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    30Jun

    Bellefontaine in Bloom – Milkweed, side-oats grama, and mountain mint

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    Monarch butterflies are the talk-of-the-town, their plight being well documented and dispersed to gardeners across the country.  This unique and beautiful butterfly uses the many species of milkweed (Asclepias spp.)…...

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    22Jun

    Bellefontaine in Bloom – Missouri’s Summer Blooming Natives

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    As we get into the hotter months in Missouri, many of our prairie and glade natives begin to push their blooms, taking advantage of the myriad pollinators actively foraging.  One…...

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    16Jun

    Bellefontaine in Bloom – Conservation Partnership with the Missouri Botanical Garden

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    In late 2016, Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum Horticulture Supervisor, Kyle Cheesborough, began collaborating with colleagues from the Missouri Botanical Garden to devise a conservation action plan between the two entities. …...

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    08Jun

    Bellefontaine In Bloom – Lilies

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    The month of June brings BCA’s diverse collection of lilies into full bloom.  True bulbous lilies, Lilium, cemetery lilies, Crinum, and hardy water lilies, Nymphaea, provide visitors myriad colors, textures,…...

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    25May

    Bellefontaine in Bloom – Native Fruit-bearing Plants

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    The climate in Missouri lends itself to growing a wide variety of trees, shrubs, vines, and perennials.  Included in the long, diverse list of species that thrive in our four-season…...

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    19May

    Bellefontaine in Bloom – Bowman’s root, red-hot poker, and yellow foxglove

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    The garden in late spring is an exciting place as slowly emerging perennials fill in empty spaces while a myriad of blossoms begin unfurling.  The long-awaited true spring show really…...

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    05May

    Bellefontaine in Bloom – Fire Pinks, Iris, and Pawpaws

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    Pure red is an uncommon color among Missouri’s native perennials, and few are more perfectly scarlet than the fire pink (Silene virginica).  Fire pinks occur along barren slopes and glades,…...

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    02May

    Seasonal Horticulture Position Open

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    Our Horticulture department is looking for someone with an interest in landscaping/public gardening/horticulture, with the ability to perform outdoor, physically demanding tasks, often lifting objects up to 50 lbs, and…...

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