Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Photography on December 30 2013, by Ann Rafalko
Lycianthes rantonnetii is unquestionably purple, yet is is commonly known as the blue potato bush. Go figure! Regardless of color, if you live in Zones 9 through 11, it is a lovely, scented ornamental plant for your garden.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Lycianthes rantonnetii ‘Linn’s Legacy’
In the Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections
Posted in Photography on December 6 2013, by Ann Rafalko
The screaming oranges and lurid yellows get all the glory, but the softer hues of fall are beautiful, too.
Magnolia Way (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on November 13 2013, by Ann Rafalko
It just doesn’t get much better than this.
Bronx River (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Posted in Around the Garden on October 31 2013, by Matt Newman
For everyone who’s been cooped up in an office cubicle for far too long to frolic in the changing fall palette, I thought I’d throw together some of the best and brightest shots from around the Garden this week. The autumnal leaves are really picking up the pace! We’re actually heading into the coming weekend at about the halfway mark on our Fall Foliage Tracker, with reds, oranges, and yellows popping all over our 250 acres. Some of the gradients—trees starting green at their lower branches and graduating to red at the tip-top—are downright majestic.
Whether or not you decide to come and join us for Fall Forest Weekends over the next two Saturdays and Sundays (you really should!), here’s to enjoying every last minute of this colorful middle ground before winter’s snows set in.
Photos by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on April 1 2013, by Ann Rafalko
The palest of colors are beginning to show in the soon-to-open Native Plant Garden.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on November 14 2012, by Matt Newman
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Exhibitions, Gardening Tips, Monet's Garden on May 15 2012, by Sonia Uyterhoeven
Sonia Uyterhoeven is the NYBG‘s Gardener for Public Education.
Monet’s garden was a living canvas. In this space he experimented with his love of color and form. His knowledge of color theory and his artist’s eye informed the choices he made in his garden design. In turn, they offer good suggestions for the homeowner who is about to embark on their own planting project.
Last week we mentioned how one of Monet’s prominent concerns was capturing light and atmosphere. His garden was no different from the scenes he painted on his canvas. The color sequences that he created in his garden echoed changes in light and weather that he observed in the space. He used his artist’s eye to accentuate these changes and enhance the atmospheric quality of the place.
Posted in Photography on December 25 2011, by Ann Rafalko
In April we celebrated Spring Color Week as a rainbow of blooms burst forth.
Posted in Gardening Tips on October 11 2011, by Sonia Uyterhoeven
Weather generally has the upper hand when it comes to gardening. There are lots of things we can do to foster the care of our plants, but ultimately we end up at the mercy of Mother Nature. This year was no exception. The New York-area had a wet spring, baking hot July with no sign of rain, and then a record-breaking, near-constant deluge in August.
And now we’re seeing the effect of this weird weather around the Garden; many of our fall bloomers are one to two weeks behind schedule, most notably our late September rose display and our chrysanthemums. It has also been a lousy year for tomatoes.
In July, when the temperatures rose into the high 90s and we lacked any rain, our plants responded by shutting down. This is a protective response which helps them survive difficult times. If the plants had continued to push growth under these conditions they would have lost too much moisture and wasted a dangerous amount of energy. In this respect, plants are just like people; they get sluggish and slow down in the heat.
Learn how to get amazing color in your fall garden with hardy mums below.
Posted in Photography on October 10 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Coleus ‘Big Red Judy’ in the Perennial Garden (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)