Tulip Season at Longwood Gardens

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
Before you even enter Longwood Gardens, you're greeted by hundreds of tulips
003 Tulips
Before you even enter Longwood Gardens, you're greeted by hundreds of tulips
005 Iceland Poppies
The Iceland Poppies were also in bloom
008 Tulips
Purple tulips in every shade
012 Pink & White Parrot Tulips
These unique looking tulips are parrot tulips
013 Pink Tulips & Foxgloves
Those tall things behind the tulips are foxgloves
014 Tulips
The Garden Walk has every color tulip imaginable
015 Yellow Tulips
Yellow tulips
016 Orange Tulips
Orange lily tulips
017 Red Tulips
Deep red tulips
020 White Tulips
These little white tulips looked fake
023 Italian Water Garden
The Italian Water Garden has always been one of my favorite parts of Longwood Gardens
028 Dogwood Blossoms
Dogwood blossoms
030 Yellow & Orange Tulips
Orange and yellow tulips
031 Red & Yellow Tulips
The fields of tulips look like a blanket
032 Orange & Yellow Tulips
Orange lily tulips and yellow tulips
036 Red & Yellow Tulips
Yellow and red are the same color tulips that I plant at home. They don't look like these.
037 Yellow Double Tulips
Double tulips
038 Pink & Yellow Tulips
Pink and yellow multicolor tulips
043 Bee on Foxglove
A bumblebee doing what bumblebees do on a foxglove flower
044 Red Tulip in Purple Tulips
One of these things isn't like the others
047 Rebar Tree
I never knew rebar grew on trees. Must be tough to prune!
050 Wysteria
Wisteria covers the fountain theatre
051 Tulips & Daffodils
Nothing says Spring like a field of tulips and daffodils
052 Hedge
Keeping these hedges trimmed has got to be a fulltime job
054 Tulips
Tulips of every shape and color
056 Yellow Tulips
Yellow tulips
059 Yellow Double Tulips
These double yellow tulips barely even look like tulips
060 White & Brown Daffodils
Apparently daffodils come in colors other than white & yellow. Who knew?
062 Tulips
This is just a small portion of the over quarter million tulips at Longwood Gardens
064 Daffodil & Lady Tulips
Double yellow daffodil
065 Daffodils
There are daffodils all over Longwood
068 Cat with Collar
I think this cat was trying to blend in with the Spring flowers
069 Daffodils
These daffodils were my personal favorite
071 Red & Yellow Tulips
Red & yellow multicolor tulips
072 Fountain Garden
The main fountain garden shows don't start for a few more weeks
074 Hawk
A hawks circles above Longwood
075 Gardenia
Gardenia tree in the conservatory
078 Bird of Paradise
Bird of Paradise
079 Yellow Calla Lily
Yellow Calla Lily
080 Tower-of-Jewels
Towers-of-Jewels are one of the stranger looking plants in the conservatory
084 White Hyacinth
I've never seen such bright white hyacinths
085 Orange Camellia
Longwood Gardens has an extensive Camellia breeding program
086 Pink Hydrangea & Pride-of-Tenerife
The pools in the conservatory are surrounded by pink Hydrangia and Pride-of-Tenerife
091 Calla Lily
White Calla Lily
093 Purple Hydrangea
Purple Hydrangea
094 White Orchids
Longwood has every kind of orchid imaginable
095 White & Purple Orchids
Longwood has every kind of orchid imaginable
096 Pink Orchids
Longwood has every kind of orchid imaginable
097 Japanese Maple Bonsai
Bonsai trees are fascinating. This one is a Japanese Maple that has been trained for over 30 years.
099 Japanese Black Pine Bonsai
Bonsai trees are fascinating. This one is a Japanese Black Pine that has been trained for over 35 years.
100 Venus Flytrap
Venus Fly Traps
105 Bananas
The banana trees are blooming. That is a flower below those bananas.
106 Yellow & Red Orchid
More orchids
113 Waterfall
This waterfall photo was taken with a slow shutter speed
114 Bell Tower
The Longwood bell tower
125 Topiary Garden
The topiary garden