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With the recent persistence of warm Missouri weather (especially at night), many of our garden plants are waking up nearly a month ahead of last year!  In particular,  non-native species who are not accustomed to our wild swings in temperature are beginning to bloom. Some even reached their peak before the first day of March. ...

February tends to be a quiet time in the garden, with most plants still slumbering through winter, and the pines, spruces, hollies, and junipers providing the occasional spot of green.  Though this may seem like a time for hibernating and preparing for spring, there are a few plants that put their efforts into the colder...

We are truly thankful for your support of the Friends of Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum. This year, the generous donors and volunteers who make up the Friends have provided educational and cultural opportunities to over 6,000 tour and event visitors. Two historic tombs—which would have previously gone unrepaired—were restored to stable condition. Over 30 families...

Horticulture Supervisor Kyle N. Cheesborough As fall relents to winter, and we experience the first truly cold nights, an interesting phenomenon occurs on a few of our native Missouri perennials.  When nighttime temperatures drop well below freezing but the days remain just above that threshold, ice formations known as ‘frost flowers’ form along the stems...