We love these flowers, which bloom every year in May at the Union Street Bridge over the Gowanus Canal. They are a type of Clematis, which is part of the buttercup family. It’s a Royal Paulownia.
GL Photo Du Jour: Gowanus Blooming
May 21st, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tags: Gowanus Canal
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1 Anonymous // May 21, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Clematis? I don’t think so…better check that out.
2 Anonymous // May 22, 2008 at 8:27 am
Its an invasive tree known as the Royal Paulownia or Princess Tree. Basically a weed that mostly grows in empty lots and other abandoned areas in the city. Very pretty though.
3 Marie // May 24, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Yowser. Indeed, very ,very far from clematis they are. What anonymous II said, 🙂