See what’s in bloom … and enjoy the beauty of our Gardens.
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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.
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Madeira Cranesbill
Geranium maderenseEndemic 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.
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Star Magnolia
Magnolia stellata ′Royal Star′'Royal Star' is a selection of the deciduous, early blooming Japanese native, star magnolia. The fragrant, double white flowers emerge before the foliage in late March, early April. This small tree grows best in full sun in hardiness zones 4 and above.
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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.
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Longwood Hybrid Cineraria
Pericallis × hybridaCineraria is an annual plant that Longwood has used in our late winter/early spring displays since the Conservatory opened in 1921. We maintain our own seed supply of this wonderful blue strain by hybridizing stock plants each year.
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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.