![Arched bridge at the Japanese Garden](http://trysomethingfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Japanese-Garden-Descanso.jpg)
Arched bridge at the Japanese Garden with lush foliage, fuchsia azalea flowers and sweeping ‘Beni-Hoshi’ cherry blossoms.
Tucked away in Los Angeles is the dreamy 150-acre public botanical garden known as Descanso Gardens. Their famed Camellia collection is the largest in North America and the gardens are also home to the remainder of a magical oak tree forest that once consumed the entire region. This spring their Japanese Garden offered cherry trees in full bloom and a sprawling lilac garden with amazingly fragrant blooms. I thought you’d enjoy a peek!
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Draping ‘Hana-Fuki’ Camellia flowers.
![Hana-Fuki Camellia buds](http://trysomethingfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Hana-Fuki-Camellia-buds.jpg)
One of the many budding camellia flowers.
![IMG_5189](http://trysomethingfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_5189.jpg)
Camellia flowers are in full bloom with varying shades of pink.
![photo under cherry blossom tree](http://trysomethingfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_5193.jpg)
Cherry blossom season draws smiling visitors eager for photo ops with the blossoms.
![canopy of cherry blossoms](http://trysomethingfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_5185-2.jpg)
Under a canopy of ‘Akebono’ cherry blossoms.
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Delicate ‘Akebono’ cherry blossoms.
![Japanese Garden Stonework](http://trysomethingfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_5251.jpg)
Japanese Maple trees in shades of green to copper are scattered throughout the garden.
![Koi fish in the Japanese Garden pond.](http://trysomethingfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_5268.jpg)
Koi fish in the Japanese Garden pond.
![flowering tree white fluttery petals](http://trysomethingfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/flowering-tree-white-fluttery-petals.jpg)
Flowering tree with teensy-tiny white fluttering petals.
![Large Oak Tree](http://trysomethingfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_5180.jpg)
One of the many captivating oak trees at Descanso.
![lilac buds](http://trysomethingfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/lilac-buds.jpg)
Budding ‘Necker’ lilac flowers.
![Lilac Garden](http://trysomethingfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_5238.jpg)
The Lilac Garden has over 400 plants and 250 different types!
![](http://trysomethingfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_5149.jpg)
Chinese Wisteria vines hang delicately from a pergola.
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Purple and white Chinese Wisteria flowers.
![White icelandic poppies.](http://trysomethingfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/white-icelandic-poppies.jpg)
White Icelandic poppies.
![Vibrant gardens](http://trysomethingfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_5284.jpg)
Vibrant gardens line the Promenade.
![](http://trysomethingfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/icelandic-poppies.jpg)
Breezy Icelandic poppies.
![tulip garden](http://trysomethingfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_5287.jpg)
Tulips in a beautiful shade of pink.
![red and yellow tulips](http://trysomethingfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/red-and-yellow-tulips.jpg)
Some of the most stunning tulips I have ever seen.
![dusty-rose colored bed of unusual tulips](http://trysomethingfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_5282.jpg)
Fringed blooms known as ‘Sensual Touch’ tulips.
To plan your visit go to www.descansogardens.org.