April 2010
Every time I've been to Longwood Gardens, it's usually Christmas. Once, very long ago, I was there in the summer. I finally made it to Longwood for the spring season plus it was the week the tulips were in full bloom. They have over 240,000 tulips!
![002 Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4246/34761271780_ba2dc2ee66_n.jpg)
Before you even enter Longwood Gardens, you're greeted by hundreds of tulips
![003 Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4237/34761272770_048b038c88_n.jpg)
Before you even enter Longwood Gardens, you're greeted by hundreds of tulips
![005 Iceland Poppies](https://live.staticflickr.com/4212/34761273810_824d55f1d3_n.jpg)
The Iceland Poppies were also in bloom
![008 Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4227/34761276960_2cab9893a4_n.jpg)
Purple tulips in every shade
![012 Pink & White Parrot Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4199/34761277940_e320c5c042_n.jpg)
These unique looking tulips are parrot tulips
![013 Pink Tulips & Foxgloves](https://live.staticflickr.com/4245/34761278750_5833253dcd_n.jpg)
Those tall things behind the tulips are foxgloves
![014 Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4213/34761279550_23966b1e03_n.jpg)
The Garden Walk has every color tulip imaginable
![015 Yellow Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4214/34761280540_a25950094f_n.jpg)
Yellow tulips
![016 Orange Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4276/34302791354_991c1103af_n.jpg)
Orange lily tulips
![017 Red Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4276/34302792004_e04bf0babd_n.jpg)
Deep red tulips
![020 White Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4261/34302792874_4a14e83f1c_n.jpg)
These little white tulips looked fake
![023 Italian Water Garden](https://live.staticflickr.com/4272/34302793764_8d6e8249f7_n.jpg)
The Italian Water Garden has always been one of my favorite parts of Longwood Gardens
![028 Dogwood Blossoms](https://live.staticflickr.com/4279/34302794764_93aefa61bb_n.jpg)
Dogwood blossoms
![030 Yellow & Orange Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4218/34302795684_a32e532b64_n.jpg)
Orange and yellow tulips
![031 Red & Yellow Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4279/34302796694_2f1397d064_n.jpg)
The fields of tulips look like a blanket
![032 Orange & Yellow Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4211/34302797424_6cbd3cb2c5_n.jpg)
Orange lily tulips and yellow tulips
![036 Red & Yellow Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4248/34302798444_84a2e11236_n.jpg)
Yellow and red are the same color tulips that I plant at home. They don't look like these.
![037 Yellow Double Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4247/34302799114_49cf2e197e_n.jpg)
Double tulips
![038 Pink & Yellow Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4243/35148115835_192df59eb0_n.jpg)
Pink and yellow multicolor tulips
![043 Bee on Foxglove](https://live.staticflickr.com/4205/35148116855_b87ba05248_n.jpg)
A bumblebee doing what bumblebees do on a foxglove flower
![044 Red Tulip in Purple Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4224/35148117375_61ec1b091b_n.jpg)
One of these things isn't like the others
![047 Rebar Tree](https://live.staticflickr.com/4280/35148117965_5bb45506b9_n.jpg)
I never knew rebar grew on trees. Must be tough to prune!
![050 Wysteria](https://live.staticflickr.com/4249/34761365090_a716319c6e_n.jpg)
Wisteria covers the fountain theatre
![051 Tulips & Daffodils](https://live.staticflickr.com/4258/34761365850_b64bf7290f_n.jpg)
Nothing says Spring like a field of tulips and daffodils
![052 Hedge](https://live.staticflickr.com/4256/35148120145_589e7d5616_n.jpg)
Keeping these hedges trimmed has got to be a fulltime job
![054 Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4270/35148121815_fc679cb1d1_n.jpg)
Tulips of every shape and color
![056 Yellow Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4211/35148122645_4b7036323d_n.jpg)
Yellow tulips
![059 Yellow Double Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4225/35148123255_6c3d4b85fb_n.jpg)
These double yellow tulips barely even look like tulips
![060 White & Brown Daffodils](https://live.staticflickr.com/4280/35148123905_896b001f4e_n.jpg)
Apparently daffodils come in colors other than white & yellow. Who knew?
![062 Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4252/35148124545_9be5dbb75c_n.jpg)
This is just a small portion of the over quarter million tulips at Longwood Gardens
![064 Daffodil & Lady Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4206/35148125305_ebf56e5a37_n.jpg)
Double yellow daffodil
![065 Daffodils](https://live.staticflickr.com/4228/35148125855_b10124e183_n.jpg)
There are daffodils all over Longwood
![068 Cat with Collar](https://live.staticflickr.com/4207/35148126385_3494e4836a_n.jpg)
I think this cat was trying to blend in with the Spring flowers
![069 Daffodils](https://live.staticflickr.com/4242/35148126985_281f72260f_n.jpg)
These daffodils were my personal favorite
![071 Red & Yellow Tulips](https://live.staticflickr.com/4262/35148127565_6890ee4bba_n.jpg)
Red & yellow multicolor tulips
![072 Fountain Garden](https://live.staticflickr.com/4273/35148128175_aa8e593320_n.jpg)
The main fountain garden shows don't start for a few more weeks
![074 Hawk](https://live.staticflickr.com/4200/35148128615_68fbcae4b7_n.jpg)
A hawks circles above Longwood
![075 Gardenia](https://live.staticflickr.com/4277/34302818674_039d07f02a_n.jpg)
Gardenia tree in the conservatory
![078 Bird of Paradise](https://live.staticflickr.com/4284/35107915806_6b8dedf6b4_n.jpg)
Bird of Paradise
![079 Yellow Calla Lily](https://live.staticflickr.com/4260/35107916766_c569b242c0_n.jpg)
Yellow Calla Lily
![080 Tower-of-Jewels](https://live.staticflickr.com/4210/35107918026_e8cce7e621_n.jpg)
Towers-of-Jewels are one of the stranger looking plants in the conservatory
![084 White Hyacinth](https://live.staticflickr.com/4282/35107918856_1ece5e242d_n.jpg)
I've never seen such bright white hyacinths
![085 Orange Camellia](https://live.staticflickr.com/4258/35107919476_637045486e_n.jpg)
Longwood Gardens has an extensive Camellia breeding program
![086 Pink Hydrangea & Pride-of-Tenerife](https://live.staticflickr.com/4208/35107920186_48a59a927a_n.jpg)
The pools in the conservatory are surrounded by pink Hydrangia and Pride-of-Tenerife
![091 Calla Lily](https://live.staticflickr.com/4251/35107921726_9dcecbb841_n.jpg)
White Calla Lily
![093 Purple Hydrangea](https://live.staticflickr.com/4237/35107922236_93f267a418_n.jpg)
Purple Hydrangea
![094 White Orchids](https://live.staticflickr.com/4245/35107922756_161b48c8e0_n.jpg)
Longwood has every kind of orchid imaginable
![095 White & Purple Orchids](https://live.staticflickr.com/4197/35107923226_30272d9fbe_n.jpg)
Longwood has every kind of orchid imaginable
![096 Pink Orchids](https://live.staticflickr.com/4201/35107923896_5302e78f78_n.jpg)
Longwood has every kind of orchid imaginable
![097 Japanese Maple Bonsai](https://live.staticflickr.com/4226/35107924486_e434ae3d14_n.jpg)
Bonsai trees are fascinating. This one is a Japanese Maple that has been trained for over 30 years.
![099 Japanese Black Pine Bonsai](https://live.staticflickr.com/4227/35016828291_a1562ff324_n.jpg)
Bonsai trees are fascinating. This one is a Japanese Black Pine that has been trained for over 35 years.
![100 Venus Flytrap](https://live.staticflickr.com/4231/35016829181_0b8a6b8597_n.jpg)
Venus Fly Traps
![105 Bananas](https://live.staticflickr.com/4248/35107926106_252dea660d_n.jpg)
The banana trees are blooming. That is a flower below those bananas.
![106 Yellow & Red Orchid](https://live.staticflickr.com/4264/35107926616_14c313463a_n.jpg)
More orchids
![113 Waterfall](https://live.staticflickr.com/4217/35107927146_d17f3c7751_n.jpg)
This waterfall photo was taken with a slow shutter speed
![114 Bell Tower](https://live.staticflickr.com/4220/35107928396_4350686bfd_n.jpg)
The Longwood bell tower
![125 Topiary Garden](https://live.staticflickr.com/4231/34302832264_1487e21513_n.jpg)
The topiary garden