Parks in Bloom
Brooklyn Bloom Guide
* — denotes a plant native to the New York City area.
April
- Azalea (Rhododendron spp.)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: Garden 1, BQE between Joramelon St. & Grace Ct.; Garden 2, BQE between Grace Ct. & Remsen St.; Garden 3, BQE between Remsen & Montague Sts.; Garden 4, BQE & end of Montague St.; Garden 5, BQE between Montague and Pierrepont Sts.; Garden 6, BQE between Pierrepont & Clark Sts.; Garden 7, BQE between Clark & Pineapple Sts.; Garden 8, Pineapple St. between BQE & Columbia Heights; Garden 9, BQE between Pineapple & Orange Sts.
- Cherry Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus)
- Borough Hall: Joralemon Street, Lenox Street & Cadman Plaza West
- Prospect Park: 9th St. Entrance
- Cherry Tree (Prunus spp.)
- Borough Hall: Joralemon Street, Lenox Street & Cadman Plaza West
- Prospect Park
- Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia)*
- Prospect Park
Crabapple (Malus spp.)
Crabapple (Malus spp.)- John Paul Jones Park: Shore Parkway, Fort hamilton Parkway & 101 Street
- Prospect Park
- Daffodil (Narcissus spp.)
- McGolrick Park: Driggs to Nassau Avenue, Russell to Monitor Street
- Cuyler Gore: Fulton Cumberland Street & Greene Avenue
- John Paul Jones Park: Shore Parkway, Fort Hamilton Parkway & 101 Street
- Bensonhurst Park: Gravesend Bay, 21 & Cropsey Avenue, Bay Parkway
- Underwood Park: Lafayette & Washington Avenue
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: Garden 1, BQE between Joramelon St. & Grace Ct.; Garden 2, BQE between Grace Ct. & Remsen St.; Garden 3, BQE between Remsen & Montague Sts.; Garden 4, BQE & end of Montague St.; Garden 5, BQE between Montague and Pierrepont Sts.; Garden 6, BQE between Pierrepont & Clark Sts.; Garden 7, BQE between Clark & Pineapple Sts.; Garden 8, Pineapple St. between BQE & Columbia Heights; Garden 9, BQE between Pineapple & Orange Sts.
- Narrows Botanical Garden: Shore Road, 69 Street & 72 Street
- Prospect Park
- Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)*
- Prospect Park
- Flowering quince (Chaenomeles spp.)
- Prospect Park
- Forsythia (Forsythia x intermedia)
- Underwood Park: Lafayette & Washington Avenue
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: Garden 1, BQE between Joramelon St. & Grace Ct.; Garden 2, BQE between Grace Ct. & Remsen St.; Garden 3, BQE between Remsen & Montague Sts.; Garden 4, BQE & end of Montague St.; Garden 5, BQE between Montague and Pierrepont Sts.; Garden 6, BQE between Pierrepont & Clark Sts.; Garden 7, BQE between Clark & Pineapple Sts.; Garden 8, Pineapple St. between BQE & Columbia Heights; Garden 9, BQE between Pineapple & Orange Sts.
- Narrows Botanical Gardens: Shore Road, 69 Street & 72 Street
- Grand Army Plaza
- Prospect Park
- Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.)
- Prospect Park
Japanese Skimmia (Skimmia japonica)
Japanese skimmia (Skimmia japonica)- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: Garden 1, BQE between Joramelon St. & Grace Ct.; Garden 2, BQE between Grace Ct. & Remsen St.; Garden 3, BQE between Remsen & Montague Sts.; Garden 4, BQE & end of Montague St.; Garden 5, BQE between Montague and Pierrepont Sts.; Garden 6, BQE between Pierrepont & Clark Sts.; Garden 7, BQE between Clark & Pineapple Sts.; Garden 8, Pineapple St. between BQE & Columbia Heights; Garden 9, BQE between Pineapple & Orange Sts.
- Lily-Of-The-Valley Shrub (Pieris japonica)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: Garden 1, BQE between Joramelon St. & Grace Ct.; Garden 2, BQE between Grace Ct. & Remsen St.; Garden 3, BQE between Remsen & Montague Sts.; Garden 4, BQE & end of Montague St.; Garden 5, BQE between Montague and Pierrepont Sts.; Garden 6, BQE between Pierrepont & Clark Sts.; Garden 7, BQE between Clark & Pineapple Sts.; Garden 8, Pineapple St. between BQE & Columbia Heights; Garden 9, BQE between Pineapple & Orange Sts.
- Quince (Cydonia oblonga)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: Garden 1, BQE between Joramelon St. & Grace Ct.; Garden 2, BQE between Grace Ct. & Remsen St.; Garden 3, BQE between Remsen & Montague Sts.; Garden 4, BQE & end of Montague St.; Garden 5, BQE between Montague and Pierrepont Sts.; Garden 6, BQE between Pierrepont & Clark Sts.; Garden 7, BQE between Clark & Pineapple Sts.; Garden 8, Pineapple St. between BQE & Columbia Heights; Garden 9, BQE between Pineapple & Orange Sts.
- Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
- Cuyler Gore: Cumberland Street, Greene Avenue
- Bensonhurst Park: Gravesend Bay, 21 & Cropsey Ave, Bay Parkway
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: Garden 1, BQE between Joramelon St. & Grace Ct.; Garden 2, BQE between Grace Ct. & Remsen St.; Garden 3, BQE between Remsen & Montague Sts.; Garden 4, BQE & end of Montague St.; Garden 5, BQE between Montague and Pierrepont Sts.; Garden 6, BQE between Pierrepont & Clark Sts.; Garden 7, BQE between Clark & Pineapple Sts.; Garden 8, Pineapple St. between BQE & Columbia Heights; Garden 9, BQE between Pineapple & Orange Sts.
- Prospect Park
- Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis)*
- John Paul Jones Park: Shore Parkway, Fort Hamilton Parkway & 101 Street
- Prospect Park
- Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)*
- Prospect Park
Tulip (Tulipa spp.)
Tulips (Tulipa spp.)- McGolrick Park
- Cuyler Gore: Cumberland Street, Greene Avenue
- John Paul Jones Park: Shore Parkway, Fort Hamilton Parkway & 101 Street
- Bensonhurst Park: Gravesend Bay, 21 & Cropsey Avenue, Bay Parkway
- Borough Hall: Joralemon Street, Lenox Street & Cadman Plaza West
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: Garden 1, BQE between Joramelon St. & Grace Ct.; Garden 2, BQE between Grace Ct. & Remsen St.; Garden 3, BQE between Remsen & Montague Sts.; Garden 4, BQE & end of Montague St.; Garden 5, BQE between Montague and Pierrepont Sts.; Garden 6, BQE between Pierrepont & Clark Sts.; Garden 7, BQE between Clark & Pineapple Sts.; Garden 8, Pineapple St. between BQE & Columbia Heights; Garden 9, BQE between Pineapple & Orange Sts.
- Narrows Botanical Garden: Shore Road, 69 Street & 72 Street
May
- Ajuga (Ajuga spp.)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Azalea (Rhododendron spp.)
- Borough Hall
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: Garden 1, BQE between Joramelon St. & Grace Ct.; Garden 2, BQE between Grace Ct. & Remsen St.; Garden 3, BQE between Remsen & Montague Sts.; Garden 4, BQE & end of Montague St.; Garden 5, BQE between Montague and Pierrepont Sts.; Garden 6, BQE between Pierrepont & Clark Sts.; Garden 7, BQE between Clark & Pineapple Sts.; Garden 8, Pineapple St. between BQE & Columbia Heights; Garden 9, BQE between Pineapple & Orange Sts.
- Bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Cherry laurel (prunus laurocerasus)
- Borough Hall: Joralemon Street, Lenox Street & Cadman Plaza West
- Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia)*
- Prospect Park
- Coral bells (Heuchera spp.)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)*
- Prospect Park
- Underwood Park
- Flowering quince (Chaenomeles spp.)
- Prospect Park
- Cuyler Gore
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Giant allium (Allium giganteum)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.)
- Narrows Botanical Garden
- Iris (Iris spp.)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Japanese Skimmia (Skimmia japonica)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: Garden 1, BQE between Joramelon St. & Grace Ct.; Garden 2, BQE between Grace Ct. & Remsen St.; Garden 3, BQE between Remsen & Montague Sts.; Garden 4, BQE & end of Montague St.; Garden 5, BQE between Montague and Pierrepont Sts.; Garden 6, BQE between Pierrepont & Clark Sts.; Garden 7, BQE between Clark & Pineapple Sts.; Garden 8, Pineapple St. between BQE & Columbia Heights; Garden 9, BQE between Pineapple & Orange Sts.
- Lily-Of-The-Valley Shrub (Pieris japonica)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: Garden 1, BQE between Joramelon St. & Grace Ct.; Garden 2, BQE between Grace Ct. & Remsen St.; Garden 3, BQE between Remsen & Montague Sts.; Garden 4, BQE & end of Montague St.; Garden 5, BQE between Montague and Pierrepont Sts.; Garden 6, BQE between Pierrepont & Clark Sts.; Garden 7, BQE between Clark & Pineapple Sts.; Garden 8, Pineapple St. between BQE & Columbia Heights; Garden 9, BQE between Pineapple & Orange Sts.
- Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
- Underwood Park
- Pinks (Dianthus spp.)
- Narrows Botanical Garden
- Quince (Cydonia oblonga)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: Garden 1, BQE between Joramelon St. & Grace Ct.; Garden 2, BQE between Grace Ct. & Remsen St.; Garden 3, BQE between Remsen & Montague Sts.; Garden 4, BQE & end of Montague St.; Garden 5, BQE between Montague and Pierrepont Sts.; Garden 6, BQE between Pierrepont & Clark Sts.; Garden 7, BQE between Clark & Pineapple Sts.; Garden 8, Pineapple St. between BQE & Columbia Heights; Garden 9, BQE between Pineapple & Orange Sts.
- Rose (Rosa spp.)
- McGolrick Park
- Cuyler Gore
- Bensonhurst Park
- Borough Hall
- Underwood Park
- Narrows Botanical Garden
- Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius)
- Underwood Park
- Serviceberry (Amelancier spp.)
- John Paul Jones Park
- Southern arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum)
- Underwood Park
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Narrows Botanical Garden
- Spiraea (Spiraea spp.)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Tulip (Tulipa spp.)
- McGolrick Park
- Cuyler Gore: Cumberland Street, Greene Avenue
- John Paul Jones Park: Shore Parkway, Fort Hamilton Parkway & 101 Street
- Bensonhurst Park: Gravesend Bay, 21 & Cropsey Avenue, Bay Parkway
- Borough Hall: Joralemon Street, Lenox Street & Cadman Plaza West
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: Garden 1, BQE between Joramelon St. & Grace Ct.; Garden 2, BQE between Grace Ct. & Remsen St.; Garden 3, BQE between Remsen & Montague Sts.; Garden 4, BQE & end of Montague St.; Garden 5, BQE between Montague and Pierrepont Sts.; Garden 6, BQE between Pierrepont & Clark Sts.; Garden 7, BQE between Clark & Pineapple Sts.; Garden 8, Pineapple St. between BQE & Columbia Heights; Garden 9, BQE between Pineapple & Orange Sts.
- Narrows Botanical Garden: Shore Road 69 Street & 72 Street
- Underwood Park
June
- Adam's Needle, Spanish bayonet (Yucca filamentosa)
- Underwood Park
- Black-eyed Susan (Rudibeckia fulgida)
- Underwood Park
- Butterfly bush (Buddleia spp.)
- Underwood Park
- Narrows Botanical Garden
- Common bugleweed (Ajuga reptans)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Giant Allium (Allium giganteum)
- John Paul Jones
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Hollyhock (alcea spp.)
- McGolrick
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Hosta (Hosta spp.)
- McGolrick
- John Paul Jones Park
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Hydrangea (Hydrangea spp.)
- Bensonhurst
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Iris (Iris spp.)
- Borough Hall
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Narrows Botanical Garden
- Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
- Cuyler Gore
- Borough Hall
- Lenten Rose (Helleborus spp.)
- Underwood Park
- Lilyturf (Liriope spicata)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
- Underwood Park
- Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Rock cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Rose (Rosa spp.)
- McGolrick
- Cuyler Gore
- Bensonhurst
- Borough Hall
- Underwood Park
- Narrows Botanical Garden
- Snow-in-summer (Cerastium tomentosum)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Narrows Botanical Garden
- Spiraea (Spiraea spp.)
- John Paul Jones Park
- Bensonhurst
July
- Begonia (Begonia semperflorens)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Columbus Park: Brooklyn Borough Hall
- Fulton Park
- Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida)
- Gateway to Coney Island: Ocean Parkway & Surf Ave.
- John Paul Jones Park
- Butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii)
- Brooklyn War Memorial
- Upper Leif Ericson Park Park
- Frasier Square: Kings Hwy. at Ave. M
- Breukelen Playground: Williams Ave., Stanley and Flatlands
- Meadow at Brooklyn Bridge
- Canna spp.
- Prospect Park: Litchfield Villa; Music Grove and 9th Street Entrance
- Grand Army Plaza
- Columbus Park: Brooklyn Borough Hall
- Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam'
- Columbus Park: Fleur de Lis
- Daylily (Hemerocallis spp.)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Breukelen Playground: Williams Ave, Stanley & Flatlands
- Carroll Park
- Brooklyn War Memorial
- Garden phlox (Phlox paniculata)
- John Paul Jones Park
- Carroll Park: Smith & President Sts.
- Kaiser Park
- Fulton Park
- Glossy abelia (Abelia grandiflora)
- Carroll Park: President Street
- McLaughlin Park: Flatbush and Tillary
- Hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Brooklyn Bridge Meadow: Cadman Plaza West and Prospect Avenue
- Hosta spp.
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Brooklyn War Memorial
- Columbus Park
- Impatiens spp.
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Columbus Park: Brooklyn Borough Hall
- Joe-pye weed (Eupatorium purpureum)
- John Paul Jones Park
- Upper Leif Ericson Park
- Marigold (Tagetes erecta)
- Kaiser Park
- Prospect Park: Litchfield Villa; Music Grove and 9th Street Entrance
- Grand Army Plaza
- Oak-Leaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia)
- Upper Leif Ericson Park
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Kaiser Park
- Fulton Park
- Fort Greene Park
- Petunia spp.
- Columbus Park
- Gateway to Coney Island
- Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
- John Paul Jones Park: Ft. Hamilton & 101st
- Upper Leif Ericson Park: Ft. Hamilton & 67th st
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Rose-of-Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
- John Paul Jones Park
- Upper Leif Ericson Park
- Roses (Rosa spp.)
- Columbus Park
- John Paul Jones Park
- Upper Leif Ericson Park
- Kaiser Park
- Fulton Park
- Tiger Playground
- Sunset Park
- Cuyler Gore
- Fort Greene Park
- Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia)
- Upper Leif Ericson Park
- Columbus Park: Fleur de Lis
- John Paul Jones Park
- Culyer Gore
- Sage (Salvia spp.)
- Columbus Park: Fleur de Lis
- Breukelen Park
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Prospect Park: Litchfield Villa; Music Grove and 9th Street Entrance
- Grand Army Plaza
- Columbus Park: Brooklyn Borough Hall
- Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- Breukelen Playground
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Leif Ericson Park
August
- Begonia (Begonia semperflorens)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Columbus Park: Brooklyn Borough Hall
- Fulton Park
- Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida)
- Gateway to Coney Island: Ocean Parkway & Surf Ave.
- John Paul Jones Park
- Butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii)
- Brooklyn War Memorial
- Upper Leif Ericson Park Park
- Frasier Square: Kings Hwy. at Ave. M
- Breukelen Playground: Williams Ave., Stanley and Flatlands
- Meadow at Brooklyn Bridge
- Canna spp.
- Prospect Park: Litchfield Villa; Music Grove and 9th Street Entrance
- Grand Army Plaza
- Columbus Park: Brooklyn Borough Hall
- Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam'
- Columbus Park: Fleur de Lis
- Daylily (Hemerocallis spp.)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Breukelen Playground: Williams Ave, Stanley & Flatlands
- Carroll Park
- Brooklyn War Memorial
- Garden phlox (Phlox paniculata)
- John Paul Jones Park
- Carroll Park: Smith & President Sts.
- Kaiser Park
- Fulton Park
- Glossy abelia (Abelia grandiflora)
- Carroll Park: President Street
- McLaughlin Park: Flatbush and Tillary
- Hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Brooklyn Bridge Meadow: Cadman Plaza West and Prospect Avenue
- Hosta spp.
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Brooklyn War Memorial
- Columbus Park
- Impatiens spp.
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Columbus Park: Brooklyn Borough Hall
- Joe-pye weed (Eupatorium purpureum)
- John Paul Jones Park
- Upper Leif Ericson Park
- Marigold (Tagetes erecta)
- Kaiser Park
- Prospect Park: Litchfield Villa; Music Grove and 9th Street Entrance
- Grand Army Plaza
- Oak-Leaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia)
- Upper Leif Ericson Park
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Kaiser Park
- Fulton Park
- Fort Greene Park
- Petunia spp.
- Columbus Park
- Gateway to Coney Island
- Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
- John Paul Jones Park: Ft. Hamilton & 101st
- Upper Leif Ericson Park: Ft. Hamilton & 67th st
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Rose-of-Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
- John Paul Jones Park
- Upper Leif Ericson Park
- Roses (Rosa spp.)
- Columbus Park
- John Paul Jones Park
- Upper Leif Ericson Park
- Kaiser Park
- Fulton Park
- Tiger Playground
- Sunset Park
- Cuyler Gore
- Fort Greene Park
- Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia)
- Upper Leif Ericson Park
- Columbus Park: Fleur de Lis
- John Paul Jones Park
- Culyer Gore
- Sage (Salvia spp.)
- Columbus Park: Fleur de Lis
- Breukelen Park
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Prospect Park: Litchfield Villa; Music Grove and 9th Street Entrance
- Grand Army Plaza
- Columbus Park: Brooklyn Borough Hall
- Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- Breukelen Playground
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Leif Ericson Park
September
- Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida)
- Gateway to Coney Island: Ocean Parkway & Surf Ave.
- John Paul Jones Park
- Butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii)
- Brooklyn War Memorial
- Upper Leif Ericson Park Park
- Frasier Square: Kings Hwy. at Ave. M
- Breukelen Playground: Williams Ave., Stanley and Flatlands
- Meadow at Brooklyn Bridge
- Canna spp.
- Prospect Park: Litchfield Villa; Music Grove and 9th Street Entrance
- Grand Army Plaza
- Columbus Park: Brooklyn Borough Hall
- Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam'
- Columbus Park: Fleur de Lis
- Daylily (Hemerocallis spp.)
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Breukelen Playground: Williams Ave, Stanley & Flatlands
- Carroll Park
- Brooklyn War Memorial
- Garden phlox (Phlox paniculata)
- John Paul Jones Park
- Carroll Park: Smith & President Sts.
- Kaiser Park
- Fulton Park
- Glossy abelia (Abelia grandiflora)
- Carroll Park: President Street
- McLaughlin Park: Flatbush and Tillary
- Joe-pye weed (Eupatorium purpureum)
- John Paul Jones Park
- Upper Leif Ericson Park
- Marigold (Tagetes erecta)
- Kaiser Park
- Prospect Park: Litchfield Villa; Music Grove and 9th Street Entrance
- Grand Army Plaza
- Oak-Leaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia)
- Upper Leif Ericson Park
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Kaiser Park
- Fulton Park
- Fort Greene Park
- Petunia spp.
- Columbus Park
- Gateway to Coney Island
- Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
- John Paul Jones Park: Ft. Hamilton & 101st
- Upper Leif Ericson Park: Ft. Hamilton & 67th st
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Rose-of-Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
- John Paul Jones Park
- Upper Leif Ericson Park
- Roses (Rosa spp.)
- Columbus Park
- John Paul Jones Park
- Upper Leif Ericson Park
- Kaiser Park
- Fulton Park
- Tiger Playground
- Sunset Park
- Cuyler Gore
- Fort Greene Park
- Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia)
- Upper Leif Ericson Park
- Columbus Park: Fleur de Lis
- John Paul Jones Park
- Culyer Gore

