http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk The Blog of The New York Botanical Garden Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:00:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2013/01/tip-of-the-week/dwarf-blueberries-and-raspberries/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2013/01/tip-of-the-week/dwarf-blueberries-and-raspberries/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:00:42 +0000 Sonia Uyterhoeven http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=32022 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2013/01/tip-of-the-week/dwarf-blueberries-and-raspberries/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/12/tip-of-the-week/oconee-bells/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/12/tip-of-the-week/oconee-bells/#comments Tue, 25 Dec 2012 16:00:30 +0000 Sonia Uyterhoeven http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=31873 The story behind Oconee bells dates back to the height of Asa Gray's career, and then some.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/12/tip-of-the-week/oconee-bells/feed/ 2 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/12/tip-of-the-week/winter-woodland-wonders/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/12/tip-of-the-week/winter-woodland-wonders/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:00:18 +0000 Sonia Uyterhoeven http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=31750 The wintergreen, the wandflower, and all the wonderful groundcovers of winter in the Native Plant Garden.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/12/tip-of-the-week/winter-woodland-wonders/feed/ 1 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/12/gardens-and-collections/johns-tree/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/12/gardens-and-collections/johns-tree/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:00:40 +0000 Matt Newman http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=31006 The pignut hickory is as beautiful as it is utilitarian.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/12/gardens-and-collections/johns-tree/feed/ 1 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/11/tip-of-the-week/life-is-for-the-birds/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/11/tip-of-the-week/life-is-for-the-birds/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:00:45 +0000 Sonia Uyterhoeven http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=30536 Planting a hummingbird garden requires careful planning!]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/11/tip-of-the-week/life-is-for-the-birds/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/11/gardens-and-collections/good-old-days/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/11/gardens-and-collections/good-old-days/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:00:01 +0000 Sonia Uyterhoeven http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=30531 Beyond the traditional home garden, the forest has often been a source of culinary inspiration.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/11/gardens-and-collections/good-old-days/feed/ 1 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/11/around-the-garden/mum-countdown/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/11/around-the-garden/mum-countdown/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:00:48 +0000 Sonia Uyterhoeven http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=30529 After two uncertain weeks, the votes are in, and the mums have been chosen!]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/11/around-the-garden/mum-countdown/feed/ 1 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/11/around-the-garden/this-weekend-cheering-fall-in-the-forest/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/11/around-the-garden/this-weekend-cheering-fall-in-the-forest/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:20:38 +0000 Matt Newman http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=30771 Temperatures are inching up! The sun is bright, and the NYBG doesn’t look quite so much like a scene pulled from a Bing Crosby movie. Still, there’s enough in the way of pristine snow to remind us of our flirt with winter. The frosty juxtaposition with the very last of the fall leaves, all of [...]]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/11/around-the-garden/this-weekend-cheering-fall-in-the-forest/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/11/around-the-garden/witch-hazels/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/11/around-the-garden/witch-hazels/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:00:15 +0000 Matt Newman http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=30468 Flower and fragrance in the cold? Look no further.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/11/around-the-garden/witch-hazels/feed/ 0 http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/11/tip-of-the-week/perennial-tulips/ http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/11/tip-of-the-week/perennial-tulips/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:25:26 +0000 Sonia Uyterhoeven http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/?p=30433 Making tulips last requires educated selection and careful planting.]]> http://www.nybg.org/plant-talk/2012/11/tip-of-the-week/perennial-tulips/feed/ 1