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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