Photography

Morning Eye Candy: Camellia japonica

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on December 10 2011, by Matt Newman

We’re a long way from April flowers, but this Camellia ‘Spring’s Promise’ seems undaunted by the wait!

Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: Little Flames

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on December 9 2011, by Matt Newman

The parrot lily (Gladiolus dalenii) produces a palette of fiery colors in the Ladies’ Border.

Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: Faux Frost

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on December 8 2011, by Matt Newman

Another orchid-in-waiting in the Nolen Greenhouses shows off its frills with a touch of frosty color. But don’t worry–it’s plenty warm in there.

Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: Flurries Come Early

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on December 7 2011, by Matt Newman

It almost seems like the snow flurries have come a little early (or is it late at this point?) in the Perennial Garden.

Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: The Green Room

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on December 6 2011, by Matt Newman

Many of our tropical blooms wait out the cold in the Nolen Greenhouses, carefully tended until they take center stage for the 2012 Orchid Show.

Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: Juxtaposition

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on December 5 2011, by Matt Newman

Order and chaos, fall and summer. Maybe the contrasts sound a bit overwrought, but they sure can be pretty.

Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: Baby Bella

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on December 4 2011, by Matt Newman

We didn’t have a chance to show you the turnout for these Nicotiana x sanderae during Sonia Uyterhoeven’s “Season in Review,” but they’re too rich and gorgeous to ignore.

Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: Hearth Colors

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on December 3 2011, by Matt Newman

The colors of late fall are almost defiant at the Garden.

Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: Business as Usual

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on December 2 2011, by Matt Newman

Neither this Camellia ‘Winter’s Cupid’ nor its busy tender seems bothered by the chill.

Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: Autumnalis

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on December 1 2011, by Matt Newman

Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen