Inside The New York Botanical Garden

Morning Eye Candy: Summer Sight

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on June 30 2012, by Matt Newman

Echinacea may be synonymous with the health supplement aisle in your local organic market, but it gets its name from a far older comparison: the Greek word echino, which means “sea urchin.” That spiny head is a dead giveaway.

Echinacea purpurea ‘Rubinstern’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen