What’s blooming at Fort Worth Botanic Garden? When to see tulips, orchids, hellebores
There’s a lot of beauty to marvel at this spring at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, with flowers of all shapes, sizes and colors arranged in stunning displays now through June.
Fort Worth Botanic Garden was established in 1934 and is the oldest major botanic garden in Texas, with more than 2,500 species in of 23 specialty gardens.
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Through April 9, the campus at 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd. is putting on The World of Orchids, featuring thousands of different orchids at the garden’s Rainforest Conservatory. At the indoor exhibit, you’ll learn about their habitats and how to grow them at home. The orchid display is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. There are approximately 30,000 species, and most bloom in late winter and early spring.
Click here to purchase tickets to The World of Orchids, priced at $10 for adults and $6 for children. For admission to both The World of Orchids exhibit and the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, choose the combo ticket, which is $18 for adults and $10 for children.
You can also attend the following events to learn more about orchids:
March 11: Orchids 101
March 18: My Journey with Orchids
March 21: Orchids 101
When you visit the garden this month, you’ll see thousands of colorful tulip and daffodil blooms. Last winter, garden staff and volunteers planted more than 250,000 bulbs.
Early spring in North Texas also sees the flowering of hellebores, which can be found at the FWBG’s Four Seasons Garden and the Perennial Garden. In shady corners and under trees, hellebores open their vibrant blooms against dark green foliage.
What to see at Fort Worth Botanic Garden
March
Pear, cherry, peach and crabapple trees in the Japanese Garden
Tulips and daffodils
Wisteria in the Fuller and Rose Gardens
April
Roses in the Rose Garden
Perennials in the Fuller and Perennial Gardens
These flowers are also in bloom during March and April: pansies, pinks, snapdragons, alyssum, daffodils, summer snowflake, Mexican plum, redbud trees, Mexican buckeye, rusty blackhaw viburnum, Lady Banks’ rose, ox-eye daisy, four-nerve daisy, hardy gladiolus, coral honeysuckle and Chinese snowball.
May & June
Summer perennials in the Long Bed
Orange and yellow blossoms in the Cactus Garden
Late spring in the garden brings the blooming of: Southern magnolia, tickseed, cheddar pinks, bath’s pink roses, clematis jackmanii, hollyhocks, rough leaf dogwood, spireas, hydrangeas, pomegranate, St. Johns wort, golden raintree, giant coneflower, crinums, white angels trumpet, jasmine, sacred lotus and elderberry.
Tickets bought online for the Botanic Garden are $6 for ages 6-15, $12 for adults and $10 for seniors. Membership starting at $60 allows free entry.
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