Morning Eye Candy

Morning Eye Candy: Spotlit

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 22 2013, by Matt Newman

A break in the canopy is a window of opportunity.

Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: Rose Garden’s Horizon

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 21 2013, by Matt Newman

What’s an ebbing summer sun to a rose named ‘Summer Sun’, or the hints of fall to its warmest bloom?

Floribunda rose ‘Summer Sun’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: Sage in Purple

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 20 2013, by Matt Newman

Russian sage, to be more specific. Look for it in the Home Gardening Center, or follow your nose, rather—it can be pungent!

Perovskia atriplicifolia ‘Superba’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: Mixed Company

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 19 2013, by Matt Newman

Dahlia ‘Marie Schnugg’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: To-may-to, To-mah-to

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 18 2013, by Matt Newman

Quick, what’s your favorite summer tomato recipe! Leave it in the comments if you’d like; there’s no prize, but it would be nice to see what people are eating this season.

Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: The Day’s Festivities

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 17 2013, by Matt Newman

We’ll be hanging out in the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden this weekend for the Summer Harvest Festival. And of course everyone’s welcome.

Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: Airborne Ace

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 16 2013, by Matt Newman

I think I’m on a certified dragonfly kick after perusing Thomas Andres’ collection of bug shots from earlier this week. Ivo follows up with what may be the cutest representative of the Odonata class taking a breather on a leaf in the Ladies’ Border.

Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: Japanese Anemone

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 15 2013, by Matt Newman

Anemone x hybrida ‘Robustissima’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: A Possible Misnomer

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 14 2013, by Matt Newman

I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume that ‘Bashful’ was a tongue-in-cheek cultivar joke, considering the ostentatious color of this little gem. Look for it in the Perennial Garden.

Dahlia ‘Bashful’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

Morning Eye Candy: 1 in 10

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on August 13 2013, by Matt Newman

It may be commonplace—the London planetree accounts for one in 10 of the street trees you see in New York City—but its recognizable seed balls still carry a bit of Seussian charm.

Platanus x acerfolia ‘Pyramidalis’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen