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what's in bloom
The Gateway Garden of New World Plants and the Alexandra Hicks Herb Knot Garden at Matthaei offer sensory delights with their profusion of colors and scents.
Check out the bloom calendar.
Looking for a central location to hold a group meeting? How about catching up on some of your reading at a riverside bench? We have some of the University's best study spots.

Culturally important plants from many of the world's great and ancient cultures are featured here. In contrast to the tropics, these regions have cold winters and dry summers -- and the plant forms reflect these prevailing environmental conditions: thick evergreen leaves or seasonal foliage. Plants grown here are not hardy in our cool temperate climate.
 
Warm temperate Asia is the home of several dramatic fan palms and bamboos. The camellia flowers are beautiful in late winter, and the gardenia flowers are heavily perfumed. Among the plants from the Mediterranean region of southern Europe, western Asia and northern Africa are the date palm, fig and olive trees. Don't miss the special area for the bonsai and penjing, or the display of carnivorous plants in their bog planter.

The Warm Temperate House is in the Conservatory at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens site.

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