It’s almost that time of year, when gardens burst with color and perfumed petals float in the breeze. Here are some of the botanical attractions blooming around the country over the next couple of months.

At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York City, the annual Japanese-themed cherry blossom festival, Sakura Matsuri, will take place Saturday-April 29, but the season for visiting the flowering cherry trees is already under way and continues through early May. May is also the month for lilacs and azaleas at the Brooklyn garden, while June is a peak time for visiting the roses; http://www.bbg.org.

In another of the Big Apple’s boroughs, the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx — http://www.nybg.org — is hosting an exhibit of tropical flora called “Caribbean Gardens: Journey to Paradise,” Friday-Sept. 16.

Daffodil Days run now through April 29 at the Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, Bristol, R.I., http://www.blithe wold.org.

The Festival of Flowers lasts through May 20 at the Biltmore Estate, Asheville, N.C.; http://www.biltmore.com.

Nantucket Annual Daffodil Festival Weekend takes place Friday-April 29, Nantucket Island, Mass.; http://www.nantucket chamber.org.

Annual tulip festivals take place now through April 30 in Skagit Valley, Wash., http://www. tulipfestival.org, and May 5-12, in Holland, Mich., http://www.tulip time.com. And, of course, Albany’s own fest takes place May 11-13, http://www.albanyevents.org/ tulip_festival/.

At Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, in Coral Gables, Fla., Dale Chihuly’s glass sculptures remain on display until May 31; http://www.fairchildgarden.org/.

source : timesunion.com