NYC flower festivals

April in New York City is a fragrant, colorful rebuke to the cold and gray days of winter. The flowers are finally in bloom, both indoors at flower shows and in the great outdoors -- in every park, flower box, sidewalk crack and planted median. Perhaps most famous are Central Park's offerings: crocuses often come first, then the daffodils, followed closely by the crabapples, magnolias and dogwoods. But that's not the only game in town. Below are some of the choicest blossoms to be seen this month -- remember to stay flexible, since blooms keep their own schedule.