Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on April 8 2012, by Matt Newman
Pixels of spring green are starting to poke through the branches in the Forest. That means a finite wait until we can get out there to revel in the sound of the breeze through leafy boughs.
I’m not trying to wax poetic. I just really want to do this.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on April 7 2012, by Matt Newman
“Tinka.” What a name for a cultivar. Look at this tulip and tell me–would it fall more in line with a Tinkerbell, or some intriguing Russian femme fatale?
Tulipa ‘Tinka’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on March 30 2012, by Matt Newman
Magnolia x soulangeana — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden on March 29 2012, by Matt Newman
The cold snap of the past few days may be pitching everyone into sighs and confusion, but the Garden‘s caretakers aren’t wasting any time waiting for the summer sun to seize the reins. It takes an ambitious cherry picker and a steady-handed crew to give the Conservatory its yearly whitewashing.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on March 28 2012, by Matt Newman
I was walking into work on Monday morning when I caught sight of the small green clouds perking up Tulip Tree Allée. There was a moment of cognitive dissonance–I was sure the branches had been barren when I left on Friday night.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on March 27 2012, by Matt Newman
Korean rhododendron (Rhododendron mucronulatum) — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography, The Orchid Show on March 26 2012, by Matt Newman
The Orchid Show means thousands upon thousands of orchids, curling and spiraling their way across nine separate vertical walls of exotic foliage. It’s a family reunion of sorts in the Conservatory.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on March 25 2012, by Matt Newman
A sliver of trivia: this flowering cherry hybrid was developed at the U.S. National Arboretum in D.C. by the prolific Dr. Donald Egolf, back in 1982. However, it wasn’t until 2003 that ‘First Lady’ made its way onto the horticulture scene at large. It boasts the abundant flowers and hardiness of the mother plant, ‘Okame,’ with the coloration of its father, the Taiwan flowering cherry (P. campanulata).
I suppose it also technically shares its birthday with Tron, Bladerunner, and Conan the Barbarian. It’s not like I was going to give you a dossier without a few oddball connections tacked on.
Prunus ‘First Lady’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on March 24 2012, by Matt Newman
Prunus pendula var. ascendens — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on March 23 2012, by Matt Newman
Magnolias in spring–I’ll keep posting them so long as they’re this appealing. This shot of airy pink saucers under a sky of curly clouds is further giving me amnesia (what winter?)
Magnolia x soulangeana — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen