Morning Eye Candy: American Beauty
Posted in Photography on May 28 2012, by Ann Rafalko
On this American holiday, may your day be filled with beauty.

Hybrid Perpetual rose Rosa ‘American Beauty’ (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Photography on May 28 2012, by Ann Rafalko
On this American holiday, may your day be filled with beauty.
Hybrid Perpetual rose Rosa ‘American Beauty’ (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on May 27 2012, by Matt Newman
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on May 26 2012, by Matt Newman
Loitering in the Rose Garden? Not a crime (during open hours, anyway). In fact, there may be no better place to dawdle. Now’s the time, too–the roses are reaching their peak this weekend!
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on May 25 2012, by Matt Newman
Monet’s Grand Allée — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on May 24 2012, by Matt Newman
I’m making the solemn vow hereafter that not a single, tongue-in-cheek Wizard of Oz reference will make it into this update. I just felt the poppies, with all their resplendent reds, deserved a gallery show of their own.
Papaver rhoeas ‘Shirley’ group
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on May 23 2012, by Matt Newman
Just try and find a couturier who can stitch together ruffles like these! The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden is once again making a name for itself as spring rounds its way toward summer. More to come later in the day!
Shrub rose ‘Sharifa Asma’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on May 22 2012, by Matt Newman
Japanese shrub mint. Not what you’re used to seeing crushed at the bottom of your Mojito glass, is it?
Leucosceptrum japonicum ‘Variegatum’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on May 21 2012, by Ann Rafalko
Sometimes, two photographs end up next to each other in our photo database, and all I can think is, “I wish I had a wardrobe made exclusively from these color palettes and shapes.” Such is the case with these two.
Magnolia x wieseneri (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Shrub Rose ‘Lady of Shalott’ (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Photography on May 20 2012, by Ann Rafalko
Do you like your roses best when they’re in full-blown full bloom?
Shrub Rose ‘Sophy’s Rose’ (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Or …
Posted in Photography on May 19 2012, by Ann Rafalko
Bienvenue à Monet’s Garden!
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen