Summer seasonal basket of yellow ranunculus, snapdragons, daisies and eucalyptus, Adore Flowers, Los Angeles

What Flowers Are in Season in Los Angeles Right Now?

By Doina, Founder and lead floral designer, 6 years of floral design experience Published July 3, 2026 Updated August 25, 2026

Right now, in late summer, Adore Flowers is buying dahlias, garden roses, zinnias, lisianthus and hydrangea. Southern California's climate gives Los Angeles an unusually long flower season, so something is always at its peak.

What is in season decides what is freshest and what holds up longest in a warm room. The market moves every few weeks, which is why a designer's choice arrangement is almost always the better buy. Below is the year as we buy it, plus the one window worth planning around.

Why does Los Angeles have such a long flower season?

Because the city sits in a Mediterranean climate, one of only five regions on earth with one. Those regions share mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers, according to the UC Master Gardener Program.

In practice the calendar here stretches and overlaps rather than snapping shut. Cool-season stems run late into spring, heat-loving ones start early, and the two overlap for weeks.

What is in season in spring?

Spring is the showiest stretch of our year. Ranunculus peaks alongside tulips, anemone, stock, freesia, lilac and the first garden roses. Ranunculus is a cool-season flower, and UC Master Gardeners note it blooms until late April or so before warmth ends it for the year.

Sweet pea is the one people ask for by scent. It blooms from spring to early summer, then goes to seed by early to mid-June. If you want sweet pea in an arrangement, spring is the only honest answer.

What is in season in summer?

Summer belongs to dahlias. They come in every scale, from dinner-plate heads to small pompons, next to full garden roses, zinnias, cosmos, lisianthus and hydrangea. This is the season for loose, garden-style work with movement in it.

Heat is the trade-off. In six years of building arrangements here I have learned to buy tighter in August. A bloom that looks perfect at the market is fully open by dinner.

Hydrangea is the summer stem people underrate. It gives a whole arrangement its shoulders, and it holds in a warm room better than any garden rose will.

What is in season in autumn and winter?

Early autumn keeps the dahlias going, then the palette warms into chrysanthemum, marigold, celosia, amaranth and textural seed heads. Branches and foliage start doing more of the work. Arrangements get more architectural and hold longer.

Winter here is generous. Early ranunculus and anemone return, joined by paperwhites and narcissus, camellia, hellebore, tulips and fragrant citrus foliage. It is a quieter palette and my favorite one to design in.

When is peony season in Southern California?

Roughly late April into early June, and it closes fast. Peony is the shortest window we buy all year, and the one people plan events and birthdays around.

If a date in May matters to you, tell us a week or two ahead so we can buy for it. Outside that window we will say so rather than substitute something and hope.

Which seasonal stems hold up longest?

Lisianthus, chrysanthemum and alstroemeria, by a clear margin. They keep their shape in a warm room for well over a week, which matters in a city this warm.

The soft ones are worth the trade. A fully open garden rose and a ranunculus at their peak have a shorter run, so most of our arrangements carry both and change gently across the week.

Does buying in season cost less?

Not exactly, but it buys more. At $150 a seasonal stem at its peak gives you a fuller, better arrangement than the same money spent on something flown in against the calendar.

Out-of-season stems carry freight, storage and loss in their price, and they arrive already partway through their vase life. In season, the money goes into the flowers.

How do you order whatever is best this week?

Ask for designer's choice and we build from that morning's buy. The everyday collection works exactly that way and starts at $150, and the signature collection shows the same seasonal buying at a larger scale. Orders placed before 11 AM, Monday through Saturday, leave the studio the same day, from Downtown out to Silver Lake around the reservoir in 90026 and across the city.

Questions, answered

What flowers are in season in Los Angeles right now?

In late summer, LA arrangements lean on dahlias, garden roses, zinnias, lisianthus and hydrangea. The market changes every few weeks, so a designer's choice arrangement is always built from what is genuinely at its peak.

Does Los Angeles really have flower seasons?

Yes, though the Mediterranean climate stretches them. Mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers mean cool-season stems like ranunculus and anemone run long, while heat-loving dahlias hold on into autumn.

When can I get peonies in Los Angeles?

Roughly late April into early June at the market we buy from. It is the shortest and most requested window of our year, so peony is worth asking about a week or two ahead.

Which seasonal flowers last the longest?

Lisianthus, chrysanthemum and alstroemeria hold well past a week. Fully open garden roses and ranunculus have a shorter, better peak. Most arrangements mix both so they change gently.

Is there a seasonal florist near me in Los Angeles?

We buy in the Downtown Flower District and deliver across Los Angeles, Monday through Saturday, on orders placed before 11 AM. Arrangements start at $150. See the delivery page for coverage.

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