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. Gardener Lucinda Willan is currently working 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.
August / September - Ipomoea purpurea pink form
July / August / September - Ruellia simplex
July / August / September - Lycianthes rantonnetii
August - Zephyranthes ‘La Bufa Rosa’
August - Amaryllis belladonna
July / August - Tulbaghia violacea
July / August - Russelia equisetiformis
July / August - Pavonia hastata
July / August - Ipomoea purpurea
July / August - Cascabela thevetia
July / August - Bupleurum fruticosum
July / August - Bougainvillea sp.
July - Opuntia ficus-indica
July - Nymphaea alba
July - Echinopsis tubiflora
July - Austrocylindropuntia subulata
July - Agapanthus praecox
June - Tipuana tipu
June - Jacaranda mimosifolia
June - Tulbaghia ‘Bob Brown’
June - Epiphyllum oxypetalum
June - Bauhinia corymbosa
June - Yucca sp
June - Bupleurum fruticosum
June - Erigeron glaucus ‘Wayne Roderick’
June - Ipomea purpurea
June - Plumbago auriculata
June - Dicliptera sericea
June - Capparis spinosa
June - Rosa ‘Mermaid’
June - Carissa macrocarpa
June - Duranta erecta ‘Sapphire Showers’
June - Centaurea cineraria
June - Duranta erecta
June - Opuntia microdasys
June - Brachychiton populneus
June - Melia azedarach
June - Rosa ‘Complicata’
June - Ptilostemon chamaepeuce
June - Agapanthus praecox
June - Bupleurum flavum
June - Parkinsonia aculeata
June - Lilium candidum
June - Cotyledon orbiculate
June - Myrtus communis
June - Limoniastrum monopetalum
May - Punica granatum
May - Opuntia ficus-indica
May - Ixia viridiflora
May - Hippeastrum
May - Freesia laxa subsp. laxa
May - Echinopsis tubiflora
May - Ebenus cretica
May - Convolvulus sabatius
May - Acca sellowiana
April / May - Thapsia garganica
April / May - Syringa microphylla
April / May - Salvia lavandulifolia
April / May - Pelargonium quercifolium
April / May - Ornithogalum arabicum
April / May - Nymphaea alba
April / May - Nigella damascena
April / May - Iris x germanica
April / May - Dimorphotheca ecklonis
April / May - Cistus parviflorus
April / May - Aloe species
April / May - Aloe maculata
April - Zantedeschia aethiopica
April - Wachendorfia paniculata
April - Tritonia squalida
April - Phlomis purpurea
April - Moraea vegeta
April - Matthiola sinuata
April - Leopoldia comosa
April - Iris x hollandica
April - Ferula communis
April - Eriobotrya deflexa
April - Consolida ajacis
April - Cistus monspeliensis
April - Bartlettina sordida
April - Allium neapolitanum
April - Abutilon x hybridum
April - Papaver rhoeas
April - Salvia hierosolymitana
April - Salvia africana-caerulea
April - Ferraria crispa
April - Cistus x skanbergii
March - Wisteria sinensis
March - Sparaxis grandiflora subsp grandiflora
March - Anemone pavonina
March - Wigandia caracasana
March - Anthyllis barba-jovis
March - Salvia africana-lutea
March - Tulipa saxatilis
March - Billbergia nutans
March - Iris germanica
March - Coleonema album
March - Gladiolus tristis
March - Fritillaria obliqua
February - Narcissus romieuxii ‘Julia Jane’
February - Euryops pectinatus
February - Euphorbia dendroides
February - Dipcadi serotinum
February - Muscari commutatum
February - Globularia alypum
February - Rosa ‘Iceberg’
February - Himantoglossum robertianum
February - Cyclamen persicum
February - Chasmanthe floribunda
February - Retama raetam
February - Hardenbergia violacea
February - Iris tuberosa
February - Prunus dulcis
January - Iris unguicularis
January - Thymelaea hirsuta
January - Narcissus papyraceus
December - Anemone coronaria
December - Freylinia lanceolata
December - Cascabela thevetia ‘Alba’
December - Aloe arborescens
December - Dietes iriodes
November - Crocus cartwrightianus
November - Montanoa grandiflora
November - Crocus Goulimyi
November - Narcissus obsoletus
November - Prospero autumnale
November - Muehlenbeckia platyclada
November - Bulbine frutescens ‘Hallmark’
October - Mandragora autumnalis
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