Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Photography on September 3 2015, by Matt Newman
Hibiscus vie for attention across the water feature in the Native Plant Garden.
Hibiscus ‘Jazzberry Jam’ in the Native Plant Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on August 24 2015, by Lansing Moore
Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Jazzberry Jam’ in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on July 23 2015, by Matt Newman
While the Rose Garden may be garnering plenty of attention for its reds and pinks right now, missing the elegant hues of the hibiscus in the Home Gardening Center would be a mistake.
Hibiscus Summerific® ‘Cranberry Crush’ in the Home Gardening Center – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on January 26 2015, by Lansing Moore
Hibiscus rosa sinensis ‘Red Dragon’ in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Gardening Tips on September 2 2014, by Sonia Uyterhoeven
Sonia Uyterhoeven is NYBG‘s Gardener for Public Education.
Last week I was on the Diller-von Furstenberg sundeck of The High Line, looking out at the Hudson River. From the sundeck you’ll find the closest and least obstructed views of the waterfront. The design of The High Line is broken up into different ecosystems, including a thicket, woodland, grassland, and a wetland area. The sundeck features plants found in marsh and wetland ecosystems. As you relax on the chaise lounges situated around the sundeck, it’s as if you are sitting amongst flora on the river’s edge.
I was leading an avid group of gardeners from my August Membership tour during this particular visit to The High Line, and we were admiring the rose mallows, of which the site has two different species. One is the swamp rose mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. palustris). This flower is commonly found growing on riverbanks, in freshwater and brackish marshes, swamps, floodplains, and wet meadows. It’s an adaptable native that doesn’t mind getting its feet wet, while it’s also tolerant of brackish water and deer resistant to boot. Swamp rose mallow has lovely pink flowers and makes a nice, full display on The High Line, tucked in with cattails (Typha laxmannii and Typha minima). It reaches 4-6 feet tall, flowers from July through September, and is hardy from Zones 4 to 9.
Posted in Photography on August 4 2014, by Matt Newman
The hibiscus is the signet of summer, I think—the official stamp of sun and a warm breeze.
Hibiscus in the Home Gardening Center – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 30 2013, by Matt Newman
It still baffles me when skeptical gardeners call native plants “weeds.”
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 26 2013, by Matt Newman
Well, we could probably use our hibiscus blooms as tent covers for our summer evening events, but they’re better suited to making a gigantic (literally) scene in the Perennial Garden and Home Gardening Center.
Hibiscus ‘Fantasia’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on June 28 2013, by Matt Newman
“Then it was that the monstered moth
Which had lain folded against the blue
And the colored purple of the lazy sea,
And which had drowsed along the bony shores,
Shut to the blather that the water made,
Rose up besprent and sought the flaming red
Dabbled with yellow pollen—red as red
As the flag above the old cafe——”
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on September 1 2012, by Matt Newman
Would it be merry Saturday, or happy Saturday? Either way, the hibiscus are still blooming.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen