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April 19, 2005
Big Burst of Spring, 4/18
Two weeks of glorious spring weather has made everything in the city pop, and since we have had cool nights, our early-blooming magnolias and daffodils are still going strong. Throughout the parks, you can see both pink and white cherry trees blooming--there is a particularly fine stand of Yoshino cherries on the eastern side of the reservoir--and Bradford pears are blooming in almost every neighborhood. You know the tree we mean; all year long you think it is just an ordinary street tree, but then for a brief moment in mid-April (and that means right now!) the trees explode into white blooms that create a virtual fairyland tunnel on some city streets. With a little warm weather, we will have tulips and crabapples before long, so make sure to plan some time for a walk outside sooner rather than later.
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As we said, Bradford pears are blooming on almost every block, but definitely the most unusual display is a hundred feet above the street, on a corner of Trump Tower at Fifth Avenue and 56th Street. We think the pears, especially in full bloom as they are this week, are a welcome relief from the frenzy of midtown. It also helps that the "You're Fired!" sign has been taken off the front of the building.
Posted by gardenguidenyc at April 19, 2005 04:20 PM