When the first yellow buds of witch hazel appear, it’s clear that life is returning to the Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.

With flowering trees, daffodils, and more than 240,000 tulips bursting into bloom, Spring Blooms creates a symphony of color like no other season.

This month (April), the Idea Garden and Flower Garden Walk have burst into bloom with spring bulbs and tulips in a rainbow of color.

Spring annuals, including pot marigolds and snapdragons, arrive in May — when Peirce’s Woods abounds with native azaleas, columbines, Virginia bluebells, and foam-flowers.

Discover what’s blooming throughout the Gardens during Spring Blooms, open now through May 23, 2014.