Spring and Summer Flowers 2026

Both Spring and Summer 2026 brought such glorious bouquets of flowers, beginning with the tulips and continuing through the multitude of floral delights seen all across the New York area as the temperatures rose and we craved the brilliant summer colors. You can find many more flower photos in my blog entries, Tulip Time and a Spring Bouquet (and the video that shares that title) and Summer Blossoms, Bugs Included. (You can also find more bugs on the Bugs and Butterflies page.)

Summer Blossoms, With Butterflies and Bees

Bees and butterflies, and the dragonflies and ladybugs that hover around, are great subjects for summer photography, especially when they can be photographed against the gorgeous backdrop of sunflowers and dahlias.

*Skipper butterfly on blue blossoms, Governors Island, September 18, 2026*

*Not sure of the name of this flower, photographed in Riverside Park on September 5.*

The dahlias were extremely attractive this year. This is small gallery, photographed in Riverside Park and Central Park.

This slideshow complements the one in the blog. The blooms and flora were filmed in Green-Wood Cemetery, Central Park, Riverside Park and on Governors Island.

Springtime Is Tulip Time

*Tulip, Riverside Park community garden, April 26, 2026*

*Tulips, Conservatory Garden, Central Park, April 16, 2026*

Here is a slide show of tulips filmed at the Riverside Park community garden, Green-Wood Cemetery and Central Park in April and May 2026.

Spring brings such a wide variety of flowers. I am always enchanted by the dogwood blossoms, the magnolia fireworks, the irises and all the field flowers I get to see.

*Magnolia, Green-Wood Cemetery, March 30, 2026*

More spring surprises.