Autumn's Colors

Now through November 22, 2009

During the Chrysanthemum Festival, October 19 through November 22, more than 20,000 colorful, blooming chrysanthemums flourish in the palatial Conservatory. Longwood’s experts have trained these fall favorites into unique forms including towering single-stemmed beauties and thousand-bloomers.

The show reaches its peak bloom during the first three weeks of November. This year, a cloud of topiary bees above the indoor lawns are poised to pollinate the beds of flowers beneath. Topairy forms, including butterflies, spirals and our largest thousand bloom chrysanthemum ever, with over 700 blooms, adorn the Conservatory. Find out more about Longwood's largest-ever thousand bloom chrysanthemum.

Horticultural highlights this season:

Download a pdf of this week's indoor garden highlights  
Now with pictures!

Download a pdf of this week's outdoor garden highlights 
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Please note that actual bloom times may vary depending on weather. The list of flowering highlights is subject to change.

Horticultural highlights this season:
General Indoor Highlights 

• Asters
• Cannas
• Chrysanthemums
• Coleus
• Hamelias
• Lollipop-plant (Pachystachys lutea)
• Mexican Sage (Salvia)
• Ornamental Peppers
• Otacanthus (Otacanthus coeruleus)
• Spurflower (Plectranthus)

General Outdoor Highlights 

• Berried Shrubs
• Bluebeard (Caryopteris x clandonensis)
• Butterfly-bush (Buddleja)
• Chrysanthemums
• Day-flowering  and Night-flowering Waterlilies (Nymphaea)
• Fall crocus
• Fall foliage
• Franklinia (Franklinia alatamaha)
• Fruit trees
• Gourds (Cucurbita)
• Ivy Geraniums (Pelargonium peltatum)
• Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
• Ornamental Grasses
• Roses
• Sages (Salvia)
• Vegetables
• Water-platters (Victoria)
• Wildflowers