Spring at Longwood Gardens

Spring at Longwood Gardens

Longwood Gardens are the former greenhouses of the DuPont family and are

located about 25 miles SW of Philadelphia.  This is one of the side rooms, and

this spring it was featuring Asian lilies in yellow.

This is the main Exhibition Room, and it was featuring pink Campanula / Bellflowers, 

 Pink and Rose Asian lillies, hanging baskets of Streptocarpus, and blue hydrangeas.

This is a side aisle in red, white and blue - Red Rieger Begonias, White Marguerite Daisy Trees, and Blue Campanula / Bellflowers.

"Debonair" Petunias was the new variety of the year.  They varied from white to cream 

to pink to lavender.

"Debonair" Petunias

Chartreuse Umbrella Tree / Scheffleria

Pale Yellow Clivia.  The cluster of flowers is very dramatic.

Cluster of Deep Orange Clivia

Hot Pink Anthuriums

Dark Blue Campanula / Bellflowers

Pink Campanula / Bellflowers

Yellow Rieger Begonias / Winter Begonias

Pink Rieger Begonias / Winter Begonias

Tree of specially trained white Marguerite Daisies

Puffy little balls of Bartlettina from Brazil

Blue Hydrangeas and Yellow Calla Lilies

Blue Hydrangeas and Yellow Calla Lilies

Hanging Basket of Pink Hydrangeas in aisle leading to Orchid Room

Pink and Rose Oriental Lilies.  These are large flowers, perhaps a foot in diameter.

White Easter Lily

Pale Pink Oriental Lily

Bed of Hot Pink Oriental Lilies

Peach and Wine Color Asian lily

Pink Ranunculus.  They look like a combination rose and peony.

Several Pink Ranunculus

Pink Towers of Jewels / Echium.  This is the first year they have featured them

in the Exhibition Hall.  The Chicago Botanic Gardens have featured them for a number

of years.  They are native to the Canary Islands.

Pink Towers of Jewels

Close-up of Pink Tower of Jewels / Echium Flowers

Blue Towers of Jewels

Close-up of Blue Towers of Jewels

White Gardenia

Samoan White Gardenia

Pink Camellia

Bed of Foxglove / Digitalis

White Foxglove / Digitalis

Pink Foxglove / Digitalis

Orange Osteospermum

Purple and White Osteospermum

White Gerbera Daisies

Yellow Gerbera Daisies

Red and orange Gerbera Daisies

White Astilbe

Winter White Hot Pokers

These were new; we usually see them as Red Hot Pokers in red and orange.

A last look at the Longwood Conservatory.  I hope you have enjoyed our virtual tour.

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Ginter Gardens

Lewis Ginter Gardens are the botanic gardens of Richmond, Virginia.  They are located

about five miles to the northwest of the city and are some of the most beautiful in the U.S.

We visited on a sunny day in April as all the spring flowers were blooming.

These are some of the pictures I took.

The tallest flowers are frittaria /Crown Imperial, and then there are the various shades

of orange tulips.  At Ginter, they do not leave the soil bare below tall flowers, but they cover it with violas, here in yellow and white.  I like that.

The entrance to the Gardens had masses of daffodils, tulips, and peach hyacinths.

Beautiful white daffodils with yellow throats.  This is what Spring should look like.

Double white daffodils with peach throats.  Daffodils come in an amazing variety of

color combinations these days.

Pink hyacinths and yellow violas.

Just behind the Entrance Building is the wishing well and pots of various colored tulips.

An urn filled with Easter Eggs Tulips.

A pot of Dutch Painter Tulips and Orange Taper Tulips.

A mixture of orange and red tulips and yellow and white violas.

In the Cobblestone Courtyard were purple and white tulips and blue violas.

Purple and white tulips and variegated blue violas.

Pale blue Poppy Anemones.

Pale pink Poppy Anemones.

Bright Pink Poppy Anemones

Clusters of White Viburnum on a bush outside the Education Building.

Blue and lavender violas and white daffodils along the path.

Cream colored Parrot Tulips (with fringed petals) and yellow and white violas.

Yellow and white tulip bed with yellow and copper colored violas.

There are acres of beds of flowers and each has a different color theme.  This bed has Double 

Yellow Tulips with White and Copper Violas.  "Double" tulips have twice as many and 

more petals than a normal tulip.

Very large double Exotic Emperor white tulip.

Two very large double yellow Exotic Emperor Tulips.

A new hybrid magnolia.

Exochorda / Excordia / Pearl Bush.  This is often used in bridal bouquets because the

flowers are borne on long green flexible branches.

Close-up of Exochorda

Aruba - a new variety of yellow and red tulip.

 A bed of yellow and copper violas.

Pink Tulips with variegated leaves and blue violas in the Garden of Love.

Orange Violas

A mixture of darker colors; very dark purple tulips and violas.

Double Orange Tulip

Double yellow Exotic Emperor Tulips and Snow White Hyacinths,

with a wonderful aroma.

Red tulips with striped leaves and white pansies.

There is a grove of camellia bushes in the Gardens; this is the pink camellia.

A bed of mixed tulips and daffodils.

White Parrot Tulip and yellow violas.

Dark purple and yellow tulips.

Exotic Emperor double white tulips

Inside the conservatory there is a large collection of orchids.

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I hope you have enjoyed this virtual visit to the Lewis Ginter Gardens in Richmond.




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