Inside The New York Botanical Garden

Morning Eye Candy: ‘Luna White’ Gone Local

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 28 2013, by Matt Newman

If you’re walking to the NYBG from the 4, B, or D subway trains, look for the bright-eyed swamp rose-mallows growing in one or two home gardens along the way. You’ll see them here, of course, but finding something so colorful thriving so casually along the city sidewalk is a treat.

Hibiscus moscheutos 'Luna White'

Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Luna White’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen