By Cecilia Marrero

What’s blooming at Hurt Park? These perennials are in the their second year  with a showcase of blooms  for all three seasons.   For this spring, the vibrant red explosions are the Scarlet Beebalm, Monarda didyma.   A pale purple bracketed spike, host to butterflies, is the Purple Giant-Hyssop, Agastache scrophulariifolia. Eastern Purple Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea, a host to pollinators, has drooping brilliant lavendar petals surrounding a spiny dark center.  Still on it’s way showing yellow bud heads is the Black Eyed Susan, Rudbeckia fulgida.   Come take a look at this glorious scene in downtown Atlanta, across from the Georgia State University’s Florence Kopleff Recital Hall.  Too beautiful to miss!