What’s in Bloom

Single blue flower with orange stamens

Featured Bloom

Blue-poppy

Meconopsis ′Lingholm′

Longwood Gardens forces blue-poppies to flower every year in March. This cultivar, 'Lingholm', produces large flowers that are four inches in diameter on average. Blue-poppies, native to the high elevations of the Himalayan Mountains, are infrequently cultivated outside their native habitat. Given the right conditions, however, they can thrive in gardens located in the northern regions of North America and Europe.

See what’s in bloom … and enjoy the beauty of our Gardens.

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  • Clivia

    Clivia miniata ′Longwood Sunset′

    With soft, pastel-colored flowers, Clivia miniata ‘Longwood Sunset’ is a color breakthrough for our 40-year-old clivia breeding program. The umbel displays impressive flowers, measuring between 4 and 5 inches across, above a collection of dark green leaves. Salmon tones imbue the reflexed, overlapping tepals with hues of a blushing sunset. These soft colors are emphasized by a contrasting, butter yellow and white throat. A small detail that truly makes this selection unique, though, is the thin, red-orange picotee margin that subtly outlines the tepals. This selection also appeals to the sense of smell as it opens with a light, pleasant fragrance.

  • Tall, spikes of small blue flowers facing all directions

    Pride-of-Madeira

    Echium candicans ′Select Blue′

    Native to Madeira, a group of islands southwest of Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean, this tender subshrub is one of the stars of our early spring Conservatory display.  Grown from cuttings, it takes a little more than a year to get a new cutting to the size of the plant you see on display.

  • Tiny purple flowers along long, thin drooping stems

    Silver-squill

    Ledebouria socialis

    This beautiful, small, bulbous plant grows densely in groups and is suited to be grown in containers. Long, lance-shaped leaves, usually 2-3 inches, are a striking dark gray, with vivid green patches and a deep violet underside. Native to South Africa, silver-squill usually occurs in evergreen woodlands and thicket forests in river valleys. The spotted leaves enable the species to blend into its thicket environment.  Florets are mainly greenish white with a flush of pink.

  • Small, blue, star-shaped flowers in lawn

    Glory-of-the-snow

    Chionodoxa forbesii

    Chionodoxa forbesii is in its glory in late March to early April as its upward facing, sky blue flowers begin to appear. It should be placed in a partially shaded location with well-drained soil. Because it seeds freely, glory-of-the-snow, is an excellent choice for naturalizing. Reaching 6 inches these flowers are growing on Oak Knoll, in the Hillside Garden, outside the Peirce-du Pont House and under the beeches south of the Main Fountain Garden.

  • Small, light pink star shaped flowers and grass-like foliage

    Twinleaf Squill

    Scilla bifolia 'Rosea'

    This small, early spring bulb can be found dotting Oak Knoll, usually around the time Crocus tommasinianus begin to fade. Each Scilla bifolia ‘Rosea’ bulb produces two leaves which sit below a one-sided spike of pale-pink, star-shaped flowers and a 2-4 inch plant.

  • 5 petaled light purple flowers

    Madeira Cranesbill

    Geranium maderense

    Endemic to the island of Madeira, this cranesbill, the largest of the true geraniums, is critically endangered in the wild. Growing to 4 feet tall and wide, this plant produces numerous rosettes of small flowers which are held above the dissected foliage.


     

  • Small tree with clusters of small yellow flowers along the limbs
  • Rows of peach flowers growing close together

    Freesia

    Freesia 'Peachy Queen'
  • Border Forsythia

    Forsythia × intermedia ′Spring Glory′
  • Deep purplish red flowers growing in clumps with yellow centers

    Hellebore

    Helleborus 'COSEH 4100' HGC Ice N' Roses Red
  • Purple, cup shaped flowers growing on multiple stems

    Calla-lily

    Zantedeschia 'Accent'
  • Marguerite

    Argyranthemum frutescens ′Supa742′ Meteor Red™
  • Bright pinkish red flowers blooming all over the plant

    Hybrid Cineraria

    Pericallis × hybrida 'Sunseneyona' Senetti Ruby Red® (Senetti Group)
  • Spikes of small yellow flowers and fern-like foliage

    Chinese Corydalis

    Corydalis cheilanthifolia
  • Large, round ball made up of lots of small purple flowers

    Ornamental Onion

    Allium ′Globemaster′
  • Orchid

    Lycaste Sunray
  • Light yellow, pendulous flowers

    Winter-hazel

    Corylopsis ′Winterthur′
  • Fuchsia

    Fuchsia ′Traudchen Bonstedt′
  • Broom

    Genista × spachiana
  • Single blue flower with orange stamens

    Blue-poppy

    Meconopsis ′Lingholm′

    Longwood Gardens forces blue-poppies to flower every year in March. This cultivar, 'Lingholm', produces large flowers that are four inches in diameter on average. Blue-poppies, native to the high elevations of the Himalayan Mountains, are infrequently cultivated outside their native habitat. Given the right conditions, however, they can thrive in gardens located in the northern regions of North America and Europe.