Missouri Botanical Gardens is more of a research center. Yes they have beautiful gardens open to the public. But the main focus of the institution is cultivate new plants, discover and research new plants (particularly in South America), etc. So the rose garden, the iris garden etc are geared more to cultivating new varieties. It was really cool to watch them cultivate new varieties of Iris when the gardening world was trying to create the black iris.
I'm proud to see you visit our beautiful MO Botanical Garden. I hope you were able to see all of the Japanese Garden. For me it's the jewel of the city.
This is my hometown. I grew up visiting here all the time as a kid and still love going as much as possible as an adult. This is most likely where my love of plants started!
She forgot to talk about the slaves that died in the houses she admired. Did you go in the basement? So it’s twilight zone nightmare where people smile and walk by what is a living horror and never even say it was wrong. Never even speak of the good things they tried to do while trapped there. My heartaches. Watch THEM on amazon. It was made for entertainment but it is actually and empathetic documentary. Next time you go there look for the souls that remain hidden. The first gardeners by force. The first brick layers by force. Buried in secret while the owner built themselves a shrine
The Japanese gardens were a gift from the local Japanese people who moved to St. Louis after World War II when they were released from a internment camp. The gardens put on a wonderful Japanese festival every year. St. Louis is a wonderful home for many immigrants and refugees who resettle here because of our tradition of taking them in.
Wow! I used to go there as a kid with my best friend, when I lived there. This really brought back some memories, and was awesome to see again, so thank you!!!! 🙏🙂🤯💚💚💚
Wearing shorts in December, maybe that helps to shorten the Winter or was that Summertime? The flagstone house was cute and reminds me of Holland. Why? Were those green plants growing in the rain gutters, around the roof, or some other arrangement to keep plants alive? Love the Lockdown tours. Lockdowns come and go. I must go walk the dog so that has maintains my freedom throughout, but we are out there alone usually, but that suits me fine when the city is finally quiet. 🌲🌳🌳🌳🌳🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🍃🍃🍁🍂🍃🐗🐗🐗🐗🐗
you ought to go back in spring, not just for the cherry blossom and tulips, but the oft overlooked woodland garden has some real gems go into bloom then! My favorite is their collection of fritillaria!
Another superb botanical garden tour...yay! What an impressive collection! The style of that first large greenhouse with its grand sash windows reminds me a little of the Temperate House design in Kew Gardens. Can't wait to see how your inspiration from all of those textures/colours of grasses eventually translates to the Flock planting. I have to say Sander's camerawork is an absolute credit to your videos ~ the filming is so perfectly alloyed to your narrative, and it's so smooth ~ it's like he's running on wheels along camera tracking!
Hello Folks. How nice it was to have ended my evening last night with a gent whom walked the reclamation project known as The High Line. Then wake this morning to a tour of a Botanical Garden. I believe I am more in love with red buds than I am dogwoods. I think because the newer cultivars such as Rising Sun, Flamethrower, and Carolina Sweetheart lend themselves to display their seed pods so well. I, too, love the blue stem and muhly grass but oh what a down pour of rain does to them ! Also, am a fan of Northern Sea Oates. I think Sanders eye would enjoy capturing these as morning sunlight beams through the gems of seed heads with just a touch of frost. In the Panicums I'm a fan of Shanandoah. Penesetums I love Karley Rose. I love the stiff upright architect of the Calamagrostis Reed grass. Bush Clover is a new plant for me. I like it! Also, Beautyberry is fantastic in the fall for those purple berries are then backdropped with yellow fall color. Thank You so much for taking us along. By the way, I liked watching the episode of the Stone House overlooking the Waterfall on your Flock Channel.
I live about 3 hours from MBG. I go in the spring time every few years to recenter myself. I spend the whole day there from the time they open to closing time. I might need to go in the fall next year.
The great thing about MBG is their Library and botanicals collection. It was probably 30 or more years ago when I was there, though I got to see much of their amazing collection.
For your lawn, I recommend Crocus ochroleucus. It is a beautiful cream-coloured fall-blooming species with a yellow throat that naturalises via seed and division. The biggest advantage is that its bulbs lie very deep in the soil, up to ⅔ of a foot! That protects them from summer heat and winter cold and makes them almost indestructable. Their leaves are also not very frost-sensitive. Colchicums do also grow well in lawn but have large foliage that does nor blend into the sorroundings like the grass-like leaves of Crocusses and are extremely poisonous, so I would never plant them where pets and children can acces them. Of course, Crocusses are also poisonous and should generally be avoided when there are pets/toddlers might be around, but not to such an extent (when talking about Colchicums, one flower is enough to kill a dog or small child!).
Panicum 'Hot Rod' and Bouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition' are good cultivars. 'Undaunted' is a strong muhly that may take the northern climate a little better. Muhly was always a bit marginal for us. I would avoid the hyssop. Very weedy. Lychnis coronaria is a bit weedy, too. There used to be a TC propagated version that was sterile, but I think that would be rare these days. A perennial worth searching out is Nepeta siberica 'Souvenir d'Andre Chaudron'. Long bloom, not weedy, and a hummingbird magnet. I definitely like Penstemon pinifolius better than 'Mersea Yellow'. 'Compactum' is also a good cultivar, though not much different in size. Penstemon mensarum is vibrant. The cultivars of Penstemon mexicali are durable, long blooming. 'Red Rocks', etc. on that. Try Opuntia 'Candy Apple' for an amazing bloom display in a 8' clump that is winter tolerant. Carex 'Beatlemania' is dwarf and good for lining pathways. I owned an 8 acre nursery with thousands of perennials, conifers, etc., so I love plants that behave themselves but also provide a show. Acer palmatum 'Tsumo gaki' and 'Orido Nishiki' were somewhat "exotic" but durable. I guess a favorite of mine for Acer palmatum was 'Mikawa Yatsubusa', though the fall color of 'Fireglow' was quite memorable. Just the species, Acer palmatum, green leaves and sun tolerant....that gave spectacular orange fall color. 'Tamukeyama' can get bigger than you might expect, and is then a specimen to admire (it's a weeper). Good luck. Just a few thoughts.
Over the last 10 years or so I have noticed a hardscape boom at many of the larger botanical gardens in the Country. The increasing use of concrete to monetize the gardens with restaurants, gift shops and rental space. Yes, they should be ADA compatible but the wow factor to impress rather than putting local natives front and center is disappointing.
I will never get tired of these tours. ❤️
I always go to all botanical garden in every city I go. I never get tired either!! My reason to travel in USA!
As someone who lives in the Chicago area I applaud MoBG for their website. It is so much more helpful than what the Chicago Botanic Garden offers.
The amount of plant names and knowledge you remember is 🤯 to be admired. Love these tours 💚🌾
Missouri Botanical Gardens is more of a research center. Yes they have beautiful gardens open to the public. But the main focus of the institution is cultivate new plants, discover and research new plants (particularly in South America), etc. So the rose garden, the iris garden etc are geared more to cultivating new varieties. It was really cool to watch them cultivate new varieties of Iris when the gardening world was trying to create the black iris.
I'm proud to see you visit our beautiful MO Botanical Garden. I hope you were able to see all of the Japanese Garden. For me it's the jewel of the city.
This is my hometown. I grew up visiting here all the time as a kid and still love going as much as possible as an adult. This is most likely where my love of plants started!
She forgot to talk about the slaves that died in the houses she admired. Did you go in the basement?
So it’s twilight zone nightmare where people smile and walk by what is a living horror and never even say it was wrong. Never even speak of the good things they tried to do while trapped there.
My heartaches.
Watch THEM on amazon. It was made for entertainment but it is actually and empathetic documentary.
Next time you go there look for the souls that remain hidden. The first gardeners by force. The first brick layers by force. Buried in secret while the owner built themselves a shrine
@@diversitylove5460bad things happen all over the world. We just have learned to move forward
The Japanese gardens were a gift from the local Japanese people who moved to St. Louis after World War II when they were released from a internment camp. The gardens put on a wonderful Japanese festival every year. St. Louis is a wonderful home for many immigrants and refugees who resettle here because of our tradition of taking them in.
That’s good. What a shameful way the Japanese Americans and Canadians were treated
Wow! I used to go there as a kid with my best friend, when I lived there. This really brought back some memories, and was awesome to see again, so thank you!!!! 🙏🙂🤯💚💚💚
These tours are the best things in the world
Happy to see you in my hometown!!!
So wonderful with Summers narration
So excited you came to my new hang out❤️
The pond, is magical! Lo quiero.
i'm so jealous of anyone who lives near botanical gardens, i wish i had one near me! this one is stunning!
The botanical gardens and native/general plant resources are just about the only thing I’m proud of as a Missourian
Wearing shorts in December, maybe that helps to shorten the Winter or was that Summertime? The flagstone house was cute and reminds me of Holland. Why? Were those green plants growing in the rain gutters, around the roof, or some other arrangement to keep plants alive? Love the Lockdown tours. Lockdowns come and go. I must go walk the dog so that has maintains my freedom throughout, but we are out there alone usually, but that suits me fine when the city is finally quiet. 🌲🌳🌳🌳🌳🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🍃🍃🍁🍂🍃🐗🐗🐗🐗🐗
Thanks Summer, for bringing us along.
What a great tour of this beautiful botanical gardens
Hope to visit there one day...
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Thank you so much for the video Summer💚💖💚💖
you ought to go back in spring, not just for the cherry blossom and tulips, but the oft overlooked woodland garden has some real gems go into bloom then! My favorite is their collection of fritillaria!
I love these tours! Your channel has shown and taught me so much! thank you!
Another superb botanical garden tour...yay! What an impressive collection! The style of that first large greenhouse with its grand sash windows reminds me a little of the Temperate House design in Kew Gardens. Can't wait to see how your inspiration from all of those textures/colours of grasses eventually translates to the Flock planting. I have to say Sander's camerawork is an absolute credit to your videos ~ the filming is so perfectly alloyed to your narrative, and it's so smooth ~ it's like he's running on wheels along camera tracking!
Welcome to the Lou!
Missouri is the base of and responsible for maintaining plant list web which deals with correct accepted names along with other botanical gardens.
Thank you so much for taking us on these tours… just beautiful. Blessings for the community and public indeed.
I'm loling at Summer pulling a suitcase around the tour.
Very interesting and beautiful.
Thanks for sharing !!!
Was there in 1988 ♥️ beautiful
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YES!!! I watch their virtual tours all the time! Say hi to Kristina and Cassidy!
I use the website of this botanical garden so it was a real pleasure to get to see their gardens.
What a beautiful garden tour. That bush clover would look amazing next to a shed.
I spent a day getting lost by myself at MBG in 2016. I loved every minute of it! Thanks for bringing me back there even just virtually.
You were in my hometown! 😍❤️
thanks for weekly videos. I appreciate your hard work and all the traveling you do to make them.
WOW how do you not have like 5 mil subs :) keep up the good work summer thanks for teaching so much and being so kind and interesting
Hope you can do a Montreal royal botanic garden tour next time. Huge and beautiful.
Awwww.. one of my favorite places in STL 💕
I lived in St Louis for a little while and this was my favorite placed I visited often. 👍
🐥 baby ducklings used to sit on those lilly pads ❤️
Wow napaka sipag po Inyo.mag iingat po kayo palagi.
My nearest botanical garden, and an excellent one!
Beautiful gardens!! Thank you again for taking us along with you.
Awe man I used to live in St Lou. The summer jazz series at the garden is great!
It's incredible how much you know about plants. Did you learned all of this from college?
I had a purple callicarpa and it grew all on its lonesome. The bees loved it.
Beautiful, thank you guys!!!
Love your tour videos
Hello Folks. How nice it was to have ended my evening last night with a gent whom walked the reclamation project known as The High Line. Then wake this morning to a tour of a Botanical Garden. I believe I am more in love with red buds than I am dogwoods. I think because the newer cultivars such as Rising Sun, Flamethrower, and Carolina Sweetheart lend themselves to display their seed pods so well. I, too, love the blue stem and muhly grass but oh what a down pour of rain does to them ! Also, am a fan of Northern Sea Oates. I think Sanders eye would enjoy capturing these as morning sunlight beams through the gems of seed heads with just a touch of frost. In the Panicums I'm a fan of Shanandoah. Penesetums I love Karley Rose. I love the stiff upright architect of the Calamagrostis Reed grass. Bush Clover is a new plant for me. I like it! Also, Beautyberry is fantastic in the fall for those purple berries are then backdropped with yellow fall color. Thank You so much for taking us along. By the way, I liked watching the episode of the Stone House overlooking the Waterfall on your Flock Channel.
Very nice beautiful nature in the park, best presentation, thank you so much for sharing ♥️ ♥️ ♥️!
Tamsak done idol thank u for sharing this video ang stay safe po lodiii
wow so beautiful ❤️❤️
majestic
I've been there! I live in Missouri.
What an amazing tour! Thank you!
Knowledge of plants name and decor ideas are alluring. Hope you do visit the aroid collections they have .
Another great tour and content🍁
I live about 3 hours from MBG. I go in the spring time every few years to recenter myself. I spend the whole day there from the time they open to closing time. I might need to go in the fall next year.
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Thank you for a great tour!
The great thing about MBG is their Library and botanicals collection. It was probably 30 or more years ago when I was there, though I got to see much of their amazing collection.
Thank you so much for this! I've always wanted to check this place out.
Please be part 1 of 3, or 5!
Love these videos!! Perfect that one so close to home came out on my birthday!
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As always very beautiful video and I love your style and I would love to create videos based on what I see and enjoy
I am so bummed I miss you here in St Louis. How did you enjoy your trip to the Botanical Gardens? Did you also visit Forest Park?
omg love trips from youuuu
can you do What's blooming in my home series?
hmmm no plans for a tropical greenhouse for finger lake ? and the name is Zen garden ? which like bonsai it originated from the chinese .
Yooooooo THIS MY STATE
Hello. Tour only outside green house ?
For your lawn, I recommend Crocus ochroleucus. It is a beautiful cream-coloured fall-blooming species with a yellow throat that naturalises via seed and division. The biggest advantage is that its bulbs lie very deep in the soil, up to ⅔ of a foot! That protects them from summer heat and winter cold and makes them almost indestructable. Their leaves are also not very frost-sensitive.
Colchicums do also grow well in lawn but have large foliage that does nor blend into the sorroundings like the grass-like leaves of Crocusses and are extremely poisonous, so I would never plant them where pets and children can acces them. Of course, Crocusses are also poisonous and should generally be avoided when there are pets/toddlers might be around, but not to such an extent (when talking about Colchicums, one flower is enough to kill a dog or small child!).
I never saw silver falls as a carpet!!!
Panicum 'Hot Rod' and Bouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition' are good cultivars. 'Undaunted' is a strong muhly that may take the northern climate a little better. Muhly was always a bit marginal for us. I would avoid the hyssop. Very weedy. Lychnis coronaria is a bit weedy, too. There used to be a TC propagated version that was sterile, but I think that would be rare these days. A perennial worth searching out is Nepeta siberica 'Souvenir d'Andre Chaudron'. Long bloom, not weedy, and a hummingbird magnet. I definitely like Penstemon pinifolius better than 'Mersea Yellow'. 'Compactum' is also a good cultivar, though not much different in size. Penstemon mensarum is vibrant. The cultivars of Penstemon mexicali are durable, long blooming. 'Red Rocks', etc. on that. Try Opuntia 'Candy Apple' for an amazing bloom display in a 8' clump that is winter tolerant. Carex 'Beatlemania' is dwarf and good for lining pathways. I owned an 8 acre nursery with thousands of perennials, conifers, etc., so I love plants that behave themselves but also provide a show. Acer palmatum 'Tsumo gaki' and 'Orido Nishiki' were somewhat "exotic" but durable. I guess a favorite of mine for Acer palmatum was 'Mikawa Yatsubusa', though the fall color of 'Fireglow' was quite memorable. Just the species, Acer palmatum, green leaves and sun tolerant....that gave spectacular orange fall color. 'Tamukeyama' can get bigger than you might expect, and is then a specimen to admire (it's a weeper). Good luck. Just a few thoughts.
Muito lindo , onde fica esta beleza???!ItuSP BR!!!
Hey Summer great video, hey, is it true that all grasses are edible in some regard to humans?
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Im early :0 luv your vids summer
You said Turtlehead but wrote Physostegia. Was it not a Chelone?
Redbuds are very weedy. impossible to get rid of if you leave them more that a year from seed.
Why are you walking with that suitcase?;)
Why are you an alien?
Over the last 10 years or so I have noticed a hardscape boom at many of the larger botanical gardens in the Country.
The increasing use of concrete to monetize the gardens with restaurants, gift shops and rental space. Yes, they should be ADA compatible but the wow factor to impress rather than putting local natives front and center is disappointing.
Always excellent!
Regarding the Rorschach test comment..Haha It's Roar-shark test, not War-shark.
Well, half right. it’s -shack not -shark.
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