Wilde bloemen & bloei, maand voor maand over de hele wereld

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Wilde bloemen & bloei in januari

  1. Bangalore 🇮🇳 IndiaLalbagh Republic Day flower show · 14–26 janThe Glass House at Lalbagh is packed with a themed floral build for the fortnight to Republic Day.88
  2. Tavira 🇵🇹 PortugalAlmond blossom · 15 jan – 28 feb (meestal)The groves in the hills behind the town flower in late winter, usually peaking in the first half of February, on the same weeks the orange trees in the streets are still full of fruit.82
  3. Lake Tekapo 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandLupins along the lake · 15 nov – 10 jan (meestal)Russell lupins take the lakeshore and the river flats for about six weeks from late November.82
  4. Alicante 🇪🇸 SpanjeAlmond blossom inland · 25 jan – 28 feb (meestal)Almond orchards in the Vall de Xalo and Vall de Guadalest, about an hour's drive north, flower from late January and peak into February; Alcalali runs guided walks and tastings.81
  5. Bariloche 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëLupins on the roadsides · 15 nov – 10 jan (meestal)Introduced lupins take over the verges and lake shores from mid-November, at the same time as the long light and the Patagonian wind.80
  6. Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalAlmond blossom · 15 jan – 25 feb (meestal)The groves inland towards Barao de Sao Joao flower before anything reopens, and the cliff path to Ponta da Piedade is at its best in the same weeks.80
  7. Albufeira 🇵🇹 PortugalAlmond blossom in the barrocal · 15 jan – 25 feb (meestal)The almond groves in the hills behind the coast flower before anything else opens, which is the one argument for a hire car here in winter.80
  8. Faro 🇵🇹 PortugalAlmond blossom · 15 jan – 25 feb (meestal)The groves in the hills north of the city flower before the season starts, and the back roads around Loule and Estoi are the place to see it rather than the coast.80
  9. Palma 🇪🇸 SpanjeAlmond blossom · 25 jan – 28 feb (meestal)The plain behind the city goes white and pink for about a month in late winter, usually peaking in the first half of February.79
  10. Gramado 🇧🇷 BraziliëHydrangeas on the roadsides · 1 nov – 31 jan (meestal)The hydrangeas that give the region its name line the roads between Gramado and Canela through the early summer, blue where the soil is acid and pink where it is not.78
  11. Queenstown 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandLupins along the roads · 15 nov – 5 jan (meestal)Russell lupins take over the roadsides and river flats towards Wanaka and the Mackenzie for about six weeks.77
  12. Sintra 🇵🇹 PortugalCamellia season · 15 jan – 20 mrt (meestal)The nineteenth-century estates were planted for winter, and the camellias at Monserrate and in the Pena park flower from January.74
  13. Ponta Delgada 🇵🇹 PortugalCamellias at Terra Nostra · 15 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)Terra Nostra Park in Furnas, about 45 minutes' drive away, holds hundreds of camellia varieties that flower through winter and usually peak in February, a good pairing with its warm iron-rich pool on a grey day.74
  14. Falls Creek 🇦🇺 AustraliëHigh Plains wildflowers · 15 dec – 15 feb (meestal)Once the snow has gone the plains come out in silver daisies and everlastings, and the village is quiet enough that half of it is shut.72
  15. Cannes 🇫🇷 FrankrijkMimosa season · 15 jan – 10 mrt (meestal)The Tanneron hills behind Cannes go yellow with mimosa in winter, and neighbouring Mandelieu-la-Napoule holds its Fete du Mimosa with flower parades in mid-February.71
  16. Campos do Jordão 🇧🇷 BraziliëHydrangeas in flower · 15 nov – 15 feb (meestal)The town planted hydrangeas along its avenues and they come out through the warm months — the argument for the half of the year nobody comes for, when the hotels are cheap and half-empty.71
  17. Perisher Valley 🇦🇺 AustraliëKosciuszko wildflowers · 15 dec – 31 jan (meestal)The high plains flower for a few weeks after the melt and the Main Range walks open up.70
  18. Napa 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMustard season · 15 jan – 20 mrt (meestal)Wild mustard fills the rows between bare vines from mid-January and is usually best in February.64
  19. Khao Sok 🇹🇭 ThailandRafflesia in bloom · 1 jan – 15 mrt (meestal)The world's largest single flower opens in the forest above the park headquarters for three to five days at a time in the dry months.63
  20. Datça 🇹🇷 TurkijeAlmond Blossom Festival · 28 jan – 25 feb (meestal)The peninsula's almond groves come out white in late winter and the municipality builds a festival around it.62
  21. Cambridge 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkSnowdrops at Anglesey Abbey · 15 jan – 28 feb (meestal)The National Trust garden at Lode, a short drive or bus ride out of Cambridge, has hundreds of snowdrop varieties that peak from mid-January into February around its winter garden.55

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Wilde bloemen & bloei in februari

  1. Delhi 🇮🇳 IndiaMughal gardens open · 1 feb – 31 mrt (meestal)The gardens behind Rashtrapati Bhavan open to the public for a season each spring, free but ticketed online in advance.90
  2. Phoenix 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenDesert wildflowers · 20 feb – 10 apr (meestal)Poppies and lupine on the slopes north and east of the city in March, and the saguaro flower at the end of April.88
  3. Alicante 🇪🇸 SpanjeAlmond blossom inland · 25 jan – 28 feb (meestal)Almond orchards in the Vall de Xalo and Vall de Guadalest, about an hour's drive north, flower from late January and peak into February; Alcalali runs guided walks and tastings.87
  4. Hadiboh 🇾🇪 JemenDesert rose flowering · 20 feb – 15 apr (meestal)Socotra's swollen-trunked desert rose flowers pink while still leafless in late winter and spring, usually best in March, so the tail of the touring season is the time to see the limestone plateaus in colour.86
  5. Tavira 🇵🇹 PortugalAlmond blossom · 15 jan – 28 feb (meestal)The groves in the hills behind the town flower in late winter, usually peaking in the first half of February, on the same weeks the orange trees in the streets are still full of fruit.85
  6. Albufeira 🇵🇹 PortugalAlmond blossom in the barrocal · 15 jan – 25 feb (meestal)The almond groves in the hills behind the coast flower before anything else opens, which is the one argument for a hire car here in winter.84
  7. Palma 🇪🇸 SpanjeAlmond blossom · 25 jan – 28 feb (meestal)The plain behind the city goes white and pink for about a month in late winter, usually peaking in the first half of February.83
  8. Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalAlmond blossom · 15 jan – 25 feb (meestal)The groves inland towards Barao de Sao Joao flower before anything reopens, and the cliff path to Ponta da Piedade is at its best in the same weeks.83
  9. Faro 🇵🇹 PortugalAlmond blossom · 15 jan – 25 feb (meestal)The groves in the hills north of the city flower before the season starts, and the back roads around Loule and Estoi are the place to see it rather than the coast.83
  10. Haifa 🇮🇱 IsraëlSpring on the Carmel · 15 feb – 15 apr (meestal)Anemones, cyclamen and lupins come up through the pine woods on the ridge and the walking paths above the city are at their best.81
  11. Wadi Rum 🇯🇴 JordaniëDesert bloom after the rains · 15 feb – 10 apr (meestal)After a wet winter the sand between the jebels comes up green and the wadis carry poppies and iris for a few weeks.79
  12. Sintra 🇵🇹 PortugalCamellia season · 15 jan – 20 mrt (meestal)The nineteenth-century estates were planted for winter, and the camellias at Monserrate and in the Pena park flower from January.78
  13. Ponta Delgada 🇵🇹 PortugalCamellias at Terra Nostra · 15 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)Terra Nostra Park in Furnas, about 45 minutes' drive away, holds hundreds of camellia varieties that flower through winter and usually peak in February, a good pairing with its warm iron-rich pool on a grey day.78
  14. Falls Creek 🇦🇺 AustraliëHigh Plains wildflowers · 15 dec – 15 feb (meestal)Once the snow has gone the plains come out in silver daisies and everlastings, and the village is quiet enough that half of it is shut.76
  15. Madrid 🇪🇸 SpanjeAlmond blossom · 5 feb – 10 mrt (meestal)Some two thousand almond trees in the Quinta de los Molinos park in San Blas flower together for about two weeks, lately in February; weekend afternoons at peak bloom get crowded.76
  16. Sacramento 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAlmond blossom · 10 feb – 10 mrt (meestal)The orchards north and south of the city go white for about three weeks in late February, which is the one time of year the valley's farmland is worth a drive for its own sake.76
  17. Campos do Jordão 🇧🇷 BraziliëHydrangeas in flower · 15 nov – 15 feb (meestal)The town planted hydrangeas along its avenues and they come out through the warm months — the argument for the half of the year nobody comes for, when the hotels are cheap and half-empty.76
  18. Datça 🇹🇷 TurkijeAlmond Blossom Festival · 28 jan – 25 feb (meestal)The peninsula's almond groves come out white in late winter and the municipality builds a festival around it.76
  19. Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenDesert bloom · 15 feb – 30 apr (meestal)Bluebonnets along the river road from late February, then the cactus — claret cup and prickly pear — into April.75
  20. Cannes 🇫🇷 FrankrijkMimosa season · 15 jan – 10 mrt (meestal)The Tanneron hills behind Cannes go yellow with mimosa in winter, and neighbouring Mandelieu-la-Napoule holds its Fete du Mimosa with flower parades in mid-February.75
  21. Big Sur 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCoastal wildflowers · 15 feb – 15 mei (meestal)The hills are green for exactly one part of the year, and the lupine, poppies and Indian paintbrush follow the winter rain from late February.75
  22. Chengdu 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaRapeseed fields · 20 feb – 25 mrt (meestal)The plain west of the city goes yellow for a few weeks before the tea hills do anything, and the villages around Chongzhou and Xinjin run buses out to it at weekends.73
  23. Napa 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMustard season · 15 jan – 20 mrt (meestal)Wild mustard fills the rows between bare vines from mid-January and is usually best in February.73
  24. Dallas 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenDallas Blooms · 20 feb – 15 apr (meestal)The Arboretum plants half a million bulbs for a run of tulips and azaleas from late February to mid-April, and the Texas bluebonnets follow on the highway verges outside town in late March.73
  25. Chongqing 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaRapeseed fields in flower · 20 feb – 5 apr (meestal)The terraces in the counties outside the city turn yellow for a few weeks before the mist sets in for good, and it is the one time of year the hill country photographs well from a road.73

…en nog 8 in februari.

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Wilde bloemen & bloei in maart

  1. Phoenix 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenDesert wildflowers · 20 feb – 10 apr (meestal)Poppies and lupine on the slopes north and east of the city in March, and the saguaro flower at the end of April.95
  2. Las Vegas 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenDesert wildflowers · 1 mrt – 15 apr (meestal)A wet winter puts flowers across Red Rock and Valley of Fire for a few weeks in early spring; a dry one produces almost nothing.94
  3. Austin 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBluebonnets in the Hill Country · 15 mrt – 20 apr (meestal)The roadsides west of the city go blue for about a month from mid-March, best after a wet winter.90
  4. Houston 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAzaleas and spring bloom · 1 mrt – 5 apr (meestal)River Oaks and the Bayou Bend gardens flower in March, and the Hill Country bluebonnets are a three-hour drive west at the same time.90
  5. Haifa 🇮🇱 IsraëlSpring on the Carmel · 15 feb – 15 apr (meestal)Anemones, cyclamen and lupins come up through the pine woods on the ridge and the walking paths above the city are at their best.89
  6. Kathmandu 🇳🇵 NepalRhododendron in the hills · 15 mrt – 30 apr (meestal)The mid-hill forests above the valley go red and pink from around 1,500 metres up, which is why April is the month people trek the Annapurna foothills.88
  7. Savannah 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAzaleas and spring bloom · 10 mrt – 15 apr (meestal)Azaleas, dogwood and wisteria come out across the squares in the second half of March, which is the fortnight the place looks the way the postcards claim it does all year.88
  8. Los Angeles 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWildflower season · 1 mrt – 30 apr (meestal)After a wet winter the desert parks and the inland hills flower for a few weeks, and the roadsides at Antelope Valley and Walker Canyon jam solid.87
  9. Jerash 🇯🇴 JordaniëSpring on the northern hills · 1 mrt – 20 apr (meestal)The hills north of Amman are green for a few weeks after the winter rain and grass comes up between the paving stones of the ruins.87
  10. Iraklion 🇬🇷 GriekenlandSpring on the Messara · 10 mrt – 10 mei (meestal)The plain south of the city and the climb up to the Lasithi plateau are green and flowering for two months, which is also when the archaeological sites are walkable at midday.86
  11. Charleston 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAzalea and garden season · 10 mrt – 20 apr (meestal)Azaleas, wisteria and dogwood go over in late March and early April, and Middleton and Magnolia plantations are the reason the shoulder season is not cheap here.86
  12. Amman 🇯🇴 JordaniëSpring on the hills · 15 mrt – 5 mei (meestal)The stony ground north and west of the city greens up and carries poppies, anemones and the black iris that Jordan puts on its stamps.85
  13. Wadi Rum 🇯🇴 JordaniëDesert bloom after the rains · 15 feb – 10 apr (meestal)After a wet winter the sand between the jebels comes up green and the wadis carry poppies and iris for a few weeks.85
  14. Valencia 🇪🇸 SpanjeOrange blossom · 20 mrt – 5 mei (meestal)The azahar comes out across the huerta and in the city's own street trees for a few weeks in spring, and on a warm evening the old town smells of it from one side to the other.84
  15. Dallas 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenDallas Blooms · 20 feb – 15 apr (meestal)The Arboretum plants half a million bulbs for a run of tulips and azaleas from late February to mid-April, and the Texas bluebonnets follow on the highway verges outside town in late March.84
  16. Madaba 🇯🇴 JordaniëSpring on the Madaba plains · 1 mrt – 20 apr (meestal)The plateau goes green and the haze lifts off the Jordan Valley for a few weeks, which is the only reliable time the view west from Mount Nebo shows you what it is supposed to.84
  17. Thera 🇬🇷 GriekenlandWildflowers on the slopes · 1 mrt – 15 apr (meestal)The terraces and the caldera rim green up and flower before the season starts, in the cleanest light of the year and with the paths to yourself.83
  18. Chengdu 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaRapeseed fields · 20 feb – 25 mrt (meestal)The plain west of the city goes yellow for a few weeks before the tea hills do anything, and the villages around Chongzhou and Xinjin run buses out to it at weekends.83
  19. Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBackcountry wildflowers · 1 mrt – 25 apr (meestal)Poppies and lupine on Figueroa Mountain and the Santa Ynez hills for a few weeks in spring, and a dramatic show only in years the winter rain arrived on time.83
  20. Chania 🇬🇷 GriekenlandSpring wildflowers and greens · 10 mrt – 10 mei (meestal)The hills behind the town go green and flowering for two months, and the horta the tavernas serve in spring is picked off them.82
  21. Sacramento 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAlmond blossom · 10 feb – 10 mrt (meestal)The orchards north and south of the city go white for about three weeks in late February, which is the one time of year the valley's farmland is worth a drive for its own sake.82
  22. Shiraz 🇮🇷 IranBitter orange blossom · 25 mrt – 25 apr (meestal)The narenj trees lining the old streets and the garden courtyards come out together and the whole centre smells of it for a few weeks.81
  23. Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenDesert bloom · 15 feb – 30 apr (meestal)Bluebonnets along the river road from late February, then the cactus — claret cup and prickly pear — into April.81
  24. Chongqing 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaRapeseed fields in flower · 20 feb – 5 apr (meestal)The terraces in the counties outside the city turn yellow for a few weeks before the mist sets in for good, and it is the one time of year the hill country photographs well from a road.81
  25. Ponta Delgada 🇵🇹 PortugalCamellias at Terra Nostra · 15 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)Terra Nostra Park in Furnas, about 45 minutes' drive away, holds hundreds of camellia varieties that flower through winter and usually peak in February, a good pairing with its warm iron-rich pool on a grey day.81

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Wilde bloemen & bloei in april

  1. Los Angeles 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWildflower season · 1 mrt – 30 apr (meestal)After a wet winter the desert parks and the inland hills flower for a few weeks, and the roadsides at Antelope Valley and Walker Canyon jam solid.96
  2. Amman 🇯🇴 JordaniëSpring on the hills · 15 mrt – 5 mei (meestal)The stony ground north and west of the city greens up and carries poppies, anemones and the black iris that Jordan puts on its stamps.95
  3. Madaba 🇯🇴 JordaniëSpring on the Madaba plains · 1 mrt – 20 apr (meestal)The plateau goes green and the haze lifts off the Jordan Valley for a few weeks, which is the only reliable time the view west from Mount Nebo shows you what it is supposed to.95
  4. Haifa 🇮🇱 IsraëlSpring on the Carmel · 15 feb – 15 apr (meestal)Anemones, cyclamen and lupins come up through the pine woods on the ridge and the walking paths above the city are at their best.94
  5. Jerash 🇯🇴 JordaniëSpring on the northern hills · 1 mrt – 20 apr (meestal)The hills north of Amman are green for a few weeks after the winter rain and grass comes up between the paving stones of the ruins.94
  6. Ramallah 🇵🇸 PalestinaSpring on the hills · 1 mrt – 30 apr (meestal)The terraced hills round the city green up and carry cyclamen, anemones and wild tulips for a few weeks.94
  7. Iraklion 🇬🇷 GriekenlandSpring on the Messara · 10 mrt – 10 mei (meestal)The plain south of the city and the climb up to the Lasithi plateau are green and flowering for two months, which is also when the archaeological sites are walkable at midday.93
  8. Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBackcountry wildflowers · 1 mrt – 25 apr (meestal)Poppies and lupine on Figueroa Mountain and the Santa Ynez hills for a few weeks in spring, and a dramatic show only in years the winter rain arrived on time.93
  9. Las Vegas 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenDesert wildflowers · 1 mrt – 15 apr (meestal)A wet winter puts flowers across Red Rock and Valley of Fire for a few weeks in early spring; a dry one produces almost nothing.92
  10. Thera 🇬🇷 GriekenlandWildflowers on the slopes · 1 mrt – 15 apr (meestal)The terraces and the caldera rim green up and flower before the season starts, in the cleanest light of the year and with the paths to yourself.92
  11. Valencia 🇪🇸 SpanjeOrange blossom · 20 mrt – 5 mei (meestal)The azahar comes out across the huerta and in the city's own street trees for a few weeks in spring, and on a warm evening the old town smells of it from one side to the other.92
  12. Chania 🇬🇷 GriekenlandSpring wildflowers and greens · 10 mrt – 10 mei (meestal)The hills behind the town go green and flowering for two months, and the horta the tavernas serve in spring is picked off them.92
  13. Shiraz 🇮🇷 IranBitter orange blossom · 25 mrt – 25 apr (meestal)The narenj trees lining the old streets and the garden courtyards come out together and the whole centre smells of it for a few weeks.91
  14. Savannah 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAzaleas and spring bloom · 10 mrt – 15 apr (meestal)Azaleas, dogwood and wisteria come out across the squares in the second half of March, which is the fortnight the place looks the way the postcards claim it does all year.91
  15. Córdoba 🇪🇸 SpanjeOrange blossom · 20 mrt – 25 apr (meestal)The azahar comes out in the Patio de los Naranjos and every courtyard in the Juderia at the end of March, and for a few weeks the old town smells of it after dark.91
  16. Korfoe 🇬🇷 GriekenlandSpring flowers and orchids · 10 mrt – 30 apr (meestal)The island is the greenest in the Ionian and the olive terraces come up thick with orchids and asphodel before the summer burns it all off.90
  17. Charleston 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAzalea and garden season · 10 mrt – 20 apr (meestal)Azaleas, wisteria and dogwood go over in late March and early April, and Middleton and Magnolia plantations are the reason the shoulder season is not cheap here.90
  18. Xi'an 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaPeonies and city-wall spring · 5–30 apr (meestal)The best few weeks here: dry, warm, the pagoda gardens in flower and the wall walkable without either the cold or the summer furnace.89
  19. Rome 🇮🇹 ItaliëWisteria on the Aventine · 25 mrt – 20 apr (meestal)It comes over the walls of the Aventine and the orange garden for about three weeks, at the same time as the first properly warm evenings.88
  20. Chengdu 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaTianpeng Peony Fair in Pengzhou · 25 mrt – 5 mei (meestal)Danjing Mountain in Pengzhou, about an hour north of Chengdu, holds one of China's three big peony fairs each spring: early flowers from late March, the main bloom through April and a late flush on higher ground into early May.88
  21. Sedona 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenRed rock wildflowers · 20 mrt – 10 mei (meestal)Prickly pear, penstemon and Indian paintbrush along the Bell Rock and Boynton Canyon trails from late March, and the cottonwoods along Oak Creek come into leaf at the same time.88
  22. Tucson 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSaguaro bloom · 25 apr – 10 jun (meestal)The state flower opens white at the top of the cactus arms overnight and is done by the next afternoon, so the display works its way through May.88
  23. Dallas 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenDallas Blooms · 20 feb – 15 apr (meestal)The Arboretum plants half a million bulbs for a run of tulips and azaleas from late February to mid-April, and the Texas bluebonnets follow on the highway verges outside town in late March.88
  24. Raleigh 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenDogwood and azalea bloom · 20 mrt – 25 apr (meestal)The old neighbourhoods around Oakwood and Hayes Barton go white and pink for a few weeks, and the JC Raulston Arboretum times its open days to it.88
  25. Capri 🇮🇹 ItaliëBroom and cistus on the paths · 5 apr – 25 mei (meestal)The Sentiero dei Fortini and the walk up Monte Solaro are at their best when the broom and rock rose are out, before the day boats arrive in numbers and while the light is still soft.88

…en nog 51 in april.

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Wilde bloemen & bloei in mei

  1. Iraklion 🇬🇷 GriekenlandSpring on the Messara · 10 mrt – 10 mei (meestal)The plain south of the city and the climb up to the Lasithi plateau are green and flowering for two months, which is also when the archaeological sites are walkable at midday.94
  2. Valencia 🇪🇸 SpanjeOrange blossom · 20 mrt – 5 mei (meestal)The azahar comes out across the huerta and in the city's own street trees for a few weeks in spring, and on a warm evening the old town smells of it from one side to the other.94
  3. Big Sur 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCoastal wildflowers · 15 feb – 15 mei (meestal)The hills are green for exactly one part of the year, and the lupine, poppies and Indian paintbrush follow the winter rain from late February.92
  4. Kelowna 🇨🇦 CanadaOrchard blossom · 15 apr – 20 mei (meestal)The benches above the lake go white and pink for a few weeks as the cherries and apples come out, ahead of the vines.92
  5. Chania 🇬🇷 GriekenlandSpring wildflowers and greens · 10 mrt – 10 mei (meestal)The hills behind the town go green and flowering for two months, and the horta the tavernas serve in spring is picked off them.91
  6. Daegu 🇰🇷 Zuid-KoreaBiseulsan royal azalea · 25 apr – 15 mei (meestal)The plateau below the summit turns pink for a fortnight and the shuttle road up from Yuga queues from early morning at weekends.90
  7. Amman 🇯🇴 JordaniëSpring on the hills · 15 mrt – 5 mei (meestal)The stony ground north and west of the city greens up and carries poppies, anemones and the black iris that Jordan puts on its stamps.89
  8. Capri 🇮🇹 ItaliëBroom and cistus on the paths · 5 apr – 25 mei (meestal)The Sentiero dei Fortini and the walk up Monte Solaro are at their best when the broom and rock rose are out, before the day boats arrive in numbers and while the light is still soft.89
  9. Kalampaka 🇬🇷 GriekenlandSpring on the rocks · 1 apr – 31 mei (meestal)The pillars are green to the base and the footpaths between the monasteries are at their best before the plain heats up.88
  10. Detroit 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenEastern Market Flower Day · 14–22 mei (meestal)The Sunday after Mother's Day turns the whole market over to bedding plants and draws a crowd that has nothing to do with tourism.87
  11. Alma-Ata 🇰🇿 KazachstanWild tulips in the foothills · 5 apr – 15 mei (meestal)The garden tulip came from these mountains, and the wild Greigii and Kaufmanniana still come up red on the slopes above the city alongside the poppies.86
  12. Portland 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenRose Test Garden peak bloom · 25 mei – 30 jun (meestal)Ten thousand plants in Washington Park hit their first and biggest flush from late May through June, then keep going in a thinner way until the first frost.86
  13. Kiev 🇺🇦 OekraïneChestnuts in flower · 1–20 mei (meestal)The horse chestnuts on the city's own arms come out in the first half of May, along Khreshchatyk and down the Dnipro slopes, with the lilac at Hryshko a week behind them.85
  14. Sedona 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenRed rock wildflowers · 20 mrt – 10 mei (meestal)Prickly pear, penstemon and Indian paintbrush along the Bell Rock and Boynton Canyon trails from late March, and the cottonwoods along Oak Creek come into leaf at the same time.85
  15. Amsterdam 🇳🇱 NederlandTulip season · 19 mrt – 10 mei (meestal)The bulb fields around Lisse run from late March to the second week of May and usually look their best in the second half of April.84
  16. Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest 🇧🇪 BelgiëHallerbos bluebells · 5 apr – 5 mei (meestal)The beech wood at Halle, a short train ride south-west of Brussels, turns violet with bluebells for about two weeks, usually peaking in mid to late April.84
  17. Utrecht 🇳🇱 NederlandTulip and bulb season · 20 mrt – 10 mei (meestal)The bulb fields and the show gardens are an hour west of here and run from the third week of March to the middle of May.84
  18. Dharamsala 🇮🇳 IndiaRhododendron on the Dhauladhar · 20 mrt – 5 mei (meestal)The forest above Naddi and on the climb to Triund goes red from around 2,000 metres up.84
  19. Como 🇮🇹 ItaliëAzaleas and rhododendrons · 5 apr – 20 mei (meestal)The terraced gardens at Tremezzo are planted for exactly these six weeks, and the show peaks around the end of April before the summer coach traffic arrives.83
  20. Yokohama 🇯🇵 JapanRose season on the waterfront · 5 mei – 5 jun (meestal)The rose is the city's flower and the harbour-side gardens are planted for it.83
  21. Ottawa 🇨🇦 CanadaCanadian Tulip Festival · 8–20 mei (meestal)A million bulbs along Dow's Lake, descended from the wartime gift the Dutch royal family sent back.83
  22. Boulder 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenFoothills wildflowers · 20 apr – 10 jul (meestal)Colour works uphill from the Mesa Trail meadows in late April to the high meadows above town by early July.83
  23. Den Haag 🇳🇱 NederlandBulb fields in the Bollenstreek · 20 mrt – 15 mei (meestal)The commercial fields between here and Haarlem run daffodils, then hyacinths, then tulips, and Keukenhof opens on the same clock.82
  24. Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenCactus bloom · 1 apr – 31 mei (meestal)Claret cup and ocotillo flower in April, then prickly pear, cholla, yucca and agave in May; Chihuahuan desert flowers come later than in the Sonoran or Mojave, and a dry winter can mute the show.81
  25. Tsjita 🇷🇺 RuslandBagulnik in bloom · 25 apr – 31 mei (meestal)Dahurian rhododendron, the symbol of Zabaykalye, turns the hills on the edge of Chita pink, usually in early to mid May before the larches leaf out.81

…en nog 25 in mei.

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Wilde bloemen & bloei in juni

  1. Brasilia 🇧🇷 BraziliëIpê trees in flower · 20 jun – 20 sep (meestal)The city's street trees flower in the middle of the dry months, yellow first and then pink and white, each colour holding for a week or so before the petals carpet the superquadra pavements.96
  2. Portland 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenRose Test Garden peak bloom · 25 mei – 30 jun (meestal)Ten thousand plants in Washington Park hit their first and biggest flush from late May through June, then keep going in a thinner way until the first frost.96
  3. Ulaanbaatar 🇲🇳 MongoliëSteppe in flower · 10 jun – 20 jul (meestal)The grassland turns green and flowers within weeks of the first summer rain, edelweiss and iris across the valleys around Terelj.93
  4. Ponta Delgada 🇵🇹 PortugalHydrangea hedges · 15 jun – 5 sep (meestal)The field boundaries across Sao Miguel are hydrangeas rather than fences, and from midsummer the roads to Sete Cidades and Furnas are lined blue for a couple of months.90
  5. Boulder 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenFoothills wildflowers · 20 apr – 10 jul (meestal)Colour works uphill from the Mesa Trail meadows in late April to the high meadows above town by early July.88
  6. Aix-en-Provence 🇫🇷 FrankrijkLavender on the Valensole plateau · 20 jun – 25 jul (meestal)The fields an hour north of town come out in the last days of June and are cut through July.88
  7. Nice 🇫🇷 FrankrijkLavender in Provence · 20 jun – 25 jul (meestal)The Valensole plateau and the Sault fields usually peak between late June and the third week of July, and are cut soon after.87
  8. Baden-Baden 🇩🇪 DuitslandRoses on the Beutig · 25 mei – 10 jul (meestal)The city's rose-novelty garden on the Beutig hill hosts one of Europe's oldest competitions for new varieties, judged in June when the beds are in full bloom.87
  9. Bozeman 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMountain wildflowers · 20 jun – 5 aug (meestal)Balsamroot and lupine through the Bridgers and the Hyalite basin from late June, once the snow is off the higher trails.85
  10. Avignon 🇫🇷 FrankrijkLavender in bloom · 15 jun – 20 jul (meestal)The lavender fields of the Luberon, Senanque Abbey and the Sault plateau flower from late June, an hour's drive away.85
  11. Montreux 🇨🇭 ZwitserlandNarcissus on the slopes · 15 mei – 10 jun (meestal)Wild narcissi cover the meadows above the lake at Les Pleiades for two or three weeks in late spring, which the locals call the May snow.85
  12. Hammamet 🇹🇳 TunesiëJasmine season · 1 jun – 15 sep (meestal)Machmoum sellers appear on every corner from early summer: small bunches of jasmine sold by the piece, worn behind the ear, and the reason the whole coast smells the way it does.85
  13. Hvar 🇭🇷 KroatiëLavender in flower · 10 jun – 10 jul (meestal)The hillsides above Brusje and Velo Grablje, on the old road out of town, go purple for about three weeks from mid-June, and the abandoned village holds a festival at the peak.84
  14. Mackinac 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenLilac Festival · 1–16 jun (meestal)Ten days in early June around lilacs that are well over a century old, ending in a horse-drawn grand parade.83
  15. Killarney 🇮🇪 IerlandRhododendrons at Muckross · 10 mei – 20 jun (meestal)The Muckross House gardens are at their most colourful in May and June for their rhododendrons and azaleas, and the wild purple rhododendron flowers across the national park woods, pretty but an invasive species the park is clearing.81
  16. Bryce Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenPlateau wildflowers · 15 jun – 15 aug (meestal)The meadows along the Rim Trail and out towards Rainbow Point flower through the short high-plateau summer, later than anything at Zion's elevation an hour away.80
  17. Steamboat Springs 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAlpine wildflowers · 25 jun – 5 aug (meestal)Rabbit Ears Pass and the meadows above Fish Creek Falls go over in about six weeks once the snow finally leaves, later up on the Continental Divide than down in the valley.79
  18. Oukaïmeden 🇲🇦 MarokkoAgdal: pastures closed to herds · 15 mrt – 10 aug (meestal)Under the agdal, a customary ban, flocks are kept off the high plateau from mid-March until 10 August so the grass can flower and seed.78
  19. Theodore Roosevelt National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenPrairie wildflowers · 25 mei – 5 jul (meestal)Coneflower, prairie rose and blue flax come out on the badland benches in June, which is also the short window before the grass browns off and the heat sets in.76
  20. Jackson 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenValley wildflowers · 25 jun – 31 jul (meestal)Balsamroot and lupine cover the sagebrush flats and the Death Canyon and Cascade trails once the snow is off them, usually from the last week of June through July.75
  21. Nationaal en staatspark Redwood 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenRhododendron bloom · 1 mei – 20 jun (meestal)Pacific rhododendron flowers pink under the old growth along Howland Hill Road and Prairie Creek for about six weeks in late spring.75
  22. Badlands National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenPrairie wildflowers and calves · 1 mei – 30 jun (meestal)The mixed-grass prairie is green for about six weeks and the bison calves are out on Sage Creek.75
  23. Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaTundra in flower · 20 jun – 10 aug (meestal)The tundra behind the town flowers and fruits in a compressed summer, with fireweed, arctic poppies and berries all inside a few weeks.74
  24. Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenValley wildflowers · 15 jun – 31 jul (meestal)Balsamroot and lupine turn the sagebrush flats yellow and blue in late June, with the alpine meadows following into July as the snow leaves.73
  25. Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenTundra wildflowers · 25 jun – 5 aug (meestal)The alpine tundra either side of Trail Ridge flowers for a few weeks in July, low to the ground and easy to miss from a car.73

…en nog 24 in juni.

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Wilde bloemen & bloei in juli

  1. Seattle 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMount Rainier wildflowers · 15 jul – 20 aug (meestal)Paradise and Sunrise flower for about a month once the snowpack finally clears, usually from mid-July.97
  2. Brasilia 🇧🇷 BraziliëIpê trees in flower · 20 jun – 20 sep (meestal)The city's street trees flower in the middle of the dry months, yellow first and then pink and white, each colour holding for a week or so before the petals carpet the superquadra pavements.95
  3. São Paulo 🇧🇷 BraziliëIpe trees in flower · 1 jul – 30 sep (meestal)The pink ipes go first in the dry weeks of July, the yellow ones through August and September, and for a few days each street that has them is a single colour.93
  4. Asuncion 🇵🇾 ParaguayLapacho trees in flower · 15 jul – 15 sep (meestal)In late winter the city's lapachos flower pink and yellow before the leaves return, colouring avenues, plazas and the Costanera.91
  5. Ponta Delgada 🇵🇹 PortugalHydrangea hedges · 15 jun – 5 sep (meestal)The field boundaries across Sao Miguel are hydrangeas rather than fences, and from midsummer the roads to Sete Cidades and Furnas are lined blue for a couple of months.91
  6. Ulaanbaatar 🇲🇳 MongoliëSteppe in flower · 10 jun – 20 jul (meestal)The grassland turns green and flowers within weeks of the first summer rain, edelweiss and iris across the valleys around Terelj.90
  7. Baden-Baden 🇩🇪 DuitslandRoses on the Beutig · 25 mei – 10 jul (meestal)The city's rose-novelty garden on the Beutig hill hosts one of Europe's oldest competitions for new varieties, judged in June when the beds are in full bloom.85
  8. Boulder 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenFoothills wildflowers · 20 apr – 10 jul (meestal)Colour works uphill from the Mesa Trail meadows in late April to the high meadows above town by early July.84
  9. Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaTundra in flower · 20 jun – 10 aug (meestal)The tundra behind the town flowers and fruits in a compressed summer, with fireweed, arctic poppies and berries all inside a few weeks.83
  10. Aix-en-Provence 🇫🇷 FrankrijkLavender on the Valensole plateau · 20 jun – 25 jul (meestal)The fields an hour north of town come out in the last days of June and are cut through July.83
  11. Oukaïmeden 🇲🇦 MarokkoAgdal: pastures closed to herds · 15 mrt – 10 aug (meestal)Under the agdal, a customary ban, flocks are kept off the high plateau from mid-March until 10 August so the grass can flower and seed.82
  12. Nice 🇫🇷 FrankrijkLavender in Provence · 20 jun – 25 jul (meestal)The Valensole plateau and the Sault fields usually peak between late June and the third week of July, and are cut soon after.82
  13. Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenTuolumne Meadows in flower · 1 jul – 10 aug (meestal)The subalpine meadows at 2,600 metres flower for about six weeks once Tioga Road opens, and the mosquitoes peak with them.82
  14. Avignon 🇫🇷 FrankrijkLavender in bloom · 15 jun – 20 jul (meestal)The lavender fields of the Luberon, Senanque Abbey and the Sault plateau flower from late June, an hour's drive away.82
  15. Crater Lake National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAlpine wildflowers · 10 jul – 25 aug (meestal)The meadows along the Pacific Crest Trail and up the Castle Crest loop go over in about six weeks, straight out of the snowmelt.81
  16. Bozeman 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMountain wildflowers · 20 jun – 5 aug (meestal)Balsamroot and lupine through the Bridgers and the Hyalite basin from late June, once the snow is off the higher trails.81
  17. Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMeadow wildflowers · 15 jun – 31 jul (meestal)Lupine, balsamroot and paintbrush through the Hayden and Lamar valleys from mid-June, later the higher the meadow.80
  18. Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenValley wildflowers · 15 jun – 31 jul (meestal)Balsamroot and lupine turn the sagebrush flats yellow and blue in late June, with the alpine meadows following into July as the snow leaves.80
  19. Lassen Volcanic National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMeadow wildflowers · 1 jul – 20 aug (meestal)The meadows below Kings Creek and along the Paradise Meadow trail come out within weeks of losing their snow, so the bloom runs late and short.80
  20. Park City 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAlpine wildflowers · 1 jul – 15 aug (meestal)The ski runs and the Wasatch Crest trails flower through July, later the higher you start.79
  21. Sapporo 🇯🇵 JapanFurano lavender · 5–31 jul (meestal)The fields two hours inland peak in the middle of July and the day-trip buses go with them; early morning is the only quiet hour.79
  22. Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAlpine wildflowers · 25 jun – 5 aug (meestal)Beargrass, glacier lilies and paintbrush come out behind the retreating snow, so the meadows at Logan Pass peak weeks after the valleys.79
  23. Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenTundra wildflowers · 25 jun – 5 aug (meestal)The alpine tundra either side of Trail Ridge flowers for a few weeks in July, low to the ground and easy to miss from a car.79
  24. Hvar 🇭🇷 KroatiëLavender in flower · 10 jun – 10 jul (meestal)The hillsides above Brusje and Velo Grablje, on the old road out of town, go purple for about three weeks from mid-June, and the abandoned village holds a festival at the peak.79
  25. Sun Valley 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWildflowers on the trails · 1 jul – 10 aug (meestal)Balsamroot and lupine on the Adams Gulch and Pioneer Cabin trails through July, later the higher you start.78

…en nog 27 in juli.

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Wilde bloemen & bloei in augustus

  1. Seattle 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMount Rainier wildflowers · 15 jul – 20 aug (meestal)Paradise and Sunrise flower for about a month once the snowpack finally clears, usually from mid-July.95
  2. Brasilia 🇧🇷 BraziliëIpê trees in flower · 20 jun – 20 sep (meestal)The city's street trees flower in the middle of the dry months, yellow first and then pink and white, each colour holding for a week or so before the petals carpet the superquadra pavements.91
  3. Bournemouth 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkNew Forest heather · 1 aug – 10 sep (meestal)The heaths north of the town go purple for about five weeks in late summer, at the same time as the ponies are at their most visible on the open ground.91
  4. Odense 🇩🇰 DenemarkenOdense Flower Festival · 16–26 aug (meestal)Four days when the pedestrian streets are laid out in cut-flower installations, run alongside the Andersen week.91
  5. São Paulo 🇧🇷 BraziliëIpe trees in flower · 1 jul – 30 sep (meestal)The pink ipes go first in the dry weeks of July, the yellow ones through August and September, and for a few days each street that has them is a single colour.90
  6. Sylt 🇩🇪 DuitslandHeather in flower · 10 aug – 20 sep (meestal)The dune heath in the Braderuper Heide and along the eastern side goes purple from the middle of August for about a month, which is the island at its best on foot.88
  7. Asuncion 🇵🇾 ParaguayLapacho trees in flower · 15 jul – 15 sep (meestal)In late winter the city's lapachos flower pink and yellow before the leaves return, colouring avenues, plazas and the Costanera.86
  8. Ponta Delgada 🇵🇹 PortugalHydrangea hedges · 15 jun – 5 sep (meestal)The field boundaries across Sao Miguel are hydrangeas rather than fences, and from midsummer the roads to Sete Cidades and Furnas are lined blue for a couple of months.84
  9. Bozeman 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMountain wildflowers · 20 jun – 5 aug (meestal)Balsamroot and lupine through the Bridgers and the Hyalite basin from late June, once the snow is off the higher trails.83
  10. Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 BraziliëIpe trees in flower · 15 aug – 30 sep (meestal)The yellow ipes come out across the city and the Tijuca forest in late winter, weeks before anything else looks like spring.82
  11. Lassen Volcanic National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenMeadow wildflowers · 1 jul – 20 aug (meestal)The meadows below Kings Creek and along the Paradise Meadow trail come out within weeks of losing their snow, so the bloom runs late and short.82
  12. Oukaïmeden 🇲🇦 MarokkoAgdal: pastures closed to herds · 15 mrt – 10 aug (meestal)Under the agdal, a customary ban, flocks are kept off the high plateau from mid-March until 10 August so the grass can flower and seed.81
  13. Revelstoke 🇨🇦 CanadaAlpine meadow wildflowers · 20 jul – 25 aug (meestal)The summit meadows flower for about a month once the snowpack finally leaves, usually from the last week of July.81
  14. Sun Valley 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWildflowers on the trails · 1 jul – 10 aug (meestal)Balsamroot and lupine on the Adams Gulch and Pioneer Cabin trails through July, later the higher you start.80
  15. Aspen 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAlpine wildflowers · 1 jul – 10 aug (meestal)Columbine on the Cathedral Lake and Crater Lake trails from the first week of July, later and better the higher the trail starts.80
  16. Kaapstad 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaWest Coast flower season · 1 aug – 20 sep (meestal)Namaqualand and the West Coast reserves flower after the winter rain, peaking between mid-August and mid-September.80
  17. Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenTuolumne Meadows in flower · 1 jul – 10 aug (meestal)The subalpine meadows at 2,600 metres flower for about six weeks once Tioga Road opens, and the mosquitoes peak with them.80
  18. Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSubalpine wildflowers · 20 jun – 10 aug (meestal)The Hurricane Ridge meadows bloom in the few weeks after the snow leaves, usually late June into July.79
  19. Crater Lake National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAlpine wildflowers · 10 jul – 25 aug (meestal)The meadows along the Pacific Crest Trail and up the Castle Crest loop go over in about six weeks, straight out of the snowmelt.79
  20. Churchill 🇨🇦 CanadaTundra in flower · 20 jun – 10 aug (meestal)The tundra behind the town flowers and fruits in a compressed summer, with fireweed, arctic poppies and berries all inside a few weeks.79
  21. Uludağ 🇹🇷 TurkijeAlpine meadows in flower · 20 jun – 31 aug (meestal)The summit plateau above the treeline flowers through high summer, with Apollo butterflies over it, while Bursa bakes 2,000 metres below.79
  22. Vail 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAlpine wildflowers · 1 jul – 10 aug (meestal)Columbine and paintbrush come up on Shrine Pass and above the gondola from early July, a couple of weeks later the higher you go.78
  23. Banff 🇨🇦 CanadaAlpine meadows in flower · 15 jul – 15 aug (meestal)Sunshine Meadows and the Healy Pass benches flower for about a month once the last snow patches go, usually from mid-July.78
  24. Bryce Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenPlateau wildflowers · 15 jun – 15 aug (meestal)The meadows along the Rim Trail and out towards Rainbow Point flower through the short high-plateau summer, later than anything at Zion's elevation an hour away.78
  25. Telluride 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenAlpine wildflowers · 5 jul – 10 aug (meestal)Columbine and paintbrush in the basins above town, best on the Bear Creek and Bridal Veil trails in the second half of July.78

…en nog 17 in augustus.

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Wilde bloemen & bloei in september

  1. Mbabane 🇸🇿 SwazilandMalolotja spring wildflowers · 15 sep – 30 nov (meestal)The grasslands of Malolotja Nature Reserve, a short drive north-west of Mbabane, flower after the first spring rains, with lilies, orchids and red-hot pokers along the hiking trails, usually best in October and November.91
  2. Kaapstad 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaWest Coast flower season · 1 aug – 20 sep (meestal)Namaqualand and the West Coast reserves flower after the winter rain, peaking between mid-August and mid-September.88
  3. Perth 🇦🇺 AustraliëEverlasting Kings Park Festival · 1 sep – 5 okt (meestal)The botanic garden above the city puts on its wildflower month through September, which is also when the roadsides an hour out are worth the drive.88
  4. Hermanus 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaFernkloof flower show · 22–30 sep (meestal)The botanical society's fynbos show at Fernkloof over the last weekend of September, running for more than sixty years.88
  5. Ponta Delgada 🇵🇹 PortugalHydrangea hedges · 15 jun – 5 sep (meestal)The field boundaries across Sao Miguel are hydrangeas rather than fences, and from midsummer the roads to Sete Cidades and Furnas are lined blue for a couple of months.86
  6. Brasilia 🇧🇷 BraziliëIpê trees in flower · 20 jun – 20 sep (meestal)The city's street trees flower in the middle of the dry months, yellow first and then pink and white, each colour holding for a week or so before the petals carpet the superquadra pavements.85
  7. São Paulo 🇧🇷 BraziliëIpe trees in flower · 1 jul – 30 sep (meestal)The pink ipes go first in the dry weeks of July, the yellow ones through August and September, and for a few days each street that has them is a single colour.84
  8. Bournemouth 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkNew Forest heather · 1 aug – 10 sep (meestal)The heaths north of the town go purple for about five weeks in late summer, at the same time as the ponies are at their most visible on the open ground.82
  9. Kangaroo Island 🇦🇺 AustraliëSpring wildflowers and orchids · 15 aug – 31 okt (meestal)The heath along the western end flowers from late August, orchids included, and it is the part of the year the burnt country from the 2020 fires looks most like it is coming back.81
  10. Canberra 🇦🇺 AustraliëFloriade · 12 sep – 11 oktA million bulbs planted in Commonwealth Park for a month from mid-September.80
  11. Sylt 🇩🇪 DuitslandHeather in flower · 10 aug – 20 sep (meestal)The dune heath in the Braderuper Heide and along the eastern side goes purple from the middle of August for about a month, which is the island at its best on foot.80
  12. Asuncion 🇵🇾 ParaguayLapacho trees in flower · 15 jul – 15 sep (meestal)In late winter the city's lapachos flower pink and yellow before the leaves return, colouring avenues, plazas and the Costanera.79
  13. Hammamet 🇹🇳 TunesiëJasmine season · 1 jun – 15 sep (meestal)Machmoum sellers appear on every corner from early summer: small bunches of jasmine sold by the piece, worn behind the ear, and the reason the whole coast smells the way it does.79
  14. Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 BraziliëIpe trees in flower · 15 aug – 30 sep (meestal)The yellow ipes come out across the city and the Tijuca forest in late winter, weeks before anything else looks like spring.78
  15. Uluṟu 🇦🇺 AustraliëDesert wildflowers · 15 aug – 15 okt (meestal)If the winter rain came, the sand plains between the rock and Kata Tjuta go yellow and white with wattle and daisies for a few weeks in spring.78
  16. Margaret River 🇦🇺 AustraliëSouthwest wildflowers · 15 aug – 15 nov (meestal)The forest floor and the heath along the Cape to Cape flower from late August: orchids, kangaroo paw, banksia.76
  17. Katoomba 🇦🇺 AustraliëWaratahs and heath in flower · 15 sep – 15 nov (meestal)Waratahs come out along the cliff-top tracks in spring, with the heath and boronia around them.75
  18. Nationaal park Haleakala 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSilversword flowering · 15 jun – 31 okt (meestal)Each silversword flowers once in its life, sending up a tall stalk of reddish-purple flowers before it dies; the summit plants bloom from early summer into autumn, with many in some years and only a handful in others.74
  19. Guilin 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaOsmanthus in flower · 20 sep – 20 okt (meestal)The city is named after the tree and for a couple of weeks in autumn the whole centre smells of it.70
  20. Goedaoeri 🇬🇪 GeorgiëAlpine meadows and paragliding · 15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)The bowl fills with flowers once the snow clears and the same slopes become the country's paragliding centre, flying off the ridge above the Soviet-era friendship monument.69
  21. Pyeongchang 🇰🇷 Zuid-KoreaBuckwheat flowers at Bongpyeong · 25 aug – 15 sep (meestal)The fields around Bongpyeong go white for two or three weeks at the end of summer, the setting of the short story every Korean schoolchild reads.67
  22. Suzhou 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaOsmanthus in flower · 20 sep – 20 okt (meestal)You smell it before you see it, for about three weeks, all over the old town.63
  23. Shanghai 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaOsmanthus in flower · 20 sep – 20 okt (meestal)For a fortnight the older streets and every park smell of osmanthus, and the bakeries and tea houses put it into everything.61
  24. Hangzhou 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaOsmanthus · 20 sep – 20 okt (meestal)Hangzhou's other autumn smell.60
  25. Hualien 🇹🇼 TaiwanOrange daylily season · 1 aug – 30 sep (meestal)Sixty Stone Mountain and Chike Mountain above the rift valley go orange for about six weeks.53

…en nog 1 in september.

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Wilde bloemen & bloei in oktober

  1. Perth 🇦🇺 AustraliëEverlasting Kings Park Festival · 1 sep – 5 okt (meestal)The botanic garden above the city puts on its wildflower month through September, which is also when the roadsides an hour out are worth the drive.94
  2. Santiago 🇨🇱 ChiliWine country in flower · 15 okt – 30 nov (meestal)The vines come into leaf and flower in the Maipo and Casablanca valleys while the Andes still hold snow, which is the postcard the city rarely gets in summer.91
  3. Mbabane 🇸🇿 SwazilandMalolotja spring wildflowers · 15 sep – 30 nov (meestal)The grasslands of Malolotja Nature Reserve, a short drive north-west of Mbabane, flower after the first spring rains, with lilies, orchids and red-hot pokers along the hiking trails, usually best in October and November.88
  4. Canberra 🇦🇺 AustraliëFloriade · 12 sep – 11 oktA million bulbs planted in Commonwealth Park for a month from mid-September.87
  5. Kangaroo Island 🇦🇺 AustraliëSpring wildflowers and orchids · 15 aug – 31 okt (meestal)The heath along the western end flowers from late August, orchids included, and it is the part of the year the burnt country from the 2020 fires looks most like it is coming back.86
  6. Hangzhou 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaOsmanthus · 20 sep – 20 okt (meestal)Hangzhou's other autumn smell.85
  7. Guilin 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaOsmanthus in flower · 20 sep – 20 okt (meestal)The city is named after the tree and for a couple of weeks in autumn the whole centre smells of it.85
  8. Shanghai 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaOsmanthus in flower · 20 sep – 20 okt (meestal)For a fortnight the older streets and every park smell of osmanthus, and the bakeries and tea houses put it into everything.84
  9. Suzhou 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaOsmanthus in flower · 20 sep – 20 okt (meestal)You smell it before you see it, for about three weeks, all over the old town.84
  10. Margaret River 🇦🇺 AustraliëSouthwest wildflowers · 15 aug – 15 nov (meestal)The forest floor and the heath along the Cape to Cape flower from late August: orchids, kangaroo paw, banksia.83
  11. Katoomba 🇦🇺 AustraliëWaratahs and heath in flower · 15 sep – 15 nov (meestal)Waratahs come out along the cliff-top tracks in spring, with the heath and boronia around them.79
  12. Uluṟu 🇦🇺 AustraliëDesert wildflowers · 15 aug – 15 okt (meestal)If the winter rain came, the sand plains between the rock and Kata Tjuta go yellow and white with wattle and daisies for a few weeks in spring.74
  13. Nationaal park Haleakala 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSilversword flowering · 15 jun – 31 okt (meestal)Each silversword flowers once in its life, sending up a tall stalk of reddish-purple flowers before it dies; the summit plants bloom from early summer into autumn, with many in some years and only a handful in others.72
  14. Taveuni 🇫🇯 FijiTagimoucia in flower · 1 okt – 31 dec (meestal)Fiji's national flower grows wild nowhere else, in the rainforest above 600 metres around the crater lake, and it flowers late in the year.71
  15. Haiderabad 🇮🇳 IndiaBathukamma · 20 sep – 25 okt (meestal)Nine evenings when Telangana women build and float tiered flower stacks on the tanks and lakes, singing round them in a circle.69
  16. Đà Lạt 🇻🇳 VietnamDã quỳ wild sunflower · 25 okt – 5 dec (meestal)Yellow along every roadside verge and pass out of town as the rains stop; the first half of November is usually the thick of it.64
  17. Hà Giang 🇻🇳 VietnamBuckwheat flower season · 15 okt – 20 dec (meestal)Pink and white buckwheat across the Dong Van plateau from the middle of October, with the provincial festival landing in late November and filling every bed between Yen Minh and Meo Vac.62

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Wilde bloemen & bloei in november

  1. Santiago 🇨🇱 ChiliWine country in flower · 15 okt – 30 nov (meestal)The vines come into leaf and flower in the Maipo and Casablanca valleys while the Andes still hold snow, which is the postcard the city rarely gets in summer.92
  2. Margaret River 🇦🇺 AustraliëSouthwest wildflowers · 15 aug – 15 nov (meestal)The forest floor and the heath along the Cape to Cape flower from late August: orchids, kangaroo paw, banksia.90
  3. Gramado 🇧🇷 BraziliëHydrangeas on the roadsides · 1 nov – 31 jan (meestal)The hydrangeas that give the region its name line the roads between Gramado and Canela through the early summer, blue where the soil is acid and pink where it is not.85
  4. Mbabane 🇸🇿 SwazilandMalolotja spring wildflowers · 15 sep – 30 nov (meestal)The grasslands of Malolotja Nature Reserve, a short drive north-west of Mbabane, flower after the first spring rains, with lilies, orchids and red-hot pokers along the hiking trails, usually best in October and November.84
  5. Katoomba 🇦🇺 AustraliëWaratahs and heath in flower · 15 sep – 15 nov (meestal)Waratahs come out along the cliff-top tracks in spring, with the heath and boronia around them.80
  6. Campos do Jordão 🇧🇷 BraziliëHydrangeas in flower · 15 nov – 15 feb (meestal)The town planted hydrangeas along its avenues and they come out through the warm months — the argument for the half of the year nobody comes for, when the hotels are cheap and half-empty.78
  7. Hà Giang 🇻🇳 VietnamBuckwheat flower season · 15 okt – 20 dec (meestal)Pink and white buckwheat across the Dong Van plateau from the middle of October, with the provincial festival landing in late November and filling every bed between Yen Minh and Meo Vac.77
  8. Taveuni 🇫🇯 FijiTagimoucia in flower · 1 okt – 31 dec (meestal)Fiji's national flower grows wild nowhere else, in the rainforest above 600 metres around the crater lake, and it flowers late in the year.75
  9. Đà Lạt 🇻🇳 VietnamDã quỳ wild sunflower · 25 okt – 5 dec (meestal)Yellow along every roadside verge and pass out of town as the rains stop; the first half of November is usually the thick of it.73
  10. Lake Tekapo 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandLupins along the lake · 15 nov – 10 jan (meestal)Russell lupins take the lakeshore and the river flats for about six weeks from late November.72
  11. Bariloche 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëLupins on the roadsides · 15 nov – 10 jan (meestal)Introduced lupins take over the verges and lake shores from mid-November, at the same time as the long light and the Patagonian wind.70
  12. Queenstown 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandLupins along the roads · 15 nov – 5 jan (meestal)Russell lupins take over the roadsides and river flats towards Wanaka and the Mackenzie for about six weeks.68

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Wilde bloemen & bloei in december

  1. Đà Lạt 🇻🇳 VietnamDã quỳ wild sunflower · 25 okt – 5 dec (meestal)Yellow along every roadside verge and pass out of town as the rains stop; the first half of November is usually the thick of it.84
  2. Gramado 🇧🇷 BraziliëHydrangeas on the roadsides · 1 nov – 31 jan (meestal)The hydrangeas that give the region its name line the roads between Gramado and Canela through the early summer, blue where the soil is acid and pink where it is not.84
  3. Bariloche 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëLupins on the roadsides · 15 nov – 10 jan (meestal)Introduced lupins take over the verges and lake shores from mid-November, at the same time as the long light and the Patagonian wind.76
  4. Hà Giang 🇻🇳 VietnamBuckwheat flower season · 15 okt – 20 dec (meestal)Pink and white buckwheat across the Dong Van plateau from the middle of October, with the provincial festival landing in late November and filling every bed between Yen Minh and Meo Vac.75
  5. Lake Tekapo 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandLupins along the lake · 15 nov – 10 jan (meestal)Russell lupins take the lakeshore and the river flats for about six weeks from late November.75
  6. Campos do Jordão 🇧🇷 BraziliëHydrangeas in flower · 15 nov – 15 feb (meestal)The town planted hydrangeas along its avenues and they come out through the warm months — the argument for the half of the year nobody comes for, when the hotels are cheap and half-empty.75
  7. Queenstown 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandLupins along the roads · 15 nov – 5 jan (meestal)Russell lupins take over the roadsides and river flats towards Wanaka and the Mackenzie for about six weeks.72
  8. Ponta Delgada 🇵🇹 PortugalCamellias at Terra Nostra · 15 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)Terra Nostra Park in Furnas, about 45 minutes' drive away, holds hundreds of camellia varieties that flower through winter and usually peak in February, a good pairing with its warm iron-rich pool on a grey day.72
  9. Perisher Valley 🇦🇺 AustraliëKosciuszko wildflowers · 15 dec – 31 jan (meestal)The high plains flower for a few weeks after the melt and the Main Range walks open up.69
  10. Falls Creek 🇦🇺 AustraliëHigh Plains wildflowers · 15 dec – 15 feb (meestal)Once the snow has gone the plains come out in silver daisies and everlastings, and the village is quiet enough that half of it is shut.67
  11. Taveuni 🇫🇯 FijiTagimoucia in flower · 1 okt – 31 dec (meestal)Fiji's national flower grows wild nowhere else, in the rainforest above 600 metres around the crater lake, and it flowers late in the year.66

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