Monday, October 21, 2013

Longwood Ca

Longwood Conservatory
 
 
 
No spring would be complete without a visit to Longwood Gardens outside
Philadelphia and Wilmington.  There are four major show greenhouses
like this one, plus another 18 working greenhouses, many of them open to
visitors.
 
 
Clivia clusters come in pale yellow or bright orange.
 
 
 
 
Cluster of orange clivia.
 
 
 
 
Asiatic Lilly; they are large, almost ten inches across.
 
 
 
 
Pale pink herbaceous peony; bushes were covered in blossoms.
 
 
 
 
Snow White Herbaceous peony.
 
 
 
 
Madonna Blue Hydrangeas
 
 
 
 
Ice Blue Hydrangeas
 
 
 
 
Hanging basket of pale pink hydrangeas.
 
 
 
 
Basket of mixed hydrangeas.
 
 
 
 
Center aisle of the conservatory.
 
 
 
 
Winter begonias /Rieger begonias.  New to me and beautiful.
 
 
 
 
Orange Rieger begonias.
 
 
 
 
Osteospermum / African daisies.
 
 
 
 
Thunbergia vine.
 
 
 
 
Pink kalanchoe and pale green umbrella plant /scheffleria.
 
 
 
 
Big pink gerbera daisies.
 
 
 

 
Big orange gerbera daisies.
 
 
 
 
"The Pearl" dinner plate hibiscus - 12 inches in diameter - gorgeous.
 
 
 
 
"Flickering Fire" - a new geranium.
 
 
 
 
A corner of the conservatory.
 
 
 
 
Raspberry Ripple Carnation
 
 
 

 
Yellow and white columbine.
 
 
 
 
"Midnight Sun" hibiscus.
 
 
 
 
Purple and white columbine
 
 
 
 
 White Astilbe
 
 
 
 
Pink Canterbury Bells 
 
 
 
 
 Blue Canterbury Bells
 
 
 
 
 Pink Butterfly Flowers
 
 
 
 
 Purple Butterfly Flowers
 
 
 
 
 Bartlettina, from Mexico.  These clusters are about 8" in diameter.
 
 
 
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I hope you have enjoyed this virtual tour of
Longwood Conservatory.
 
 
 
 
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Longwood Ga

Longwood  Gardens
near Philadelphia


A beds of bright tulips.  What is more cheerful on a spring day?

 

 
 
Poppy Anemones
 
 
 
 
Bed of Mixed Tulips.



 
 Yellow Tulips



 
 Deep Pink Tulips



 
 Pale Pink Tulips



 
 White Tulips



 
Star Magnolia Trees 



 
White Mongolian Magnolia Tree



 
A branch of magnolia blossoms.



 
"Pink Pearl" hyacinths with wonderful aroma. 



 
"Delft Blue" hyacinths.




Cream colored camellia




Forsythia hedge and daffodils.




Pink and white tulips.



 
Purple and white tulip.



 
 Bed of orange tulips.



 
 "Bella Donna" tulips.



 
 Sunken garden with daffodils, blue hyacinths, and yellow Icelandic poppies.




Yellow Icelandic Poppies




Orange Icelandic Poppy




Ornamental Flowering Cherry tree




Another Ornamental Flowering Cherry Tree (with bride).  They were
all over the gardens.




Bed of yellow daffodils.




White and yellow daffodils




Double yellow daffodils.  The gardens had 58 varieties of daffodils in bloom.




White grape hyacinths




Reflecting pool and ornamental flowering cherry trees.




Two yellow ranunculus









 
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