MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 



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Botanical name 



Approx. 

 Common Approx. Color of time or 

 name height flowers hloom 



Habitat 



Lotus corniculatus . . .Bird's-foot 



trefoil 6-12" 



(trailing) Yellow. .Summer Australia 



Lychnis Haageana . . .Lychnis 8-12". .Red Summer Europe 



Primula veris Cowslip 4-45" . . Orange- 



yejllow.May-June .... Europe 

 Ranunculus repens 



var. flore pleno . . . .Creeping 

 double 

 buttercup . . 6-10" 



(creeping) 



Yellow. . May-July Europe, Asia 



PLANTS FOR MOIST, SOMEWHAT SHADED SITUATIONS 



Asperula odorata . 

 Asperula tinctoria. 



.Sweet 



woodruff 

 .Dyer's 



woodruff 



6-8" . .White .May-July Europe, Orient 



Brunella grandi flora. Self-heal . 



Galium Mollugo Bedstraw 



Polygonatum 



multiflorum Solomon's seal. 2-3' 



Pulmonaria officinalis.Liungwovt 



1-2' 



(prostrate) 



Reddish. May-July Europe 



.Purple .Summer Europe 



.White ..May- June . . . .Europe 



12-15 

 V 



White ..May-June ... .Europe, Asia 

 ..Reddish 



violet. April Europe 



II. HARDY EXOTIC PLANTS FOR THE WATER GARDEN 



Botanical name 



Common 

 name 



Color of 

 flowers 



Approx. 

 time of 

 bloom 



Habitat 



HERBACEOUS PLANTS GROWING IN WATER 



Myriophyllum 



verticillatum Parrot's 



feather 



(in shallow 



water or 



floating) . . .Inconspicuous i Europe 



Nelumbo nucifera. . . .Egyptian lotus Pink Summer Asia, Australia 



Nelumbo nucifera 



var. rosea Egyptian lotus.Rose Summer Asia, Australia 



Nuphar luteum European 



yellow lily. .Yellow Summer Europe 



Nuphar minimum. . . .Small 



European, 



yellow lily. .Yellow Summer Europe 



Nymphaea alba* White 



water-lily . .White Summer Europe 



•There are many hybrids of Nymphaea alba and Nymphaea alba var. rosea 

 which are desirable and hardy. Their flowers are white, pink, rose, red, and yel- 

 low, and they are very prolific bloomers. 



