Plants: Plants in Bloom

Plant bloom times can vary depending on conditions. Results show plants that normally bloom at the time of year indicated.

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Plant Name

Location 

Bloom Time 

 Bauhinia (Orchid Tree): Cow's Hoof Tree
(Bauhinia forficata)

  San Diego Zoo

Spring thru summer  

 Buckeye: Indian Horsechestnut
(Aesculus indica)

  San Diego Zoo

June & July  

 Buckwheat: California Buckwheat
(Eriogonum fasciculatum)

  Wild Animal Park

May-October  

 Cape Honeysuckle
(Tecomaria capensis)

  Wild Animal Park

Spring to Winter  

 Chinese Fringe Tree
(Chionanthus retusus)

  San Diego Zoo

June & July  

 Coral Tree (Erythrina)
(Erythrina x Bidwillii)

  San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park

Spring to Winter  

 Coral Tree (Erythrina): Natal or Dwarf Coral Tree
(Erythrina humeana)

  San Diego Zoo

July-Sept.  

 Cottonwood: Fremont Cottonwood, Western Cottonwood
(Populus fremontii)

  Wild Animal Park

Summer  

 Flaxleaf Paperbark or Snow in Summer Tree
(Melaleuca linariifolia)

  San Diego Zoo

July  

 Geranium: Carpet Geranium
(Geranium incanum)

  Wild Animal Park

Spring thru Fall  

 Ginger: Shell Ginger
(Alpinia zerumbet)

  San Diego Zoo

Summer  

 Ginger: True Ginger
(Zingiber officinale)

  San Diego Zoo

Summer  

 Hauya
(Hauya elegans)

  San Diego Zoo

mid-summer  

 Iceplant
(Delosperma and Lamprathus)

  Wild Animal Park

spring and summer  

 Iceplant: Hottentot Fig
(Carpobrotus edulis)

 

year-round, peak in late spring-early summer