Bloom! officially opens next Monday, April 1, and the Garden is well prepared. Filled with plants and flowers of every color, there is something blooming around every corner of our 87 acres. Some of these plants, like the California lilacs, freesias and scented geranium, have a delightful smell that can only be experienced in person. If you’d like to learn more about what’s blooming in the Garden, take a listen to Georgiann Keller’s audio blog below. Then make sure to come and awaken your senses with the sights, smells and sounds of the Garden.

 

Photos from the Garden

California lilac (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus ‘Yankee Point’)

Pink trumpet tree (Handroanthus impetiginosus)

Sago palm (Cycas revoluta) and Pygmy date palm (Phoenix roebelenii)

Various Aeonium

Mountain aloe (Aloe marlothii)

Hybrid tulips (Tulipa spp.)

Scented geranium (Pelargonium capitatum)

Hybrid sticky monkey flower (Diplacus aurantiacus hybrids)

Bromeliad species (Bromelia spp.)

Madeira Cranesbill (Geranium maderense)

 

Golden trumpet tree (Handroanthus chrysotrichus)

Borage (Borago officinalis)

Hybrid rock rose (Cistus x skanbergii)

Chard (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris)

Hybrid African daisy (Dimorphotheca spp.)

Mediterranean spurge (Euphorbia characias)

California buckeye (Aesculus californica)

Island green dudleya (Dudleya virens ssp. insularis)

Saw leaf agave (Agave xylonacantha)

Mexican lime cactus (Ferocactus pilosus)

Electrode cactus (Ferocactus histrix)

Glaucous barrel cactus (Ferocactus glaucescens)

Golden barrel cactus (Kroenleinia grusonii)

Intersectional Itoh peony (Paeonia x ‘Little Darlin’)

Heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescens)

The bulb garden overall

Hybrid freesia (Freesia spp.)

Hybrid harlequin flower (Sparaxis tricolor hybrids), petticoat daffodil (Narcissus bulbocodium)

Fivespot (Nemophila maculata) and baby blue eyes (Nemophila menziesii)

Portuguese squill (Scilla peruviana)

Hybrid poppy anemone (Anemone coronaria hybrids)

Hybrid coral tree (Erythrina x sykesii)

Sapphire dragon tree (Paulownia kawakamii)

Peach selection of coastal coral tree (Erythrina caffra)

If you want to be surrounded by nature and blooming flowers, click here for advanced Garden tickets.