Central Park Flowers

It is early autumn in New York and in Central Park and the trees are shedding their summer green for a brilliant display of red, gold and orange. Some of the current flowers in bloom in Central Park in the Conservatory Garden, the other gardens and the Reservoir are Goldenrod, Black-eyed Susan, Mountain Mint, Butterfly Bush, Gomphrena, Dahlia, Lantana, Rose, Salvia, Wild Geranium, Solomon's Seal, Japanese Anemone, Phlox, Sunflower, Late Boneset, White Snakeroot, Mistflower, and Aster.

The best locations in Central Park to see beautiful, colorful flowers are Shakespeare Garden at 79th St on the west side of the park, Conservatory Garden at 104th to 106th Street and Fifth Avenue, the North Meadow Butterfly Gardens at the East Drive and 102nd Street, The Ramble, the North Woods, the Dene, the Wildflower Meadow and the Reservoir.


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