We had a lilac tree on our lawn when I was a child and I thought I recognized the flowers on this tree. I may be wrong. They were certainly lilac-like.
When I lived on Gay Street, residents called it a a wisteria. I had never heard the word before, although I was familiar when lilacs last in dooryards bloomed.
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One of the old book jackets lining the walls of Chumley's. Eternal Shame on Bloomberg, the City Fathers, and the powers that be that this cultural landmark has STILL not been saved and reopened.
6 comments:
I think this is a wisteria...
Yeah. I think Andrew's right. It is wisteria.
We had a lilac tree on our lawn when I was a child and I thought I recognized the flowers on this tree. I may be wrong. They were certainly lilac-like.
When I lived on Gay Street, residents called it a a wisteria. I had never heard the word before, although I was familiar when lilacs last in dooryards bloomed.
I did some more research. It is a wisteria tree. So I changed the text. Thanks.
I would love to have the apartment with that fire escape locked in the wisteria branches--it would be just like having a tree house!
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