Flowering cherries are becoming quite showy in the Japanese Garden.
Redbuds are beginning to bloom throughout the grounds.
Magnolias have suffered some frost injury, but many trees are still quite
showy.
Daffodils, early tulips, and an assortment of spring bulbs are
especially showy in the Samuels and Heckman Bulb Gardens.
The camellias are still showy in the Linnean House, accompanied by the
rich scent of jasmine (Jasminum polyanthemum) and Fragrant olive
trees (Osmanthus fragrans) . Colorful cyclamen and Fairy
primroses (Primula malacoides) decorate the beds below the
camellia trees.
Color and fragrance fill the Shoenberg Temperate House. Masses of
flowering Cyclamen (Cyclamen persicum) blanket the upstairs portion of
the house, beneath the showy blossoms of a Redbud (Cercis sp.).
Look for the unusual pocketbook-shaped flowers of Calceolaria, a
cool-season annual from Chile, and many brightly colored bulbs from
South Africa.
Winter hazels (Corylopsis spp.), Hellebores (Helleborus
spp.), Daffodils (Narcissus spp.) and other spring bulbs are blooming
in many locations on the grounds.
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