The gate to the Oak Spring garden.

Apple trees are espaliered against the whitewashed walls of the Oak Spring garden. The beds are planted with French Rose Blend Tulip, Frittilaria persica, Fritillaria persica ‘Green Dreams,’ Dicentra spectabilis, Narcissus ‘Sailboat’, and Muscari ‘Valerie Finnis.’

A look down the garden’s main axis, from the gate towards the Mellon residence. Walkways bordered by Viola wittrockiana ‘Nature Antique Shades.’

Stepover cordons – apple and pear trees trained into a low fence – help delineate different sections of the garden.

Crocus tommasinianus are among the earliest flowers to bloom in spring.

The allee of Mary Potter crabapple trees is beginning to bud. The beds are planted with Viola x wittrockiana Matrix ‘True Blue’ pansies.

Daffodils outside of the Oak Spring Gallery and Apple House.

The Asian pear tree trained against the front facade of the Mellon residence is starting to bloom.

Glory-of-the-Snow (Chionodoxa sp.) growing outside the main residence.

Muscari armeniacum, or grape hyacinths, in bloom outside of the Oak Spring Garden Library.

Oak Spring Garden Library

Saucer magnolia (Magnolia soulangeana) in full bloom

Anemone blanda

Snowdrops (galanthus) growing in the Oak Spring cemetery.