Lilacs Aplenty
Posted in Around the Garden on May 16 2013, by Matt Newman
We’ll miss the cherry bloom now that it’s passed, though the pink petal carpets dotting the Garden are riotous reminders. Meanwhile, the Azalea Garden is in peak bloom and we’re checking our watches over the roses as they mull the idea of waking up. The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden usually hits peak in the early days of June, but Peter Kukielski assures us the color explosion is just around the corner. Of course, we don’t leave gaps; not far from the Rose Garden, opposite the mad-monikered tree peonies, lilac blossoms by the thousands fan that quintessential spring perfume.
We had someone ask us on Tumblr the other day if they’d already missed out on this year’s lilac bloom, so I puzzled together a few shots of the collection taken over the past week to put anxious hearts at ease. That said, no, these white and purple puffs are still very much en vogue and smelling delicious.
That long winter we just came out of means we might see the lilacs blooming past their usual mid-May finish. Still, I wouldn’t drop all my pocket change on that bet. The weather’s been too perfect—bafflingly so—to pass up an earlier visit anyway.
When you stop in for the opening of Wild Medicine this weekend, make the walk or hop a Garden Tram over to the Rose Garden. Even if the roses are still playing coy, the lilacs more than fill the fragrance quota.
