#clianthus

Feeling like spring… beautiful weekend to get out in the Garden! 🌸 Late season magnolias are ready to officially welcome spring next week and the rest of the Garden is, too! 🌸 Magnolia ‘Athene’ in the Rhododendron Garden; Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ in the Temperate Asia Garden; Magnolia doltsopa in the Moon Viewing Garden 🌸 Cherry blossoms and crabapples are starting to flower in the Temperate Asia Garden, the Great Meadow, and beyond 🔷 Puya inflorescences are out in the Succulent Garden ✨ Rhododendron macabeanum and many more rhododendrons are now flowering in the Rhododendron Garden 🦜 Commonly called parrots beak, Clianthus puniceus from New Zealand is blooming along the Wildfowl Pond ☁️ Leucadendron 'Cloudbank Ginny' looking lovely in the South Africa Garden 🌴 Nīkau palm grove scene in the New Zealand Garden with tree fern, astelia, and more ☀️ See you in the Garden! 🌸 #sfbotanicalgarden #magnificentmagnolias #spring #cherryblossom #puya #rhododendron #clianthus #leucadendron #nikaupalm (at San Francisco Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbBBFb5P_R-/?utm_medium=tumblr

Spring beauty in the Garden ✨ ☀️ Rhododendron is a large genus of over 1000 species in the Ericaceae family. Found throughout temperate regions in the Northern Hemisphere and some tropical regions in Asia and Australia, Rhododendron is known for its vibrant, bell shaped flowers. An extremely popular ornamental, there are thousands of Rhododendron cultivars on the market. 📷 🌸 Rhododendron occidentale (western azalea) in the California Native Plant Garden - found from southern Oregon to southern California and is one of only three species of Rhododendron native to California. • Rhododendron ‘Roy Hudson’ and friends in the Rhododendron Garden • Vireya rhododendron (Rhododendron sp.) in the Southeast Asia Cloud Forest • Bonus shots: • glory pea (Clianthus puniceus) from New Zealand along the Waterfowl Pond edge • magic dogwood (Cornus florida ssp. urbiana) blooming near the Succulent Garden • #sfbotanicalgarden #spring #rhododendron #rhododendronoccidentale #vireyarhododendron #clianthus #magicdogwood #cornusfloridaurbiniana (at San Francisco Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/COMVmsCADgT/?igshid=hfzgggolsdxs