Photo Gallery: Spring Gardens Bring a Blooming Bonanza
Houzz readers share their best pictures of the season’s spectacular blossoms
Nothing feels more like gardening season than spring. Temperatures are warming up, so people can enjoy being outdoors after a long winter cooped up, and plants are coming to life with new flowers and foliage. We asked to see your spring blooms, and nearly 100 Houzzers shared photos of their beautiful spring gardens. Get in the spirit of the season with some of our favorite shots of reader gardens from around the country.
Closer to Derviss’ house we see violet churur (Iochroma cyanea), canna lilies (Canna ‘Pretoria’), Peruvian lilies, coral aloes (Aloe striata), aeoniums and foxtail agaves (Agave attenuata).
Gayla Garrison Hine is so happy with her springtime blooms in Caldwell, Idaho. “My lilacs are bringing the first bees onto our new property. It’s a beautiful thing,” she says. This lilac is ‘Sensation’ (Syringa vulgaris ‘Sensation’).
Alliums burst forth with their globular purple blooms in this spring garden in Toronto by Melanie Rekola Landscape Design.
In sunny Los Angeles, creeping fig (Ficus pumila) and Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) form a lush green backdrop for the spring flowers surrounding this outdoor eating area designed by Alison Kandler Interior Design.
The front walkway of mustbnuts zone 9 sunset 9’s yard in California’s Central Valley features a bevy of blooming flowers. “It is hot, hot, hot in the summer and cold in the winter,” the Houzzer says. Two roses border the front of the path: ‘Pretty Jessica’ and ‘Eyes for You’. More roses, sages and lilies line the path as you move along.
In Farmersville, Ohio, this 8-year-old wisteria is growing on the north side of Darla Brooks’ house. “Intoxicating aroma as well as gorgeous blooms,” she says.
A stunning pink clematis vine climbs up the picket fence in adelheid51’s garden in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Brenda Kerton’s tulips and other bulbs are just now beginning to bloom, as spring in her region in Canada has been especially cool this year.
In Christine Gomberg’s garden in central New Jersey, we see alliums surrounded by trimmed boxwood (Buxus sp.).
In San Diego, cindyceil’s garden was rewarded with a big bloom of ‘Iceberg’ roses after a rainy winter.
“We replaced lawn with drought tolerant plants and we have more color than ever before,” cindyceil says of her San Diego yard. “I’m amazed at how much I don’t miss all that grass.” Here, pride of Madeira (Echium candicans) blooms shine.
“This is my perennial island just after spring cleaning,” says Deberoah Houston. “Now it’s time to add my tender perennials and also some new ones.”
In the northeast U.S., Houzz user djtedford’s daffodils are fading, but these yellow blooms were a treat while they lasted.
In a corner of hannahrscott’s Seattle garden, bushes of lavender are getting ready to bloom. Strings of lights run above the path that divides the lavender shrubs, inviting guests to come back at night and linger.
Rachel Hendrick loves the ‘Sunglow’ azaleas (Rhododendron ‘Sunglow’) that frame her Arkansas garden entry. “They are so striking, and I love them here at the entrance to my back garden,” she says.
While it’s important to appreciate a garden’s big picture, jillzdunczyk reminds us of what we can see if we take a closer look. Here, a blossoming peony and a praying mantis both thrive in the garden.
Houzz user K is excited for the return of the garden’s Oriental poppies (Papaver orientale), which always bloom around Memorial Day.
Kathy Brehm’s ‘Knock Out’ roses create an inviting and alluring patio space around her patio in Red Bluff, California.
This double tulip (Tulipa ‘Carnival de Nice’), also uploaded by Houzzer lidarose, offers a beautiful shot of color to the tulip garden.
Lynn Bryant - RE/MAX Tyler’s garden in east Texas received a lot of spring rain, which resulted in an abundance of blooming clematis, hydrangeas, roses and gladioluses. Here, BloomStruck bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla), from the Endless Summer collection, shows some spring color.
Maria Ploch Barndt’s garden in Midway, Utah, welcomes upright phlox and orange violas.
We had to show another rose from mustbnuts zone 9 sunset 9’s garden in the Central Valley of California. This one is ‘Brother Cadfael’, a repeat-flowering David Austin rose.
Penny Ward Marcus shows us that spring in the garden isn’t just about the flowers — there are the birds too. “The hummingbirds are the brightest things in my garden, always, but I need to plant for them to stay,” she says.
These Osteospermum flowers uploaded by Penny Ward Marcus bring cheer and sunshine to the spring garden. “It is in my container garden in Packwood, Washington, but would do well in beds. It will bloom all summer with deadheading and prefers moist soil,” she says.
Dogwood (Cornus spp.) flowers are spectacular, and these blooms shared by pkuch are no exception.
Who doesn’t love a tree peony? In her backyard, Houzz user predpenny has one that is about 3 feet tall and 17 years old in her yard in Birmingham, Michigan.
Starting in mid-May, sharonlindquist’s lilies began blooming like crazy in her east Texas garden. She loves their fragrance, and cuts them and brings them inside to enjoy as well.
White columbines look over teriwscott’s fairy garden.
Spring flowers are interesting to humans and pets alike. Here, in a photo uploaded by pkuch, Spike the dog gets a look at an allium that might even be bigger than he is.
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