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May 18, 2005
What's Blooming 5/18
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One of the most romantic and poetic moments in the City's garden calendar is here. The Bluebell Wood at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is at its peak. At this moment, 45000 bluebells are creating a sapphire carpet in the wood just south of the Cherry Esplanade.
Another bluebell display, though not nearly as dramatic, occurs at the Heather Garden in Fort Tryon Park. There the bluebells have naturalized in the perennial beds. This is a mixed blessing for the park's gardeners whose job is to keep the beds under control, and visitors often see them yanking up the bulbs. But they are definitely an enchanting sight in May.
The English bluebell of legend is Hyacynthoides non-scripta. What we generally find in our gardens is the Hyacynthoides hispanica, which is more vigorous. So vigorous in fact, that it is classed as an invasive in the United Kingdom as it is threatening the native blue bell.
Links:Brooklyn Botanic Garden, NYC Parks
Posted by gardenguidenyc at May 18, 2005 06:31 PM