Kew Gardens in spring

Seasons and flowering times, especially in spring, can vary by up to three weeks so the periods below are only approximate.

March to May sees the full spread of spring starting with over two million crocuses between the Victoria Gate Centre and King William's Temple and camellias on the way to the Marianne North Gallery. Daffodils and narcissi are naturalised all over the Gardens and the copious plantings of daffodils either side of the Broad Walk are a fine sight.

In mid-spring, the Cherry Walk, with 300,000 scillas planted beneath its trees, can be stunning, along with the total of more than 900,000 wild daffodils, crocuses and snake's head fritillaries planted between the Lilac Garden and the Magnolia Collection, both in glorious flower. The spring bedding outside the Palm House is a definite must-see, and elsewhere, crab apple trees and wisterias are in flower.

Later, there are carpets of bluebells in the Conservation Area; rhododendrons and azaleas in Capability Brown's Rhododendron Dell and stunning miniature flowers in the Rock Garden.

on to: spring bulbs