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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 6, 2022 | 2:41 AM
in ART, NEWS, OUTDOORS
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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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Carmella Ombrella
Carmella Ombrella
2 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
2 years ago

Sensational. Many, many thanks.

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Elisabeth Jakab
Elisabeth Jakab
2 years ago

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

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Hannah Brown
Hannah Brown
2 years ago

Beautiful photos, thanks for sharing them.

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Victoria
Victoria
2 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
2 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
2 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
2 years ago

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

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Keith
Keith
2 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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