If seeing all the Olympics protection from Paris has you wishing you can hop on a transatlantic flight and expertise the botanical wonders of France, you’re in luck!
You will discover many stunning crops native to France proper right here in St. Louis on the Missouri Botanical Backyard. The Backyard homes a big assortment of crops native to France and southern Europe on the whole. See what number of yow will discover throughout your subsequent go to.
Do you know? You possibly can find a selected plant utilizing the Backyard’s Dwelling Collections Administration System (LCMS). Sort the scientific title within the search bar, choose the species, then the map tab.
Additionally generally known as drumstick allium, this decorative bulb produces showy, purple pom-pom inflorescences in summer time. It’s native to rocky, open habitats from western Europe to the Caucasus.
Plant in teams amongst different perennials in blended borders or rock gardens. They make wonderful contemporary minimize or dried flowers.
Discover it on the Backyard: Discover round-headed leeks blooming within the Samuels Bulb Backyard.
Named for Montpellier, a metropolis in southern France on the Mediterranean coast, this compact tree can attain as much as 30′ tall with an equally huge, rounded, densely branched cover.
Discover it on the Backyard: Take a look at the highest of the waterfall within the Japanese Backyard to identify a Montpellier maple.
This choice of wild tarragon is often used as a culinary herb. Its fragrant leaves have a barely candy, licorice or anise-like taste with extra notes of natural freshness and peppery spice.
It’s a perennial subshrub with spreading rhizomes that may be grown efficiently in sunny, St. Louis herb gardens so long as the soil could be very well-draining.
Discover it on the Backyard: Discover French tarragon rising within the Herb Backyard behind Tower Grove Home.
Justine Kendra | Horticulturist with the William T. Kemper Heart for Residence Gardening