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Winter Won’t Leave

Posted on April 16, 2014 Leave a Comment

Hyacinth in the Snow
These Hyacinth blossoms in Tompkins Square Park got a shock last night with this early Spring snow.

Tulips in the Snow
Tulips
Black Locust Spring Snow
The amazing gnarled Black Locust tree at the Southeast corner of the park, daffodils in the background.
Tulips Snow
These Tulips didn’t fare so well.

Daffodils in the Snow
More Daffodils

Weeping Cherry Blossoms
This Weeping Cherry tree in the Sandra Turner Garden just blossomed.

Posted in: Flowers, Snow, Spring, Tompkins Square Park | Tagged: Black Locust, Cherry Blossoms, Daffodils, Tulips

Gnarly Squirrel Tree – R.I.P.

Posted on December 30, 2013 Leave a Comment

Gnarly Squirrel Tree RIP

In 2013 we lost two great trees in Tompkins Square Park. One was at that point the largest American Elm in the park. The other was much older, it predated the clearing of the interior of the Tompkins Square Park in the 1860’s.  I suspect it was large enough to provide shade on the perimeter of the parade ground created during the Civil War. It was an extremely gnarled Black Locust Tree. Before I knew the species, I called it the gnarly squirrel tree. I wanted to know what this amazing natural sculpture was, and it was one of the reasons I started  this tree identification project. [Read more…]

Posted in: Tompkins Square Park | Tagged: Black Locust, South Park West

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