First Signs of Spring

Flowers blossom, trees bud, and people shed their winter “skins”—the signs of spring abound in Central Park.
First Signs of Spring
Flowers blossom, trees bud, and people shed their winter skins, the signs of spring abound in Central Park. (Tara MacIsaac/Epoch Times Staff)
Tara MacIsaac
4/3/2011
Updated:
10/1/2015

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Flowers blossom, trees bud, and people shed their winter skins, the signs of spring abound in Central Park. (Tara MacIsaac/Epoch Times Staff)
CENTRAL PARK BLOOMS: Flowers blossom, trees bud, and people shed their winter “skins”—the signs of spring abound in Central Park. The first sign spotted by Central Park staff was a smattering of snowdrops—tiny, white, bell-shaped flowers—in mid-February.

Now, more plants are waking up to pulse of spring: Witch hazel blooms near East 79th Street, hellebore thrives in the Shakespeare Garden, and these magnolia blossoms point the way to future blooms near the Bethesda Fountain.