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Horticulture Supervisor, Kyle N. Cheesborough The bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii) is a dainty herbaceous perennial, native to floodplains and moist areas in Missouri.  Bottle gentian features a deep royal blue flower in mid-to-late summer, with flowers that never appear to fully open, staying closed and in the shape of a bottle.  This is an intentional...

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Horticulture Supervisor, Kyle Cheesborough Wandering through the garden, the passer-by finds delight in the colors, textures, and smells of flowering plants.  Often overlooked are the garden’s many visitors, whether those be in the form of a small lime-green sulphur butterfly or the brilliant-yellow American goldfinch that shouldn’t go unnoticed.  In developing a diverse, fruitful, and...