Inside The New York Botanical Garden

Morning Eye Candy

Morning Eye Candy: Floating Along

Posted in Photography on July 18 2014, by Matt Newman

The flower clusters of Sanguisorba tenuifolia float like dainty ghosts at the tips of their spindly stems, calling out the beauty of the Seasonal Walk in summer all the more.

Sanguisorba tenuifolia

Sanguisorba tenuifolia along the Seasonal Walk – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: Storm Sans Thunder

Posted in Photography on July 16 2014, by Matt Newman

It turns out you can have storm clouds sans all that wind, lightning, and falling water. You can even put them in a pot and keep them happily at home.

Agapanthus 'Storm Cloud'

Agapanthus ‘Storm Cloud’ by the Mosholu Gate – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: Summer Nights

Posted in Photography on July 11 2014, by Lansing Moore

Who knew such a sunny flower would go by the name ‘Summer Nights’? But that’s exactly the name of this variety of ox-eye, seen here looking you right in the eye. How will you be spending these lovely summer nights? Tickets are going fast for our next Jazz Age Evening here at the Garden.

heliopsis helianthoides var scabra summer nights

Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra ‘Summer Nights’ along the Perennial Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen