It’s Spring Again!

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The Rites of Spring

Spring has sprung! Celebrate the most beautiful places to experience the season’s stunning colors.

 

Flowering trees & the Zigzag Bridge in the Japanese Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis (© Jack Jennings/Courtesy Missouri Botanical Garden)

The Rites of Spring

The Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis: The nation’s oldest botanical garden — marking its 150th anniversary this year — is a riot of color each spring, entertaining guests with lovely views of crocuses, camellias, rhododendrons, tulips, snowdrops, clematis, cyclamens, orchids and intensely fragrant sweet olive. The Linnean House conservatory is fronted by a magnolia-lined walkway that virtually showers visitors with the flowering trees’ sweet, heady scent.

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Spring Gardening Tips

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Follow the 10 tips outlined below for a welcoming garden that’s filled with color and fragrance — and song.

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Survey the Yard
Make note of tree limbs that should be removed or cabled, especially those that overhang structures. Hire an arborist to maintain large trees. Cut down last year’s perennial foliage, and toss it into the compost pile. Rake mulch from beds planted with bulbs before foliage appears, and refresh mulch in other planting areas after soil warms. Check fences, steps, and pathways for disrepair caused by freezing and thawing.

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