Phipps Conservatory Spring Show 2012

2012 Spring Show at Phipps Conservatory

My husband and I had a quick run through at Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, PA this spring for their Spring Show 2012. You can be sure of being hit by the heavy scent of spring bulbs as you enter the conservatory - a rare treat in most Aprils in Pennsylvania!

Here are a few of the best tulip and hyacinth combinations that I came across. The theme for the spring show this year was around the world. Holland... France... England... oh my.

Pink, yellow and white tulips filling the entrance way.

Blue Delphiniums by the "Dutch Windmill" in the South Conservatory.

A sea of color. This is as close as I have come to seeing the fields in Holland!

Pretty pot of Easter lilies and orange tulips in the Fern Room.

Double daffodils surrounded by a sea of grape hyacinths (Muscari).

Double early Tulip 'Monsella'

Double early Tulip 'Monsella'

Tulip 'Synaeda Blue' in front of blue Muscari and yellow Coleus.

Tulip 'Flair' with Coleus 'Rustic Orange'

A single Tulip 'Flair' with Coleus 'Rustic Orange'

Tulip 'Synaeda Blue' with white alyssum.

Tulip 'Synaeda Blue' again with these pretty purple daisies (Pericallis).

One of my favorite containers: Yellow tulips, purple daisies (Pericallis) and pink hyacinths.

My favorite combination: Hyacinth 'Gypsy Queen' and Million Bells (Calibrachoa) 'Superbells Peach'.

Another favorite: Lobelia 'Regatta Lilac' and Hyacinth 'Purple Voice'

Pericallis 'Sunsenere Blue Bi-color' and Lobelia 'Lucia Dark Blue'

Paris springtime in the Broderie Room

Container in the Broderie Room

White tulips, pink petunias and the tri-colored variegated foliage of the Snow Bush (Brenia disticha 'Rosea-picta')

And a tribute to our English friends in the Sunken Garden...

Complete with a phone booth (or box as it may be).

See spring flowers at Phipps Conservatory in past years: Spring Show 2009, Spring Show 2011.