BLOSSOM GUIDE 2022, UPDATED YEARLY (2025)
Blossom season is about to kick off. Usually at the end of February, beginning of March the first flowers start to show. In this blogpost you will find my recommendations for the best flowers and blossoms in Eindhoven. I will try to indicate when the pictures were taken, so you have a rough indication on when to find them. Please note that sometimes the seasons are a few weeks off and that blossoms can be late and early. I hope that you enjoy my flower guide and that it inspires you to go on a flower adventure yourself. If you have flower recommendations I would love to hear them in the comments 🙂
Daffodils
The daffodils are usually the start of blossom season and I am very lucky to live close to the GGzE where you will find lots of daffodils. You will also find lots of daffodils planted near busy roads, but I don’t find that ideal for taking pictures. However, GGzE is peaceful and quiet and an easy spot to take good pictures. Last year GGzE did some new landscaping, I hope the flowers have recovered from that. You will also find great fields of daffodils at Strijp: in Strijp-S behind the Veemgebouw and at Groenewoudseweg.
Magnolias
Magnolias are my favorite type of blossoms and luckily you will find them scattered all over Eindhoven. Two of my favorite magnolias can be found at the Boschdijk, opposite GGzE and near the intersection with the Barrierweg. For the magnolias you will want to visit the oldest neighborhoods of Eindhoven because these have the biggest magnolias. Several boroughs are great for spotting magnolias and I recommend going on a walk in these boroughs when the magnolias are peaking: Villapark, the fancy boroughs near Stadswandelpark and the area surrounding the Evoluon. The park of Evoluon itself has enormous magnolias that are lined next to each other, a truly magnificent spot! In 2024 the magnolias were in bloom around March 15.
Boschdijk
Cherry blossom
No, you don’t have to go to Almere or Amsterdam to find beautiful pink cherry blossoms, we also have them in Eindhoven. There are two main sorts of varieties that have a different blooming period: the small light pink/white blossoms which usually bloom in March and the big hot pink ones which usually bloom in April. I will highlight the earlier blooming varieties first.
A very picturesque street with cherry blossoms is the Schellingstraat. This street is located in the Irisbuurt, which features more photogenic cherry blossoms. If you are visiting the Irisbuurt it is only a short walk to the Witte Dorp, where the Sint Odastraat features a few enormous cherry blossoms. In Strijp at Groenwoudseweg you will find a little park with cherry blossoms.
In 2023 I discovered a cherry blossom park in the Vlinderbuurt in Tongelre. I think there actually are over 100 trees in this location! I took these pictures at the end of March in 2023, but in 2024 they bloomed two weeks earlier.
My favorite cherry blossoms can be found in a little park at Europalaan. I had posted my pictures on social media a few years ago and I think I have influenced other people because they have become a popular photo spot. Last year these cherries were in bloom really early and I took my pictures on April 7.
In 2023 I was finally able to take pictures with the cherry blossoms at Strijp. Opposite the Klokgebouw you will find a little park with massive cherry blossoms. In 2024 these cherries were at peak bloom on April 7.
Wisteria
The past few years the wisteria season in Eindhoven hasn’t been great. These pictures have been taken earlier than that. I hope that 2025 will be another great wisteria year! Eindhoven has three good spots for wisteria: at restaurant Usine, on the flats at Karel de Grotelaan and at Strijp-S at the bus-lane with steel constructions. At the last spot I haven’t taken great pictures yet, but it is a lovely spot nonetheless and the wisteria is incredibly big. Wisteria usually blooms at the end of April/beginning of May. Below you will find my pictures of the wisteria at restaurant Usine & Karel de Grotelaan.
Rhododendrons
In 2024 my rhododendron spot has been destroyed. I yearly took pictures at the rhododendrons of the GGzE, but in 2024 the rhododendrons have been cut back severely. I think it will take a few years before the rhododendrons look like my pictures again… However there is another option: Philips de Jongh park! Next to the cycle lanes and at the field of grass in the beginning of the park there are beautiful rhododendrons as well!
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