The rainbow of flowers in Longwood Gardens’ new “Spring Blooms” display is like looking at a landscape made of Skittles … or Starburst.
Vibrant blossoms of nature’s eye-candy fill hundreds of acres at Longwood this spring, including beautiful azaleas, wisteria, tulips, daffodils and more.
“Spring Blooms” will be on display through May 1.
All of you flower children can enjoy the season as dogwoods and magnolias decorate the outdoor landscape, while indoors the narcissus, foxgloves, forsythia, hyacinths, tulips and delphinium ornament the Conservatory, according to press materials from Longwood.
Peak bloom is expected in mid-April and (barring bad weather) guests will have a chance to see Longwood’s prized 600-footlong Flower Garden Walk that offers over 200,000 tulips and other seasonal flowers. In the Idea Garden, spring vegetables and herbs begin to pop up.
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In the East Conservatory, you’ll find crabapples and a peculiar gold-foliaged tulip poplar. Begonia “Canary Wing” are scarlet-red blossoms that appear in large numbers. The Main Conservatory spotlights popular flowers like azaleas, hydrangea baskets, Phalaenopsis orchid baskets and lilies.
The icing on the cake for kids is they can experience a number of activities in the outdoor Children’s Corner and the Indoor Children’s Garden.
During the last week of March guests saw Longwood’s world-famous and rare blue-poppies in action.
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Yes, they are real blue flowers that are native in high elevations of the Himalayan Mountains, and they’re usually not cultivated outside their natural habitat.
“Biologists have estimated that fewer than 10% of flowering plants have blue flowers and even fewer have truly blue leaves,” Abbey Gau, marketing and communications specialist for Longwood, said to Delaware Online/The News Journal last spring.
The “Spring in Bloom” display comes weeks after Longwood’s 100-year-old Orchid House reopened in late February, after being closed for less than a year for renovations.
It marked the first phase of the $250 million expansion project named Longwood Reimagined: A New Garden Experience – slated for completion in late 2024.
The project aims to expand the public spaces of the central grounds and connect them from east to west for a unified journey through the lush garden.
Ultimately this is intended to give guests a more mouth-watering experience when they feast their eyes on the delicious flowers at Longwood.
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“Spring in Bloom” is on display at Longwood Gardens (1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania) through May 1.
The Gardens are open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, except for Tuesdays when the Gardens are closed.
Admission is $25 for adults; $22 for seniors (age 62+); $13 for youth (ages 5–18) and free ages 4 and under. Group rates available. For more details, visit longwoodgardens.org or (610) 388-1000.
