed
Little Bluestem
Lizard’s Tail
Missouri Coneflower
New England Aster
Northern Sea Oats
Obedient Plant
Oxeye Sunflower
Partridge Pea
Pickerel Weed
Plains Coreopsis
Pokeweed
Prairie Coneflower
Prairie Dropseed
Rose Mallow
Rosinweed

Wild Bergamot

Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Rough Blazing Star
Smooth Aster
Sneezeweed
Stiff Goldenrod
Swamp Rose Mallow
Tall Boneset
Tickseed
Turtlehead
Wild Bergamot
Zigzag Goldenrod

October

Bottle Gentian

Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Beggar Ticks
Blood Flower
Blue Sage
Bottle Gentian
Brown-eyed Susan
Hairy Aster
Heath Aster
Indian Blanket
Little Bluestem
Missouri Coneflower

Prairie Dropseed

Photo © Missouri Botanical Garden

Pickerel Weed
Prairie Dropseed
Rose Mallow
Rough Blazing Star
Smooth Aster
Sneezeweed
Tall Boneset
Turtlehead

November
Little Bluestem

December
Little Bluestem

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