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Citywide Blooming Guide

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  Citywide Blooming Gallery Part I
Citywide Blooming Gallery Part II
  Citywide Blooming Gallery Part III

April

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Cherry tree (Prunus spp.)

Photo of Common Quince flower

Quince
(Cydonia oblonga)

Riverside Park (91st Street); Riverside Park promenade (73rd to 83rd Streets); Theodore Roosevelt Park (81st Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West); St Nicholas Park (135th Street hillside); Wallenberg Playground (190th Street).

Quince (Cydonia oblonga)
Riverside Park (103rd Street entrance)

Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)
Carl Schurz Park (promenade).

Crabapple (Malus spp.)
Riverside Park (91st Street); Riverside Park riverfront (100th to 125th Streets); Seward Park; Broadway Malls (60th to 122nd Streets); Stuyvesant Square Park.

Crocus (Crocus spp.)
Morningside Park (123rd Street entrance); Riverside Park Promenade (73rd to 83rd Street); Theodore Roosevelt Park (81st Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West); St. Nicholas Park playground area (141st Street).

Daffodil (Narcissus spp.)

Photo of daffodils

Daffodil (Narcissus spp.)

DeWitt Clinton Park (hillslope at 12th Avenue); Stuyvesant Square Park; Theodore Roosevelt Park (81st Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West); Stuyvesant Square Park; St. Nicholas Park (135th Street hillside and 141st Street playground area); Union Square Park (South Plaza); Collect Pond Park; Tompkins Square Park (Sandra Turner Garden); St. Catherine's Playgound; Riverside Park Fireman's Memorial; Riverside Park Cherry Walk (120th to 125th Streets); Riverside Park (138th Street; 100th Street); Sakura Park (123rd Street and Grant's Tomb); Carl Schurz Park; Morningside Park (hillsides at 121st Street and at 123rd Street); Morningside Park's Tom Kiel Arboretum (at 116th Street and Morningside Avenue); East River Park (6th Street; Ampitheatre); Corlears Hook Park (at FDR Drive); Seward Park; Washington Square Park; Marcus Garvey Park; Jackie Robinson Park (145th Street and stairway); Madison Square Park; Broadway Malls (60th to 122nd Streets); Harlem River Drive; Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center (113th Street and the FDR Drive).

Photo of blooming pansies

Pansy (Viola spp.)

Hellebore (Helleborus spp.)
Carl Schurz Park, Central Park (Conservatory Garden)
See also: Central Park Conservancy Bloom Calendar

Magnolia (Magnolia spp.)
Corlears Hook Park

Pansy (Viola spp.)
Madison Square Park (fountain urns and reflecting pool beds).

Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Riverside Park

Witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana)*
Carl Schurz Park (East 84th Street and East End Avenue); Stuyvesant Square Park.

 

May

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Quince (Cydonia oblonga)
Riverside Park (103rd Street entrance)

Crocus (Crocus spp.)
Morningside Park (123rd Street entrance); Riverside Park Promenade (73rd to 83rd Street); Theodore Roosevelt Park (81st Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West); St. Nicholas Park playground area (141st Street).

Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Riverside Park

Tulip (Tulipa spp.)
St Nicholas Park 135 Street subway entrance; St Nicholas Park 141 St playground & lawn; Riverside Drive at 138 Street; Union Square Park south plaza; Carl Schurz Park 86 Street hoop garden; Corlears Hook Park, flagpole garden; Tompkins Square Park 8 Street & Avenue A; Washington Square Park Thompson St & 5 Avenue entrances; Broadway Malls 60-70th Streets
Park Avenue Malls 60-96 Streets; Verdi Square; Dante Square; Marcus Garvey Park Madison Ave & 123 Street; Marcus Garvey Park 5 Ave & 124 Street; Harlem Art Park 120 Street b/w Lexington & 3 Avenue; Jackie Robinson Park 145 Street stairway; Madison Square Park dog run
Madison Square Park Conkling statue

Grape hyacinths (Muscari spp.)
St Nicholas Park 135 Street subway entrance; St Nicholas Park 141 St playground & lawn
Marcus Garvey Park; Union Square Park south plaza; East River Park 6th Street garden
Madison Square Park Conkling statue; Stuyvesant Square Park

Azalea (Rhododendron spp.)
Riverside Park 150 St & Riverside Dr

Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
Riverside Park 150 St & Riverside Dr
Broadway Mall 60-70 Streets

Cherry laurel (prunus laurocerasus)
Broadway Mall 60, 63, 66 Streets

Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.)
Morningside Park throughout

Bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis)
Morningside Park Tom Kiel Arboretum at 116 St & Morningside Avenu
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June

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Bluebells (Mertensia spp.)
St Nicholas Park 131 St hillside

Daylilly (Hemerocallis spp.)
St Nicholas Park 133 St Terrace; Tompkins Square Park 7th Street; Morningside Park 110 Street entrances; Stuyvesant Square Park


Butterfly bush (Buddleia spp.)
Carl Schurz Park; Theodore Roosevelt Park 77 Street circular garden; Marcus Garvey Park 120 Street & 5 Avenue

Hollyhock (Alcea spp.)
Tompkins Square Park viewing garden; Jackie Robinson Park 145 Street stairway; Jackie Robinson Park 153 Street & Bradhurst; East River Park 6 Street garden

Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia)
Tompkins Square Park Sandra Turner Garden; Broadway Mall 60 & 63 Streets

Rose (Rosa spp.)
East River Park north of Grand Street; Battery Park at Battery Place; Theodore Roosevelt Park 77 Street circular garden; Broadway Malls 65 & 68 Streets; Sherman Square
Jackie Robinson Park 145 Street stairway; Stuyvesant Square Park

Iris (Iris spp.)
Morningside Park pond at 113 Street; Stuyvesant Square Park

Columbine (Aquilegia spp.) and other woodland plants
Morningside Park 120 Street woodlands

Yarrow (Achillea spp.)
Morningside Park 110 Street entrances

Black-eyed Susan (Rudibeckia fulgida)
Marcus Garvey Park Madison Ave & 122 Street

Asiatic lilies (Lilium spp.)
Jackie Robinson Park 145 Street stairway

Cleome (Cleome spp.)
Stuyvesant Square Park

Hibiscus (Hibiscus spp.)
Madison Square Park 23 Street & Madison Ave beds

Sunflower (Helianthus spp.)
Madison Square Park around playground

 

July

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Ageratum (Ageratum spp.)
Begonia (Begonia semperflorens)
Astilbe (Astilbe japonica 'Red Sentinel')
Beebalm (Monarda didyma 'Gardenview Scarlet')
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida)
Blue salvia, Germander sage, or Mexican blue sage (Salvia chamaedryoides)
Butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii)
Canna (Canna spp.)
Catmint (Nepeta x fassenii)
Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica 'Raspberry Sundae')
Daylily (Hemerocallis spp.)
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Stella d’Oro')
Dusty Miller (Centaurea cinerea)
English Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
Garden phlox, (Phlox paniculata)
Globe thistle (Echinops bannaticus 'Blue Glow')
Hibiscus (Hibiscus 'Pyrenese Pink')
Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
Hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
Hosta (HostaHalcyon’)
Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Nikko Blue')
Impatiens (Impatiens spp.)
Mountain fleece (Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail')
Oak-Leaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia)
Purple coneflower, (Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus')
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria); INVASIVE
Rose mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos 'Blue River')
Roses (Rosa spp.)
Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia)
Sage (Salvia splendens)
Spiderflower (Cleome hassleriana)
South American verbena (Verbena bonariensis)
Southern catalpa or Indian bean tree (Catalpa bignonioides)
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima)
Tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria)
Wave Petunia (Petunia 'Purple Wave')
Zinnia (Zinnia elegans)


August

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Ageratum (Ageratum spp.)
Begonia (Begonia semperflorens)
Astilbe (Astilbe japonica 'Red Sentinel')
Beebalm (Monarda didyma 'Gardenview Scarlet')
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida)
Blue salvia, Germander sage, or Mexican blue sage (Salvia chamaedryoides)
Butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii)
Canna (Canna spp.)
Catmint (Nepeta x fassenii)
Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica 'Raspberry Sundae')
Daylily (Hemerocallis spp.)
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Stella d'Oro')
Dusty Miller (Centaurea cinerea)
English Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
Garden phlox, (Phlox paniculata)
Globe thistle (Echinops bannaticus 'Blue Glow')
Hibiscus (Hibiscus 'Pyrenese Pink')
Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
Hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
Hosta (Hosta 'Halcyon')
Impatiens (Impatiens spp.)
Mountain fleece (Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail')
Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia)
Purple coneflower, (Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus')
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria); INVASIVE
Rose mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos 'Blue River')
Roses (Rosa spp.)
Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia)
Sage (Salvia splendens)
Spiderflower (Cleome hassleriana)
Stonecrop (Sedum 'Rosy Glow')
South American verbena (Verbena bonariensis)
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima)
Wave Petunia (Petunia 'Purple Wave')
Zinnia (Zinnia elegans)

 

September

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Ageratum (Ageratum spp.)
Begonia (Begonia semperflorens)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida)
Blue salvia, Germander sage, or Mexican blue sage (Salvia chamaedryoides)
Butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii)
Canna (Canna spp.)
Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica 'Raspberry Sundae')
Daylily (Hemerocallis spp.)
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Stella d’Oro')
Dusty Miller (Centaurea cinerea)
Garden phlox, (Phlox paniculata)
Globe thistle (Echinops bannaticus 'Blue Glow')
Hibiscus (Hibiscus 'Pyrenese Pink')
Mountain fleece (Persicaria amplexicaulis ' Firetail')
Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia)
Purple coneflower, (Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus')
Rose mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos 'Blue River)
Roses (Rosa spp.)
Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia)
Spiderflower (Cleome hassleriana)
Stonecrop (Sedum 'Rosy Glow)
South American verbena (Verbena bonariensis)
Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima)
Wave Petunia (Petunia 'Purple Wave!)

See also: Heather Garden and Other North Manhattan Blooms (PDF, 13 KB)
See also: Central Park Conservancy Bloom Calendar
See also: Bryant Park Plant and Bloom Information
See also: Battery Park Gardens of Remembrance
See also:
Wave Hill Gardens

 

* - denotes a plant native to the New York City area.