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2020 Bloom Guide

Starting in late winter, and through the fall, Hudson River Park’s four+ miles abound with colorful flowers. Explore some of the highlights from the 2020 blooming season for a

For more of what we’re looking forward to this spring in the Park, visit our Countdown to Spring.

February

Witch Hazel — Witch Hazel
Hamamelis

A bee peeks its head into the winter jasmine for nectar — Winter Jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum

Daffodil
Narcissus

Crocus — Crocus
Crocus sativus

Snowdrops — Snowdrops
Galanthus

March

Star Magnolia — Star Magnolia
Magnolia stellata

Saucer Magnolia
Magnolia x soulangeana

Callery Pear Tree — Callery Pear Tree
Pyrus calleryana

Cherry Blossoms
Prunus serrulata

Spirea White Blossoms — Spirea
Spiraea

Red Maple Tree — Red Maple Tree
Acer rubrum

Dogwood Tree Yellow Blossoms — Yellow Dogwood Tree
Cornus florida

Purple Leaf Plum
Prunus cerasifera

Forsythia — Forsythia
Forsythia europaea

Hyacinths — Hyacinth
Hyacinthus

April

Orange tulips — Tulips
Tulipa

White serviceberry blossoms — Serviceberry
Almelancier Canadensis

Red flowering quince flowers — Flowering Quince
Chaenomeles

Rugosa Rose
Rosa rugosa

Magenta crabapple blossoms add another layer of beauty near Pier 40 — Crabapple Trees
Malus

White and green witch alder blossoms — Witch Alder

Purple and white jack frost flowers — Jack Frost
Brunnera macrophylla

May

allium — Allium
Allium giganteum

Bluebells — Bluebells
Hyacinthoides non-scripta

Pinkish red eastern red bud tree blooms — Eastern Red Bud Trees
Cercis canadensis

White dogwood blossoms — Dogwood
Cornus

Purple catmint bush — Catmint
Nepeta

flowers — Tim’s Tangerine
Geum Totally Tangerine, Avens

June

Pink knockout rose and a green bush — Knockout Roses
Rosa radrazz

Purple irises — Iris
Iris germanica

Yellowish Orange poppies — California Poppies
Eschscholzia californica

Red, orange and yellow daylillies — Daylilies
Hemerocallis

Yellow Coreopis flowers — Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata

Purple, blue and pink hydrangea flowers — Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla

Orange achillea flowers — Achillea
Achillea millefolium

July

Purple and Orange coneflowers — Coneflower
Echinacea

Red blooms on the Crocosmia Flowers — Crocosmia
Crocosmia aurea

Alstroemeria — Alstroemeria
Alstroemeria aurea

A large pink hibiscus flower with a dark pink center in the habitat garden — Hibiscus
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

August

Orange Canna Lilies — Orange Canna Lilies
Cannaceae

Peegee Hydrangea — Peegee Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata

Geranium “Rozanne”
Gerwat

Pink Crape Myrtle — Pink Crape Myrtle
Lagerstroemia indica

Purple sage and a butterfly — Sage
Salvia officinalis

September – Fall

Sunflower — Sunflower
Helianthus

Yellow black eyed susans flowers stare at the sun in Hudson River Park — Black-Eyed Susans
Rudbeckia hirta

Purple and pink buds on the butterfly bush — Butterfly Bush
Buddleja

Goldenrod — Goldenrod
Solidago