In Bloom at Sparoza
The photo at the top of this page shows dawn over Sparoza as viewed from the water cistern in November (Photo Lucinda Willan)
With nearly 1,000 different plants in the collection, you can always find something in bloom in the MGS garden at Sparoza. Lucinda Willan is Head Gardener at Sparoza and would like to share with you her favourite plants as they come into flower throughout the year.
Photos are by Lucinda Willan, unless stated otherwise
Click or tap on pictures of the flowers to enlarge the photo and read when the plant blooms and where to find it in the garden. To see a map of Sparoza with the names of garden zones go here. To read Lucinda’s detailed descriptions of the plants, please follow Sparoza Garden on Instagram.
February - Cestrum x cultum
February - Moraea sisyrinchium
February - Viola odorata
February - Medicago arborea
February - Tulipa saxatilis
February - Tulipa raddii
February - Himantoglossum robertianum
February - Muscari commutatum
February - Fritillaria obliqua subsp. Obliqua
February - Globularia alypum
February - Euphorbia characias
February - Hardenbergia violacea
February - Astragalus monspessulanus
February - Euphorbia dendroides
February - Vinca major
February - Iris tuberosa
February - Prunus amygdalus
February - Iris unguiculari
February - Lavandula dentata
February - Erodium pelargoniflorum
February - Romulea linaresii subsp. graeca
February - Gagea fistulosa
February - Retama raetam
February - Curio ficoides
February - Chasmanthe floribunda ’Duckittii’
February - Chasmanthe bicolor
February - Euryops virgineus
February - Cyclamen persicum
February - Anemone coronaria
February - Ficaria verna
February - Narcissus romieuxii ‘Julia Jane’
February - Mandragora officinarum
February - Salvia rosmarinus
February - Freesia viridis
January - Anagyris foetida
January - Chasmanthe floribunda
January - Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Severn Sea’
January - Jasminum nudiflorum
January - Thymelaea hirsuta
January - Bellevalia hyacinthoides
January - Muscari pulchellum
January - Hyacinthus orientalis
January - Titanopsis calcarea
January - Cyclamen persicum
January - Anemone coronaria
January - Prunus amygdalus
January - Crassula ovata
January - Mahonia x media ‘Charity’
January - Fibigia lunarioides
January - Lavandula canariensis
January - Eriocephalus africanus
January - Styrax officinalis
January - Cneorum tricoccon
January - Freylinia lanceolata
January - Narcissus tazetta
January - Aloe species
January - Anemone coronaria
January - Lycianthes rantonnetii
January - Narcissus papyraceus Kefalonia form
January - Phymosia rosea
December - Pleiospilos nelii
December - Teucrium brevifolium
December - Eremophila glabra
December - Coleus caninus
December - Narcissus papyraceus
December - Mandragora officinarum
December - Dipcadi serotinum
December - Rosa ‘Mermaid’
December - Clematis cirrhosis
December - Fibigia lunarioides
December - Iris unguicularis
December - Lavandula canariensis
December - Aloe arborescens
December - Cyclamen graecum
December - Muehlenbeckia platyclada
December - Eriocephalus africanus
December - Rosa ‘Cramoisi Superieur’
December - Crocus boryi
December - Tecoma capensis
December - Maurandya barclayana
December - Crocus cartwrightianus
December - Crocus cartwrightianus
December - Cyrtanthus mackenii
December - Justicia californica
December - Ceratonia siliqua
December - Crocus goulimyi
November - Narcissus papyraceus
November - Mandragora autumnalis
November - Montanoa grandiflora
November - Colchicum cupanii
November - Crocus cartwrightianus
November - Cotyledon orbiculata
November - Abutilon pictum ‘Thompsonii’
November - Kleinia fulgens
November - Tecoma capensis ‘Apricot’
November - Crocus goulimyi
November - Crocus tournefortii
November - Ceratonia siliqua
November - Salvia madrensis
November - Crocus cancellatus subsp mazziaricus
November - Nerine bowdenii cv
November - Oxalis articulata
November - Salvia discolor
November - Lavandula multifida
November - Cuphea hyssopifolia
November - Cyclamen graecum
October - Satureja spicigera
October - Haemanthus albiflos
October - Bougainvillea spectabilis
October - Salvia ‘Phyllis’ Fancy’
October - Passiflora sp.
October - Echinopsis chamaecereus
October - Sternbergia lutea
October - Ornithogalum caudatum
October - Barleria cristata
October - Tecoma capensis
October - Stapelia divaricata
October - Nerine sp.
October - Austrocylindropuntia subulata
October - Epiphyllum oxypetalum
October - Oxalis bowiei
October - Orbea variegata
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