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    What’s Blooming on the UWS: It’s a Jungle Out There

    August 5, 2022 | 4:07 PM - Updated on August 31, 2025 | 5:36 PM
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    Monarch butterfly on tropical milkweed. All photographs taken by Meg A. Parsont in the 91st Street Garden.

    By Meg A. Parsont

    With a string of humid, 90+ degree days, our community gardens are at their peak lushness! In the 91st Street Garden on the Promenade level of Riverside Park, look for 9-foot tall roses and sunflowers, dinner-plate-sized white and pink hibiscus, swaths of black-eyed Susans and hot-pink phlox, puffy hydrangeas in pink, purple, and white, and much, much more. Many perennials are in full bloom and the pollinators have a wealth of enticing choices, including the orange and yellow tropical milkweed, which has just started to bloom.

    The 91st Street Garden.
    The aptly-named dinner plate hibiscus.
    White caladium.
    Balloon flowers.
    Cardinal flower and purple coneflowers (echinacea).
    Hibiscus Luna Rose.
    Japanese anemone.
    Phlox.
    Pink caladium.
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    9 Comments
    Carmella Ombrella
    Carmella Ombrella
    4 years ago

    Thanks for the great close-ups, Meg. Can’t wait to see the first Monarch on my own little oasis.

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    M. Taylor
    M. Taylor
    4 years ago

    Sensational. Many, many thanks.

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    Elisabeth Jakab
    Elisabeth Jakab
    4 years ago

    Thank you. so much for these wonderful and inspiring pictures – very happy- making!

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    Hannah Brown
    Hannah Brown
    4 years ago

    Beautiful photos, thanks for sharing them.

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    Victoria
    Victoria
    4 years ago

    I absolutely love this section. It’s wonderful to put names to all the flowers and plants around me. Thank you!

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    Winifred Fijnvandraat
    Winifred Fijnvandraat
    4 years ago

    I talk so much about the beautiful nature on the UWS, now I can share your wonderful pix and article.

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    Marti
    Marti
    4 years ago

    Your columns make me want to plan to have every single gorgeous plant in my garden next year! The photos are amazing. Keep ’em coming, Meg!

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    Paul Hyman
    Paul Hyman
    4 years ago

    Bravo. Beautiful. Please keep up your generous work. I, for one, am extremely grateful !!!

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    Keith
    Keith
    4 years ago

    New York ought to call itself The City of Flowers!

    Flowers are planted everywhere, not just in the serene gardens, and they are beautiful.

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