Our sidewalk treebeds are truly activated, with a variety of bulbs putting up their spring growth to produce overlapping regions of different shades of green.
A Tiny Sea of Green
Tag: Hyacinths
Purple Hyacinths
More color in the sidewalk treebed outside 217 W106th.
Catching Raindrops
Hyacinths caught a bit of the afternoon rain.
Smallest of the Hyacinths
Some of the hyacinths have full-blown clusters with lots of flowers packed side-by-side, while others… not so much.
But these little ones still have a delicate beauty all their own.
Spring Bulbs in Bloom
With our weather pattern shifting from daytime high temperatures in the 40s a few weeks ago to now 50s and even 60s, the perennials in our sidewalk garden have woken up and kicked into gear. The crocuses were the first to bloom, followed a week or so later by the daffodils and now hyacinths.
Hyacinth Seed Pods
The hyacinth flowers from this spring have all died back, leaving stalks of seedpods that are turning translucent and releasing their little black seeds.
Flowering Bulbs in Full Bloom
Squills, daffodils, crocuses, hyacinths, tulips — nearly all of the flowering bulbs have emerged to put on a show.
Emerging Flowers
As winter fades into spring, life reemerges.
