Bluebell Wood - Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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Bluebell Wood

Bluebell Wood

More than 50,000 bluebells (Hyacinthoides hispanica ‘Excelsior’) are planted under a mature stand of oak, birch, and beech trees just south of Cherry Esplanade. In late April, the bluebells burst into flower and create an enchanting woodland display. As these spring ephemerals fade, summer-blooming hardy begonias emerge providing pink flowers in summer and lovely reddish foliage in fall.

Highlights

A large expanse of purple flowers under three large trees in dappled shade.
Bluebell Wood in spring. Photo by Michael Stewart.
A group of tall violet-blue flowers with many bell-shaped blossoms per stem.
Spanish bluebells (Hyacinthoides hispanica ‘Excelsior’) each have 12 or more bell-shaped flowers per stem. Photo by Michael Stewart.
Four people walk through a large field of purple flowers in dappled shade surrounded by large trees.
Visitors enjoying Bluebell Wood. Photo by Michael Stewart.
A large expanse of pink flowers with large green leaves against a background of trees and grass.
Hardy begonias (Begonia grandis) take over Bluebell Wood in early fall. Photo by Michael Stewart.
Three small dangling pink flowers with long pink stems and yellow centers against a background of green leaves.
Late-blooming hardy begonias produce dangling clusters of delicately fragrant pink flowers. Photo by Elizabeth Peters.
Image, top of page: Blanca Begert