Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Photography on July 31 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Brimming the trees with song
they flood July, spill over into
August pulsing lovecries,
cicadas here …
In the Changing Light ~ Carter Revard
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on July 30 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Mandevilla sanderi ‘Red Riding Hood’ (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Video on July 28 2011, by Rustin Dwyer
In the heat of the summer (and this one has especially been hot!), there are some beautiful blossoms to behold. From daylilies, hibiscus, waterlilies and of course roses, summer gardens everywhere are swelling with colorful buds. But the same just can’t be said for most woody plants.
That’s what makes the subject of this week’s video plant profile so special. In the summer heat, most woody plants have no showy flowers, but the genus Aesculus, more commonly known as buckeye, “buck”s that trend.
Check out the video below hosted by Plant Records Manager Jon Peter as he covers a few of the many types of Aesculus you can see at the Garden, and who knows, maybe in your own backyard?
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Posted in Photography on July 28 2011, by Ann Rafalko
The Enid A. Haupt Conservatory Courtyard Pool (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography on July 27 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Hibiscus ‘Kopper King’ (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Wildlife on July 26 2011, by Thomas Andres
| Thomas C. Andres is an Honorary Research Associate at the Garden. |
Humans weren’t the only ones suffering during last week’s record-breaking heatwave. The Garden’s plants and animals were also feeling the heat. And while the plants relied upon human-intervention to maintain their cool, the Garden’s feathered and fluffy residents were able to take matters into their own hands, paws, and wings.
Coping Mechanism One: Cool Off the Belly On a Mossy Tree Trunk
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Coping Mechanism Two: Sip a Mimosa
Tiger Swallowtail feeding on the nectar of a Mimosa tree, Albizia julibrissin
Posted in Photography on July 25 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Not the Rockies. Not the Adirondacks. Not the Appalachians. This is the Bronx.
Wilderness (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
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Posted in Around the Garden on July 24 2011, by Ann Rafalko
What’s macro Hemerocallis? Nope, not a superhero. It’s some really cool macro shots of daylilies.
Hemerocallis ‘Chateau Defleur’
Hemerocallis ‘Greta’
Hemerocallis ‘Erin Praire’
Photos by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on July 23 2011, by Ann Rafalko
The rosy-hued beauties didn’t get the memo that Summer Color Week was last week!
Echinacea purpurea ‘Vintage Wine’
Coreopsis ‘Garnet’
Hibiscus ‘Sweet Caroline’
Photos by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on July 22 2011, by Ann Rafalko
And does it not seem hard to you,
When all the sky is clear and blue,
And I should like so much to play,
To have to go to bed by day?
Bed in Summer ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
Sky Over the Conservatory (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Special thank you to Twitter user @oregonclematis, aka Linda Beutler, for the poem suggestion!