SeasonMap

Wildflowers & blooms, month by month around the world

Lavender, tulips, wisteria, lotus — a short window that moves with the spring.

168 destinations on SeasonMap, ranked within each month by the comfort score — because the point is not only where the season is on, but whether the weather is worth the trip while it is.

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Number of destinations with wildflowers & blooms on in that month. Windows move a little each year.

Wildflowers & blooms in January

  1. 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, 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.88climate
  2. 🇵🇹 Tavira, PortugalAlmond blossom · 15 Jan – 28 Feb (usually)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.82climate
  3. 🇳🇿 Lake Tekapo, New ZealandLupins along the lake · 15 Nov – 10 Jan (usually)Russell lupins take the lakeshore and the river flats for about six weeks from late November.82climate
  4. 🇦🇷 San Carlos de Bariloche, ArgentinaLupins on the roadsides · 15 Nov – 10 Jan (usually)Introduced lupins take over the verges and lake shores from mid-November, at the same time as the long light and the Patagonian wind.80climate
  5. 🇵🇹 Lagos, PortugalAlmond blossom · 15 Jan – 25 Feb (usually)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.80climate
  6. 🇵🇹 Albufeira, PortugalAlmond blossom in the barrocal · 15 Jan – 25 Feb (usually)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.80climate
  7. 🇵🇹 Faro, PortugalAlmond blossom · 15 Jan – 25 Feb (usually)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.80climate
  8. 🇪🇸 Palma, SpainAlmond blossom · 25 Jan – 28 Feb (usually)The plain behind the city goes white and pink for about a month in late winter, usually peaking in the first half of February.79climate
  9. 🇧🇷 Gramado, BrazilHydrangeas on the roadsides · 1 Nov – 31 Jan (usually)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.78climate
  10. 🇳🇿 Queenstown, New ZealandLupins along the roads · 15 Nov – 5 Jan (usually)Russell lupins take over the roadsides and river flats towards Wanaka and the Mackenzie for about six weeks.77climate
  11. 🇵🇹 Sintra, PortugalCamellia season · 15 Jan – 20 Mar (usually)The nineteenth-century estates were planted for winter, and the camellias at Monserrate and in the Pena park flower from January.74climate
  12. 🇦🇺 Falls Creek, AustraliaHigh Plains wildflowers · 15 Dec – 15 Feb (usually)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.72climate
  13. 🇧🇷 Campos do Jordão, BrazilHydrangeas in flower · 15 Nov – 15 Feb (usually)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.71climate
  14. 🇦🇺 Perisher Valley, AustraliaKosciuszko wildflowers · 15 Dec – 31 Jan (usually)The high plains flower for a few weeks after the melt and the Main Range walks open up.70climate
  15. 🇺🇸 Napa, United StatesMustard season · 15 Jan – 20 Mar (usually)Wild mustard fills the rows between bare vines from mid-January and is usually best in February.64climate
  16. 🇹🇭 Khao Sok, ThailandRafflesia in bloom · 1 Jan – 15 Mar (usually)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.63climate
  17. 🇹🇷 Datça, TurkeyAlmond Blossom Festival · 28 Jan – 25 Feb (usually)The peninsula's almond groves come out white in late winter and the municipality builds a festival around it.62climate

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Wildflowers & blooms in February

  1. 🇮🇳 Delhi, IndiaMughal gardens open · 1 Feb – 31 Mar (usually)The gardens behind Rashtrapati Bhavan open to the public for a season each spring, free but ticketed online in advance.90climate
  2. 🇺🇸 Phoenix, United StatesDesert wildflowers · 20 Feb – 10 Apr (usually)Poppies and lupine on the slopes north and east of the city in March, and the saguaro flower at the end of April.88climate
  3. 🇵🇹 Tavira, PortugalAlmond blossom · 15 Jan – 28 Feb (usually)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.85climate
  4. 🇵🇹 Albufeira, PortugalAlmond blossom in the barrocal · 15 Jan – 25 Feb (usually)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.84climate
  5. 🇪🇸 Palma, SpainAlmond blossom · 25 Jan – 28 Feb (usually)The plain behind the city goes white and pink for about a month in late winter, usually peaking in the first half of February.83climate
  6. 🇵🇹 Lagos, PortugalAlmond blossom · 15 Jan – 25 Feb (usually)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.83climate
  7. 🇵🇹 Faro, PortugalAlmond blossom · 15 Jan – 25 Feb (usually)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.83climate
  8. 🇮🇱 Haifa, IsraelSpring on the Carmel · 15 Feb – 15 Apr (usually)Anemones, cyclamen and lupins come up through the pine woods on the ridge and the walking paths above the city are at their best.81climate
  9. 🇯🇴 Wadi Rum, JordanDesert bloom after the rains · 15 Feb – 10 Apr (usually)After a wet winter the sand between the jebels comes up green and the wadis carry poppies and iris for a few weeks.79climate
  10. 🇵🇹 Sintra, PortugalCamellia season · 15 Jan – 20 Mar (usually)The nineteenth-century estates were planted for winter, and the camellias at Monserrate and in the Pena park flower from January.78climate
  11. 🇦🇺 Falls Creek, AustraliaHigh Plains wildflowers · 15 Dec – 15 Feb (usually)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.76climate
  12. 🇺🇸 Sacramento, United StatesAlmond blossom · 10 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)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.76climate
  13. 🇧🇷 Campos do Jordão, BrazilHydrangeas in flower · 15 Nov – 15 Feb (usually)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.76climate
  14. 🇹🇷 Datça, TurkeyAlmond Blossom Festival · 28 Jan – 25 Feb (usually)The peninsula's almond groves come out white in late winter and the municipality builds a festival around it.76climate
  15. 🇺🇸 Big Bend National Park, United StatesDesert bloom · 15 Feb – 30 Apr (usually)Bluebonnets along the river road from late February, then the cactus — claret cup and prickly pear — into April.75climate
  16. 🇺🇸 Big Sur, United StatesCoastal wildflowers · 15 Feb – 15 May (usually)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.75climate
  17. 🇨🇳 Chengdu, ChinaRapeseed fields · 20 Feb – 25 Mar (usually)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.73climate
  18. 🇺🇸 Napa, United StatesMustard season · 15 Jan – 20 Mar (usually)Wild mustard fills the rows between bare vines from mid-January and is usually best in February.73climate
  19. 🇺🇸 Dallas, United StatesDallas Blooms · 20 Feb – 15 Apr (usually)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.73climate
  20. 🇨🇳 Chongqing, ChinaRapeseed fields in flower · 20 Feb – 5 Apr (usually)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.73climate
  21. 🇺🇸 Joshua Tree National Park, United StatesDesert bloom · 15 Feb – 30 Apr (usually)The low Colorado desert around Cottonwood flowers first, in late February, and the higher Mojave side follows into April.71climate
  22. 🇫🇷 Toulouse, FranceFête de la Violette · 1–25 Feb (usually)The city's violet trade gets a weekend of stalls on Place du Capitole in February, selling the flower fresh, candied and as perfume.71climate
  23. 🇺🇸 Pinnacles National Park, United StatesWildflower season · 15 Feb – 31 May (usually)Over eighty per cent of the park's plants flower between March and May, starting with shooting stars and Indian warrior and finishing with buckwheat and clarkia.65climate
  24. 🇹🇭 Khao Sok, ThailandRafflesia in bloom · 1 Jan – 15 Mar (usually)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.65climate
  25. 🇺🇸 Death Valley National Park, United StatesDesert wildflower bloom · 10 Feb – 15 Apr (usually)Low elevations along Badwater Road go first in February and March and the higher canyons follow into April, but only after a wet autumn and winter.64climate

…and 1 more in February.

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Wildflowers & blooms in March

  1. 🇺🇸 Phoenix, United StatesDesert wildflowers · 20 Feb – 10 Apr (usually)Poppies and lupine on the slopes north and east of the city in March, and the saguaro flower at the end of April.95climate
  2. 🇺🇸 Las Vegas, United StatesDesert wildflowers · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)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.94climate
  3. 🇺🇸 Austin, United StatesBluebonnets in the Hill Country · 15 Mar – 20 Apr (usually)The roadsides west of the city go blue for about a month from mid-March, best after a wet winter.90climate
  4. 🇺🇸 Houston, United StatesAzaleas and spring bloom · 1 Mar – 5 Apr (usually)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.90climate
  5. 🇮🇱 Haifa, IsraelSpring on the Carmel · 15 Feb – 15 Apr (usually)Anemones, cyclamen and lupins come up through the pine woods on the ridge and the walking paths above the city are at their best.89climate
  6. 🇳🇵 Kathmandu, NepalRhododendron in the hills · 15 Mar – 30 Apr (usually)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.88climate
  7. 🇺🇸 Savannah, United StatesAzaleas and spring bloom · 10 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)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.88climate
  8. 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, United StatesWildflower season · 1 Mar – 30 Apr (usually)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.87climate
  9. 🇯🇴 Jerash, JordanSpring on the northern hills · 1 Mar – 20 Apr (usually)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.87climate
  10. 🇬🇷 Heraklion, GreeceSpring on the Messara · 10 Mar – 10 May (usually)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.86climate
  11. 🇺🇸 Charleston, United StatesAzalea and garden season · 10 Mar – 20 Apr (usually)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.86climate
  12. 🇯🇴 Amman, JordanSpring on the hills · 15 Mar – 5 May (usually)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.85climate
  13. 🇯🇴 Wadi Rum, JordanDesert bloom after the rains · 15 Feb – 10 Apr (usually)After a wet winter the sand between the jebels comes up green and the wadis carry poppies and iris for a few weeks.85climate
  14. 🇪🇸 Valencia, SpainOrange blossom · 20 Mar – 5 May (usually)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.84climate
  15. 🇺🇸 Dallas, United StatesDallas Blooms · 20 Feb – 15 Apr (usually)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.84climate
  16. 🇯🇴 Madaba, JordanSpring on the Madaba plains · 1 Mar – 20 Apr (usually)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.84climate
  17. 🇬🇷 Santorini, GreeceWildflowers on the slopes · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)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.83climate
  18. 🇨🇳 Chengdu, ChinaRapeseed fields · 20 Feb – 25 Mar (usually)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.83climate
  19. 🇺🇸 Santa Barbara, United StatesBackcountry wildflowers · 1 Mar – 25 Apr (usually)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.83climate
  20. 🇬🇷 Chania, GreeceSpring wildflowers and greens · 10 Mar – 10 May (usually)The hills behind the town go green and flowering for two months, and the horta the tavernas serve in spring is picked off them.82climate
  21. 🇺🇸 Sacramento, United StatesAlmond blossom · 10 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)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.82climate
  22. 🇮🇷 Shiraz, IranBitter orange blossom · 25 Mar – 25 Apr (usually)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.81climate
  23. 🇺🇸 Big Bend National Park, United StatesDesert bloom · 15 Feb – 30 Apr (usually)Bluebonnets along the river road from late February, then the cactus — claret cup and prickly pear — into April.81climate
  24. 🇨🇳 Chongqing, ChinaRapeseed fields in flower · 20 Feb – 5 Apr (usually)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.81climate
  25. 🇵🇸 Ramallah, PalestineSpring on the hills · 1 Mar – 30 Apr (usually)The terraced hills round the city green up and carry cyclamen, anemones and wild tulips for a few weeks.81climate

…and 30 more in March.

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Wildflowers & blooms in April

  1. 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, United StatesWildflower season · 1 Mar – 30 Apr (usually)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.96climate
  2. 🇯🇴 Amman, JordanSpring on the hills · 15 Mar – 5 May (usually)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.95climate
  3. 🇯🇴 Madaba, JordanSpring on the Madaba plains · 1 Mar – 20 Apr (usually)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.95climate
  4. 🇮🇱 Haifa, IsraelSpring on the Carmel · 15 Feb – 15 Apr (usually)Anemones, cyclamen and lupins come up through the pine woods on the ridge and the walking paths above the city are at their best.94climate
  5. 🇯🇴 Jerash, JordanSpring on the northern hills · 1 Mar – 20 Apr (usually)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.94climate
  6. 🇵🇸 Ramallah, PalestineSpring on the hills · 1 Mar – 30 Apr (usually)The terraced hills round the city green up and carry cyclamen, anemones and wild tulips for a few weeks.94climate
  7. 🇬🇷 Heraklion, GreeceSpring on the Messara · 10 Mar – 10 May (usually)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.93climate
  8. 🇺🇸 Santa Barbara, United StatesBackcountry wildflowers · 1 Mar – 25 Apr (usually)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.93climate
  9. 🇺🇸 Las Vegas, United StatesDesert wildflowers · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)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.92climate
  10. 🇬🇷 Santorini, GreeceWildflowers on the slopes · 1 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)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.92climate
  11. 🇪🇸 Valencia, SpainOrange blossom · 20 Mar – 5 May (usually)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.92climate
  12. 🇬🇷 Chania, GreeceSpring wildflowers and greens · 10 Mar – 10 May (usually)The hills behind the town go green and flowering for two months, and the horta the tavernas serve in spring is picked off them.92climate
  13. 🇮🇷 Shiraz, IranBitter orange blossom · 25 Mar – 25 Apr (usually)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.91climate
  14. 🇺🇸 Savannah, United StatesAzaleas and spring bloom · 10 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)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.91climate
  15. 🇪🇸 Córdoba, Spain, SpainOrange blossom · 20 Mar – 25 Apr (usually)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.91climate
  16. 🇬🇷 Corfu, GreeceSpring flowers and orchids · 10 Mar – 30 Apr (usually)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.90climate
  17. 🇺🇸 Charleston, United StatesAzalea and garden season · 10 Mar – 20 Apr (usually)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.90climate
  18. 🇨🇳 Xi'an, ChinaPeonies and city-wall spring · 5–30 Apr (usually)The best few weeks here: dry, warm, the pagoda gardens in flower and the wall walkable without either the cold or the summer furnace.89climate
  19. 🇮🇹 Rome, ItalyWisteria on the Aventine · 25 Mar – 20 Apr (usually)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.88climate
  20. 🇺🇸 Sedona, United StatesRed rock wildflowers · 20 Mar – 10 May (usually)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.88climate
  21. 🇺🇸 Tucson, United StatesSaguaro bloom · 25 Apr – 10 Jun (usually)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.88climate
  22. 🇺🇸 Dallas, United StatesDallas Blooms · 20 Feb – 15 Apr (usually)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.88climate
  23. 🇺🇸 Raleigh, United StatesDogwood and azalea bloom · 20 Mar – 25 Apr (usually)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.88climate
  24. 🇮🇹 Capri, ItalyBroom and cistus on the paths · 5 Apr – 25 May (usually)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.88climate
  25. 🇯🇴 Wadi Rum, JordanDesert bloom after the rains · 15 Feb – 10 Apr (usually)After a wet winter the sand between the jebels comes up green and the wadis carry poppies and iris for a few weeks.88climate

…and 42 more in April.

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Wildflowers & blooms in May

  1. 🇬🇷 Heraklion, GreeceSpring on the Messara · 10 Mar – 10 May (usually)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.94climate
  2. 🇪🇸 Valencia, SpainOrange blossom · 20 Mar – 5 May (usually)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.94climate
  3. 🇺🇸 Big Sur, United StatesCoastal wildflowers · 15 Feb – 15 May (usually)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.92climate
  4. 🇨🇦 Kelowna, CanadaOrchard blossom · 15 Apr – 20 May (usually)The benches above the lake go white and pink for a few weeks as the cherries and apples come out, ahead of the vines.92climate
  5. 🇬🇷 Chania, GreeceSpring wildflowers and greens · 10 Mar – 10 May (usually)The hills behind the town go green and flowering for two months, and the horta the tavernas serve in spring is picked off them.91climate
  6. 🇰🇷 Daegu, South KoreaBiseulsan royal azalea · 25 Apr – 15 May (usually)The plateau below the summit turns pink for a fortnight and the shuttle road up from Yuga queues from early morning at weekends.90climate
  7. 🇯🇴 Amman, JordanSpring on the hills · 15 Mar – 5 May (usually)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.89climate
  8. 🇮🇹 Capri, ItalyBroom and cistus on the paths · 5 Apr – 25 May (usually)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.89climate
  9. 🇬🇷 Kalabaka, GreeceSpring on the rocks · 1 Apr – 31 May (usually)The pillars are green to the base and the footpaths between the monasteries are at their best before the plain heats up.88climate
  10. 🇺🇸 Detroit, United StatesEastern Market Flower Day · 14–22 May (usually)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.87climate
  11. 🇰🇿 Almaty, KazakhstanWild tulips in the foothills · 5 Apr – 15 May (usually)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.86climate
  12. 🇺🇸 Portland, United StatesRose Test Garden peak bloom · 25 May – 30 Jun (usually)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.86climate
  13. 🇺🇦 Kyiv, UkraineChestnuts in flower · 1–20 May (usually)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.85climate
  14. 🇺🇸 Sedona, United StatesRed rock wildflowers · 20 Mar – 10 May (usually)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.85climate
  15. 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, NetherlandsTulip season · 19 Mar – 10 May (usually)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.84climate
  16. 🇳🇱 Utrecht, NetherlandsTulip and bulb season · 20 Mar – 10 May (usually)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.84climate
  17. 🇮🇳 Dharamshala, IndiaRhododendron on the Dhauladhar · 20 Mar – 5 May (usually)The forest above Naddi and on the climb to Triund goes red from around 2,000 metres up.84climate
  18. 🇮🇹 Como, ItalyAzaleas and rhododendrons · 5 Apr – 20 May (usually)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.83climate
  19. 🇯🇵 Yokohama, JapanRose season on the waterfront · 5 May – 5 Jun (usually)The rose is the city's flower and the harbour-side gardens are planted for it.83climate
  20. 🇨🇦 Ottawa, CanadaCanadian Tulip Festival · 8–20 May (usually)A million bulbs along Dow's Lake, descended from the wartime gift the Dutch royal family sent back.83climate
  21. 🇺🇸 Boulder, United StatesFoothills wildflowers · 20 Apr – 10 Jul (usually)Colour works uphill from the Mesa Trail meadows in late April to the high meadows above town by early July.83climate
  22. 🇳🇱 The Hague, NetherlandsBulb fields in the Bollenstreek · 20 Mar – 15 May (usually)The commercial fields between here and Haarlem run daffodils, then hyacinths, then tulips, and Keukenhof opens on the same clock.82climate
  23. 🇺🇸 Saguaro National Park, United StatesSaguaro bloom · 20 Apr – 30 Jun (usually)The white flowers open at night from late April into June, a few at a time on each arm, and the red fruit follows — the harvest that opens the Tohono O'odham year.80climate
  24. 🇺🇸 Pinnacles National Park, United StatesWildflower season · 15 Feb – 31 May (usually)Over eighty per cent of the park's plants flower between March and May, starting with shooting stars and Indian warrior and finishing with buckwheat and clarkia.80climate
  25. 🇺🇸 Nantucket, United StatesDaffodil Festival · 20 Apr – 2 May (usually)Three million bulbs along the island roads and a parade of antique cars out to Siasconset for a tailgate picnic, on the last weekend of April.79climate

…and 17 more in May.

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Wildflowers & blooms in June

  1. 🇧🇷 Brasília, BrazilIpê trees in flower · 20 Jun – 20 Sep (usually)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.96climate
  2. 🇺🇸 Portland, United StatesRose Test Garden peak bloom · 25 May – 30 Jun (usually)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.96climate
  3. 🇲🇳 Ulaanbaatar, MongoliaSteppe in flower · 10 Jun – 20 Jul (usually)The grassland turns green and flowers within weeks of the first summer rain, edelweiss and iris across the valleys around Terelj.93climate
  4. 🇵🇹 Ponta Delgada, PortugalHydrangea hedges · 15 Jun – 5 Sep (usually)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.90climate
  5. 🇺🇸 Boulder, United StatesFoothills wildflowers · 20 Apr – 10 Jul (usually)Colour works uphill from the Mesa Trail meadows in late April to the high meadows above town by early July.88climate
  6. 🇫🇷 Aix-en-Provence, FranceLavender on the Valensole plateau · 20 Jun – 25 Jul (usually)The fields an hour north of town come out in the last days of June and are cut through July.88climate
  7. 🇫🇷 Nice, FranceLavender in Provence · 20 Jun – 25 Jul (usually)The Valensole plateau and the Sault fields usually peak between late June and the third week of July, and are cut soon after.87climate
  8. 🇺🇸 Bozeman, United StatesMountain wildflowers · 20 Jun – 5 Aug (usually)Balsamroot and lupine through the Bridgers and the Hyalite basin from late June, once the snow is off the higher trails.85climate
  9. 🇨🇭 Montreux, SwitzerlandNarcissus on the slopes · 15 May – 10 Jun (usually)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.85climate
  10. 🇹🇳 Hammamet, TunisiaJasmine season · 1 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)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.85climate
  11. 🇭🇷 Hvar, CroatiaLavender in flower · 10 Jun – 10 Jul (usually)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.84climate
  12. 🇺🇸 Mackinac Island, United StatesLilac Festival · 1–16 Jun (usually)Ten days in early June around lilacs that are well over a century old, ending in a horse-drawn grand parade.83climate
  13. 🇺🇸 Bryce Canyon National Park, United StatesPlateau wildflowers · 15 Jun – 15 Aug (usually)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.80climate
  14. 🇺🇸 Steamboat Springs, United StatesAlpine wildflowers · 25 Jun – 5 Aug (usually)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.79climate
  15. 🇺🇸 Theodore Roosevelt National Park, United StatesPrairie wildflowers · 25 May – 5 Jul (usually)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.76climate
  16. 🇺🇸 Jackson, United StatesValley wildflowers · 25 Jun – 31 Jul (usually)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.75climate
  17. 🇺🇸 Redwood National Park, United StatesRhododendron bloom · 1 May – 20 Jun (usually)Pacific rhododendron flowers pink under the old growth along Howland Hill Road and Prairie Creek for about six weeks in late spring.75climate
  18. 🇺🇸 Badlands National Park, United StatesPrairie wildflowers and calves · 1 May – 30 Jun (usually)The mixed-grass prairie is green for about six weeks and the bison calves are out on Sage Creek.75climate
  19. 🇨🇦 Churchill, CanadaTundra in flower · 20 Jun – 10 Aug (usually)The tundra behind the town flowers and fruits in a compressed summer, with fireweed, arctic poppies and berries all inside a few weeks.74climate
  20. 🇺🇸 Grand Teton National Park, United StatesValley wildflowers · 15 Jun – 31 Jul (usually)Balsamroot and lupine turn the sagebrush flats yellow and blue in late June, with the alpine meadows following into July as the snow leaves.73climate
  21. 🇺🇸 Rocky Mountain National Park, United StatesTundra wildflowers · 25 Jun – 5 Aug (usually)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.73climate
  22. 🇺🇸 New River Gorge National Park, United StatesRhododendron bloom · 5 Jun – 5 Jul (usually)Great rhododendron covers the gorge walls and flowers along the rim trails and the old Fayette Station road for about a month in early summer.73climate
  23. 🇯🇵 Hakone, JapanHydrangea train · 15 Jun – 20 Jul (usually)Thousands of hydrangeas line the Tozan switchbacks and flower from the bottom of the hill upward over a month.73climate
  24. 🇮🇳 Gulmarg, IndiaThe meadow in flower · 1 Jun – 20 Aug (usually)Gulmarg means meadow of flowers and for ten weeks it earns the name — the bowl under the gondola line is deep in bloom and the ponies take you across it instead of up it.73climate
  25. 🇺🇸 Saguaro National Park, United StatesSaguaro bloom · 20 Apr – 30 Jun (usually)The white flowers open at night from late April into June, a few at a time on each arm, and the red fruit follows — the harvest that opens the Tohono O'odham year.71climate

…and 17 more in June.

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Wildflowers & blooms in July

  1. 🇺🇸 Seattle, United StatesMount Rainier wildflowers · 15 Jul – 20 Aug (usually)Paradise and Sunrise flower for about a month once the snowpack finally clears, usually from mid-July.97climate
  2. 🇧🇷 Brasília, BrazilIpê trees in flower · 20 Jun – 20 Sep (usually)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.95climate
  3. 🇧🇷 São Paulo, BrazilIpe trees in flower · 1 Jul – 30 Sep (usually)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.93climate
  4. 🇵🇹 Ponta Delgada, PortugalHydrangea hedges · 15 Jun – 5 Sep (usually)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.91climate
  5. 🇲🇳 Ulaanbaatar, MongoliaSteppe in flower · 10 Jun – 20 Jul (usually)The grassland turns green and flowers within weeks of the first summer rain, edelweiss and iris across the valleys around Terelj.90climate
  6. 🇺🇸 Boulder, United StatesFoothills wildflowers · 20 Apr – 10 Jul (usually)Colour works uphill from the Mesa Trail meadows in late April to the high meadows above town by early July.84climate
  7. 🇨🇦 Churchill, CanadaTundra in flower · 20 Jun – 10 Aug (usually)The tundra behind the town flowers and fruits in a compressed summer, with fireweed, arctic poppies and berries all inside a few weeks.83climate
  8. 🇫🇷 Aix-en-Provence, FranceLavender on the Valensole plateau · 20 Jun – 25 Jul (usually)The fields an hour north of town come out in the last days of June and are cut through July.83climate
  9. 🇫🇷 Nice, FranceLavender in Provence · 20 Jun – 25 Jul (usually)The Valensole plateau and the Sault fields usually peak between late June and the third week of July, and are cut soon after.82climate
  10. 🇺🇸 Yosemite National Park, United StatesTuolumne Meadows in flower · 1 Jul – 10 Aug (usually)The subalpine meadows at 2,600 metres flower for about six weeks once Tioga Road opens, and the mosquitoes peak with them.82climate
  11. 🇺🇸 Crater Lake National Park, United StatesAlpine wildflowers · 10 Jul – 25 Aug (usually)The meadows along the Pacific Crest Trail and up the Castle Crest loop go over in about six weeks, straight out of the snowmelt.81climate
  12. 🇺🇸 Bozeman, United StatesMountain wildflowers · 20 Jun – 5 Aug (usually)Balsamroot and lupine through the Bridgers and the Hyalite basin from late June, once the snow is off the higher trails.81climate
  13. 🇺🇸 Yellowstone National Park, United StatesMeadow wildflowers · 15 Jun – 31 Jul (usually)Lupine, balsamroot and paintbrush through the Hayden and Lamar valleys from mid-June, later the higher the meadow.80climate
  14. 🇺🇸 Grand Teton National Park, United StatesValley wildflowers · 15 Jun – 31 Jul (usually)Balsamroot and lupine turn the sagebrush flats yellow and blue in late June, with the alpine meadows following into July as the snow leaves.80climate
  15. 🇺🇸 Lassen Volcanic National Park, United StatesMeadow wildflowers · 1 Jul – 20 Aug (usually)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.80climate
  16. 🇺🇸 Park City, United StatesAlpine wildflowers · 1 Jul – 15 Aug (usually)The ski runs and the Wasatch Crest trails flower through July, later the higher you start.79climate
  17. 🇯🇵 Sapporo, JapanFurano lavender · 5–31 Jul (usually)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.79climate
  18. 🇺🇸 Glacier National Park, United StatesAlpine wildflowers · 25 Jun – 5 Aug (usually)Beargrass, glacier lilies and paintbrush come out behind the retreating snow, so the meadows at Logan Pass peak weeks after the valleys.79climate
  19. 🇺🇸 Rocky Mountain National Park, United StatesTundra wildflowers · 25 Jun – 5 Aug (usually)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.79climate
  20. 🇭🇷 Hvar, CroatiaLavender in flower · 10 Jun – 10 Jul (usually)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.79climate
  21. 🇺🇸 Sun Valley, United StatesWildflowers on the trails · 1 Jul – 10 Aug (usually)Balsamroot and lupine on the Adams Gulch and Pioneer Cabin trails through July, later the higher you start.78climate
  22. 🇺🇸 Jackson, United StatesValley wildflowers · 25 Jun – 31 Jul (usually)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.78climate
  23. 🇺🇸 Aspen, United StatesAlpine wildflowers · 1 Jul – 10 Aug (usually)Columbine on the Cathedral Lake and Crater Lake trails from the first week of July, later and better the higher the trail starts.77climate
  24. 🇹🇳 Hammamet, TunisiaJasmine season · 1 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)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.77climate
  25. 🇺🇸 Bryce Canyon National Park, United StatesPlateau wildflowers · 15 Jun – 15 Aug (usually)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.76climate

…and 21 more in July.

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Wildflowers & blooms in August

  1. 🇺🇸 Seattle, United StatesMount Rainier wildflowers · 15 Jul – 20 Aug (usually)Paradise and Sunrise flower for about a month once the snowpack finally clears, usually from mid-July.95climate
  2. 🇧🇷 Brasília, BrazilIpê trees in flower · 20 Jun – 20 Sep (usually)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.91climate
  3. 🇬🇧 Bournemouth, United KingdomNew Forest heather · 1 Aug – 10 Sep (usually)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.91climate
  4. 🇩🇰 Odense, DenmarkOdense Flower Festival · 16–26 Aug (usually)Four days when the pedestrian streets are laid out in cut-flower installations, run alongside the Andersen week.91climate
  5. 🇧🇷 São Paulo, BrazilIpe trees in flower · 1 Jul – 30 Sep (usually)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.90climate
  6. 🇩🇪 Sylt, GermanyHeather in flower · 10 Aug – 20 Sep (usually)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.88climate
  7. 🇵🇹 Ponta Delgada, PortugalHydrangea hedges · 15 Jun – 5 Sep (usually)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.84climate
  8. 🇺🇸 Bozeman, United StatesMountain wildflowers · 20 Jun – 5 Aug (usually)Balsamroot and lupine through the Bridgers and the Hyalite basin from late June, once the snow is off the higher trails.83climate
  9. 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilIpe trees in flower · 15 Aug – 30 Sep (usually)The yellow ipes come out across the city and the Tijuca forest in late winter, weeks before anything else looks like spring.82climate
  10. 🇺🇸 Lassen Volcanic National Park, United StatesMeadow wildflowers · 1 Jul – 20 Aug (usually)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.82climate
  11. 🇨🇦 Revelstoke, CanadaAlpine meadow wildflowers · 20 Jul – 25 Aug (usually)The summit meadows flower for about a month once the snowpack finally leaves, usually from the last week of July.81climate
  12. 🇺🇸 Sun Valley, United StatesWildflowers on the trails · 1 Jul – 10 Aug (usually)Balsamroot and lupine on the Adams Gulch and Pioneer Cabin trails through July, later the higher you start.80climate
  13. 🇺🇸 Aspen, United StatesAlpine wildflowers · 1 Jul – 10 Aug (usually)Columbine on the Cathedral Lake and Crater Lake trails from the first week of July, later and better the higher the trail starts.80climate
  14. 🇿🇦 Cape Town, South AfricaWest Coast flower season · 1 Aug – 20 Sep (usually)Namaqualand and the West Coast reserves flower after the winter rain, peaking between mid-August and mid-September.80climate
  15. 🇺🇸 Yosemite National Park, United StatesTuolumne Meadows in flower · 1 Jul – 10 Aug (usually)The subalpine meadows at 2,600 metres flower for about six weeks once Tioga Road opens, and the mosquitoes peak with them.80climate
  16. 🇺🇸 Olympic National Park, United StatesSubalpine wildflowers · 20 Jun – 10 Aug (usually)The Hurricane Ridge meadows bloom in the few weeks after the snow leaves, usually late June into July.79climate
  17. 🇺🇸 Crater Lake National Park, United StatesAlpine wildflowers · 10 Jul – 25 Aug (usually)The meadows along the Pacific Crest Trail and up the Castle Crest loop go over in about six weeks, straight out of the snowmelt.79climate
  18. 🇨🇦 Churchill, CanadaTundra in flower · 20 Jun – 10 Aug (usually)The tundra behind the town flowers and fruits in a compressed summer, with fireweed, arctic poppies and berries all inside a few weeks.79climate
  19. 🇹🇷 Uludağ, TurkeyAlpine meadows in flower · 20 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)The summit plateau above the treeline flowers through high summer, with Apollo butterflies over it, while Bursa bakes 2,000 metres below.79climate
  20. 🇺🇸 Vail, United StatesAlpine wildflowers · 1 Jul – 10 Aug (usually)Columbine and paintbrush come up on Shrine Pass and above the gondola from early July, a couple of weeks later the higher you go.78climate
  21. 🇨🇦 Banff, CanadaAlpine meadows in flower · 15 Jul – 15 Aug (usually)Sunshine Meadows and the Healy Pass benches flower for about a month once the last snow patches go, usually from mid-July.78climate
  22. 🇺🇸 Bryce Canyon National Park, United StatesPlateau wildflowers · 15 Jun – 15 Aug (usually)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.78climate
  23. 🇺🇸 Telluride, United StatesAlpine wildflowers · 5 Jul – 10 Aug (usually)Columbine and paintbrush in the basins above town, best on the Bear Creek and Bridal Veil trails in the second half of July.78climate
  24. 🇬🇪 Gudauri, GeorgiaAlpine meadows and paragliding · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)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.78climate
  25. 🇺🇸 Park City, United StatesAlpine wildflowers · 1 Jul – 15 Aug (usually)The ski runs and the Wasatch Crest trails flower through July, later the higher you start.77climate

…and 13 more in August.

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Wildflowers & blooms in September

  1. 🇿🇦 Cape Town, South AfricaWest Coast flower season · 1 Aug – 20 Sep (usually)Namaqualand and the West Coast reserves flower after the winter rain, peaking between mid-August and mid-September.88climate
  2. 🇦🇺 Perth, AustraliaEverlasting Kings Park Festival · 1 Sep – 5 Oct (usually)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.88climate
  3. 🇿🇦 Hermanus, South AfricaFernkloof flower show · 22–30 Sep (usually)The botanical society's fynbos show at Fernkloof over the last weekend of September, running for more than sixty years.88climate
  4. 🇵🇹 Ponta Delgada, PortugalHydrangea hedges · 15 Jun – 5 Sep (usually)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.86climate
  5. 🇧🇷 Brasília, BrazilIpê trees in flower · 20 Jun – 20 Sep (usually)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.85climate
  6. 🇧🇷 São Paulo, BrazilIpe trees in flower · 1 Jul – 30 Sep (usually)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.84climate
  7. 🇬🇧 Bournemouth, United KingdomNew Forest heather · 1 Aug – 10 Sep (usually)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.82climate
  8. 🇦🇺 Kangaroo Island, AustraliaSpring wildflowers and orchids · 15 Aug – 31 Oct (usually)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.81climate
  9. 🇦🇺 Canberra, AustraliaFloriade · 12 Sep – 11 OctA million bulbs planted in Commonwealth Park for a month from mid-September.80climate
  10. 🇩🇪 Sylt, GermanyHeather in flower · 10 Aug – 20 Sep (usually)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.80climate
  11. 🇹🇳 Hammamet, TunisiaJasmine season · 1 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)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.79climate
  12. 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilIpe trees in flower · 15 Aug – 30 Sep (usually)The yellow ipes come out across the city and the Tijuca forest in late winter, weeks before anything else looks like spring.78climate
  13. 🇦🇺 Uluru, AustraliaDesert wildflowers · 15 Aug – 15 Oct (usually)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.78climate
  14. 🇦🇺 Margaret River, AustraliaSouthwest wildflowers · 15 Aug – 15 Nov (usually)The forest floor and the heath along the Cape to Cape flower from late August: orchids, kangaroo paw, banksia.76climate
  15. 🇦🇺 Katoomba, AustraliaWaratahs and heath in flower · 15 Sep – 15 Nov (usually)Waratahs come out along the cliff-top tracks in spring, with the heath and boronia around them.75climate
  16. 🇨🇳 Guilin, ChinaOsmanthus in flower · 20 Sep – 20 Oct (usually)The city is named after the tree and for a couple of weeks in autumn the whole centre smells of it.70climate
  17. 🇬🇪 Gudauri, GeorgiaAlpine meadows and paragliding · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)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.69climate
  18. 🇰🇷 Pyeongchang, South KoreaBuckwheat flowers at Bongpyeong · 25 Aug – 15 Sep (usually)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.67climate
  19. 🇨🇳 Suzhou, ChinaOsmanthus in flower · 20 Sep – 20 Oct (usually)You smell it before you see it, for about three weeks, all over the old town.63climate
  20. 🇨🇳 Shanghai, ChinaOsmanthus in flower · 20 Sep – 20 Oct (usually)For a fortnight the older streets and every park smell of osmanthus, and the bakeries and tea houses put it into everything.61climate
  21. 🇨🇳 Hangzhou, ChinaOsmanthus · 20 Sep – 20 Oct (usually)Hangzhou's other autumn smell.60climate
  22. 🇹🇼 Hualien, TaiwanOrange daylily season · 1 Aug – 30 Sep (usually)Sixty Stone Mountain and Chike Mountain above the rift valley go orange for about six weeks.53climate
  23. 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, IndiaBathukamma · 20 Sep – 25 Oct (usually)Nine evenings when Telangana women build and float tiered flower stacks on the tanks and lakes, singing round them in a circle.53climate

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Wildflowers & blooms in October

  1. 🇦🇺 Perth, AustraliaEverlasting Kings Park Festival · 1 Sep – 5 Oct (usually)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.94climate
  2. 🇨🇱 Santiago, ChileWine country in flower · 15 Oct – 30 Nov (usually)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.91climate
  3. 🇦🇺 Canberra, AustraliaFloriade · 12 Sep – 11 OctA million bulbs planted in Commonwealth Park for a month from mid-September.87climate
  4. 🇦🇺 Kangaroo Island, AustraliaSpring wildflowers and orchids · 15 Aug – 31 Oct (usually)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.86climate
  5. 🇨🇳 Hangzhou, ChinaOsmanthus · 20 Sep – 20 Oct (usually)Hangzhou's other autumn smell.85climate
  6. 🇨🇳 Guilin, ChinaOsmanthus in flower · 20 Sep – 20 Oct (usually)The city is named after the tree and for a couple of weeks in autumn the whole centre smells of it.85climate
  7. 🇨🇳 Shanghai, ChinaOsmanthus in flower · 20 Sep – 20 Oct (usually)For a fortnight the older streets and every park smell of osmanthus, and the bakeries and tea houses put it into everything.84climate
  8. 🇨🇳 Suzhou, ChinaOsmanthus in flower · 20 Sep – 20 Oct (usually)You smell it before you see it, for about three weeks, all over the old town.84climate
  9. 🇦🇺 Margaret River, AustraliaSouthwest wildflowers · 15 Aug – 15 Nov (usually)The forest floor and the heath along the Cape to Cape flower from late August: orchids, kangaroo paw, banksia.83climate
  10. 🇦🇺 Katoomba, AustraliaWaratahs and heath in flower · 15 Sep – 15 Nov (usually)Waratahs come out along the cliff-top tracks in spring, with the heath and boronia around them.79climate
  11. 🇦🇺 Uluru, AustraliaDesert wildflowers · 15 Aug – 15 Oct (usually)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.74climate
  12. 🇫🇯 Taveuni, FijiTagimoucia in flower · 1 Oct – 31 Dec (usually)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.71climate
  13. 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, IndiaBathukamma · 20 Sep – 25 Oct (usually)Nine evenings when Telangana women build and float tiered flower stacks on the tanks and lakes, singing round them in a circle.69climate
  14. 🇻🇳 Dalat, VietnamDã quỳ wild sunflower · 25 Oct – 5 Dec (usually)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.64climate
  15. 🇻🇳 Ha Giang, VietnamBuckwheat flower season · 15 Oct – 20 Dec (usually)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.62climate

What's on around the world in October →

Wildflowers & blooms in November

  1. 🇨🇱 Santiago, ChileWine country in flower · 15 Oct – 30 Nov (usually)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.92climate
  2. 🇦🇺 Margaret River, AustraliaSouthwest wildflowers · 15 Aug – 15 Nov (usually)The forest floor and the heath along the Cape to Cape flower from late August: orchids, kangaroo paw, banksia.90climate
  3. 🇧🇷 Gramado, BrazilHydrangeas on the roadsides · 1 Nov – 31 Jan (usually)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.85climate
  4. 🇦🇺 Katoomba, AustraliaWaratahs and heath in flower · 15 Sep – 15 Nov (usually)Waratahs come out along the cliff-top tracks in spring, with the heath and boronia around them.80climate
  5. 🇧🇷 Campos do Jordão, BrazilHydrangeas in flower · 15 Nov – 15 Feb (usually)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.78climate
  6. 🇻🇳 Ha Giang, VietnamBuckwheat flower season · 15 Oct – 20 Dec (usually)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.77climate
  7. 🇫🇯 Taveuni, FijiTagimoucia in flower · 1 Oct – 31 Dec (usually)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.75climate
  8. 🇻🇳 Dalat, VietnamDã quỳ wild sunflower · 25 Oct – 5 Dec (usually)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.73climate
  9. 🇳🇿 Lake Tekapo, New ZealandLupins along the lake · 15 Nov – 10 Jan (usually)Russell lupins take the lakeshore and the river flats for about six weeks from late November.72climate
  10. 🇦🇷 San Carlos de Bariloche, ArgentinaLupins on the roadsides · 15 Nov – 10 Jan (usually)Introduced lupins take over the verges and lake shores from mid-November, at the same time as the long light and the Patagonian wind.70climate
  11. 🇳🇿 Queenstown, New ZealandLupins along the roads · 15 Nov – 5 Jan (usually)Russell lupins take over the roadsides and river flats towards Wanaka and the Mackenzie for about six weeks.68climate

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Wildflowers & blooms in December

  1. 🇻🇳 Dalat, VietnamDã quỳ wild sunflower · 25 Oct – 5 Dec (usually)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.84climate
  2. 🇧🇷 Gramado, BrazilHydrangeas on the roadsides · 1 Nov – 31 Jan (usually)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.84climate
  3. 🇦🇷 San Carlos de Bariloche, ArgentinaLupins on the roadsides · 15 Nov – 10 Jan (usually)Introduced lupins take over the verges and lake shores from mid-November, at the same time as the long light and the Patagonian wind.76climate
  4. 🇻🇳 Ha Giang, VietnamBuckwheat flower season · 15 Oct – 20 Dec (usually)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.75climate
  5. 🇳🇿 Lake Tekapo, New ZealandLupins along the lake · 15 Nov – 10 Jan (usually)Russell lupins take the lakeshore and the river flats for about six weeks from late November.75climate
  6. 🇧🇷 Campos do Jordão, BrazilHydrangeas in flower · 15 Nov – 15 Feb (usually)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.75climate
  7. 🇳🇿 Queenstown, New ZealandLupins along the roads · 15 Nov – 5 Jan (usually)Russell lupins take over the roadsides and river flats towards Wanaka and the Mackenzie for about six weeks.72climate
  8. 🇦🇺 Perisher Valley, AustraliaKosciuszko wildflowers · 15 Dec – 31 Jan (usually)The high plains flower for a few weeks after the melt and the Main Range walks open up.69climate
  9. 🇦🇺 Falls Creek, AustraliaHigh Plains wildflowers · 15 Dec – 15 Feb (usually)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.67climate
  10. 🇫🇯 Taveuni, FijiTagimoucia in flower · 1 Oct – 31 Dec (usually)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.66climate

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