Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 24 2013, by Matt Newman
Who says florid beauty has to be limited to petals? The hood (or operculum) of this carnivorous pitcher plant holds its own quite well, I think. You’ll find some in our carnivorous plant collection in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, but now is the ideal time to see North American species thriving in the Native Plant Garden.
Sarracenia x areolata — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 23 2013, by Matt Newman
Its common name is “sideoats grama,” because the seeds are aligned on one side of the stalk, and the explorers who first recorded it called it grass, or “grama” in Portuguese. So there you go.
Bouteloua curtipendula — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 22 2013, by Matt Newman
A break in the canopy is a window of opportunity.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 21 2013, by Matt Newman
What’s an ebbing summer sun to a rose named ‘Summer Sun’, or the hints of fall to its warmest bloom?
Floribunda rose ‘Summer Sun’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 20 2013, by Matt Newman
Russian sage, to be more specific. Look for it in the Home Gardening Center, or follow your nose, rather—it can be pungent!
Perovskia atriplicifolia ‘Superba’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 19 2013, by Matt Newman
Dahlia ‘Marie Schnugg’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 18 2013, by Matt Newman
Quick, what’s your favorite summer tomato recipe! Leave it in the comments if you’d like; there’s no prize, but it would be nice to see what people are eating this season.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 17 2013, by Matt Newman
We’ll be hanging out in the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden this weekend for the Summer Harvest Festival. And of course everyone’s welcome.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 16 2013, by Matt Newman
I think I’m on a certified dragonfly kick after perusing Thomas Andres’ collection of bug shots from earlier this week. Ivo follows up with what may be the cutest representative of the Odonata class taking a breather on a leaf in the Ladies’ Border.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 15 2013, by Matt Newman
Anemone x hybrida ‘Robustissima’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen