Spring Blooms

Courtyard Display

On view: April–May 

After Isabella’s iconic cascades of nasturtiums have made their fleeting appearance announcing the arrival of spring, the Courtyard blooms with a tender seasonal palette. Cotton candy-hued hydrangeas and fragrant Virginia sweetspire frame this welcoming display, as stalks of delphinium, foxglove, and acanthus draw our eyes to the sky beyond the atrium ceiling. Clusters of Humboldt’s orchid summon the otherworldly with astonishingly tall flowering spikes that defy thick, golden pseudobulbs while humble bleeding hearts remind us of the delicacy of early spring growth. It's spring at its best—a season of sudden brightness, a season of contrasts.  
 

Photo by Troy Wade

 

Please note that the Courtyard displays are part of a living collection and as such the actual flowers may be different than what is described on our website.

A statue of a woman on a pedestal surrounded by talk stems of white and blue flowers in the Courtyard.
Tall stems of white, pink, purple and blue flowers surrounded by lush green plants in a corner of the Courtyard.
Tall stems of white, purple and blue flowers surrounded by shorter green plants in front of a piece of a statue in the Courtyard
Tall stems of pink and white flowers and fuzzy purple pods surrounded by lush greenery in a corner of the Courtyard
Tall stalks of white and pink foxglove, purple delphiniums and bleeding heart plants line the edege of the Courtyard

Photo by Troy Wade

Candle larkspur "Delphinium elatum," foxglove "Digitalis purpurea," and Virginia sweetspire "Itea virginica"

Photo by Troy Wade

Candle larkspur "Delphinium elatum," hydrangea "Hydrangea macrophylla," foxglove "Digitalis purpurea," and Virginia sweetspire "Itea virginica"

Photo by Troy Wade

Hyssop "Agastache spp.," bleeding heart "Lamprocapnos spectabilis," and foxglove "Digitalis purpurea"

Photo by Troy Wade

Hyssop "Agastache spp.," foxglove "Digitalis purpurea," bleeding heart "Lamprocapnos spectabilis," and lacy tree fern "Sphaeropteris cooperi"

Photo by Troy Wade

Candle larkspur "Delphinium elatum," foxglove "Digitalis purpurea," bleeding heart "Lamprocapnos spectabilis"

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