What's in Season
Hues runs on bloom time, not calendar time. Every week here looks a little different — a bed wakes up, a favorite comes into its own, the light changes. This page follows the park through it all: what’s blooming now, what’s quietly on its way, and when to come see the flowers you’ve been waiting for.
Flowers keep their own calendar, though. A warm spring coaxes everything about a week early; a cold, wet one asks everyone to wait a little longer. That’s part of the charm — and why it’s worth checking here before you visit. We keep this page current, so the park you imagine is the park you’ll find.
This Week at Hues
The 2026 season has ended
The first hard frost arrived on Saturday morning, October 24, and brought the season to a close — the dahlias, as they do, bowed out overnight. Thank you to everyone who wandered, picked, and lingered a while longer than planned this season. The park is resting now. Underneath that rest, November planting for next spring has already begun — the next season is quietly on its way.
Updated October 25, 2026
Sample Gallery
A Sample of What’s Blooming
No two weeks at Hues look the same. This is a sample of what’s blooming, in pictures — this year, the dahlia beds. As the seasons turn, the mosaic turns with them: spring’s flowers will take their place here as they bloom.
Looking for a particular variety? The full collection lives on Dusty’s Dahlias.
Coming Soon
Spring 2027 Starts Now
Planted this November
Ranunculus and anemone corms, sweet pea seed, and beds of hardy annuals go in this fall — they root quietly all winter to bloom for Mother’s Day.
May’s main attractions
Russell lupine, columbine, iris, and giant alliums headline next May from the perennial park border.
Curious how a spring gets built? See what we’re working on now.
Season at a Glance
The Year in Blooms
Early May
Mother's Day Blooms
Spring opens with the cutting beds. They are planted in November, sleep all winter beneath frost cloth, and wake — quietly, then all at once — just in time to be gathered into arms on Mother’s Day.
- Ranunculus & anemone — the headline Mother’s Day cut flowers
- Sweet peas on the entrance fence — fragrance is the first thing you meet
- Stock & snapdragons
- Dutch iris & the last late tulips
- Iceland poppies & lilac
May
The Main Attractions
Mid-to-late May belongs to the perennial park border — tall spires, drifting globes, and unhurried color that carries the park gently from the spring cutting beds into summer.
- Russell lupine — spires in every color
- Columbine — delicate, dancing blooms
- Iris — bearded iris in full dress
- Giant alliums — huge globes floating over the beds
- Putting on a show alongside them: foxglove, alliums, and early alliums
June – July
The Cottage Beds Fill In
The hardy annual cottage bed — direct-sown the previous fall — comes into its own, and the first dahlias open as the park’s U-pick season gets underway in July.
- Larkspur, nigella & bachelor’s buttons
- Calendula, scabiosa & poppies
- Foxglove spires carry into summer
- First dahlias in July
August – September
Peak Dahlia Season
This is the big show. Hundreds of dahlia varieties bloom at once — dinnerplates, balls, pompoms, cactus and collarettes in nearly every color — and the park is at its most abundant.
- Hundreds of dahlia varieties at once
- U-pick at its best — new varieties open every week
- September’s Dahlia Festival
October
The Fall Finale — Until the First Hard Frost
The dahlias keep going, deeper and richer in color, until the first hard frost ends the season overnight — usually sometime in October. It’s the last, and some say the loveliest, chapter of the year.
- Dahlias in autumn tones
- Season ends at the first hard frost
Plan Your Visit
The park is closed for the season, resting the way gardens do. When we’re open, hours are every day, 9:30 AM to sunset, with free admission and U-pick starting at $20. Reopening dates will be announced here and on our socials — spring comes quickly once the beds begin to wake.
Hues Floral Park, A little world apart.
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