Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on June 11 2013, by Matt Newman
You can never count out the Azalea Garden. Even when we’ve moved on to more recent blooms, there’s still the spark of color to be found in the rocks of this hilly collection. (Just don’t tell the flowers I’m more enamored with the crayon green Hakone grass right now.)
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 15 2012, by Matt Newman
In the immortal words of Jurassic Park’s Dr. Ian Malcolm, “Life finds a way.” …Not that anything has much of a struggle setting down roots in our 250 acres of greenery!
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Gardening Tips on November 22 2011, by Sonia Uyterhoeven
A few weeks ago, I was displaying some grasses and sedges for a home gardening demonstration when a woman asked me what the difference is between the two. Naturally, there are anatomical and sometimes cultural differences (always generalizations) between these similar plants, however, they are often categorized together and thought of as the same. To help clarify the differences, we will begin with a useful mnemonic:
Sedges have edges,
Rushes are round,
Grasses have nodes from the top to the ground.
Grasses and bamboos are in the Graminaceae family, sedges are in the Cyperaceae family, and rushes are in the Juncaceae family. When you look at a grass or sedge, what you see are the stems, leaves, and flowers. And in the case of this explanation, the stems are referred to as culms.
Posted in Photography on April 5 2011, by Plant Talk
Isn’t it lovely to see green grass again?
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen