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April 12, 2006
City Magnolias
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From the spectacularly grand specimens in front of the Frick Museum (Fifth Avenue and 70th Street) and in the Conservatory Garden in Central Park to the surprising display down the Broadway Malls, the city is truly fortunate in its many wonderful magnolias. In some years, a late spring frost will damage the flowers, but this year the trees are putting on quite a show. The Saucer Magnolia (Magnolia soulangeana), pictured to the left, is probably the most familiar, but the white-blooming Star Magnolia (Magnolia stellata) is equally lovely. And we were pleased to spot a grouping of three yellow-flowering Magnolia Elizabeth in Riverside Park, which was introduced by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in 1978 and is named after Elizabeth Scholz, the legendary former director of the Garden.
Posted by gardenguidenyc at April 12, 2006 11:08 AM