Morning Eye Candy: Shaggy Spring
Posted in Photography on June 17 2014, by Matt Newman
Looks like the armillary sphere could use a haircut.
The Armillary Sphere in the Perennial Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Perennial Garden
Morning Eye Candy: Simple and Clean
Posted in Around the Garden on June 8 2014, by Matt Newman
The contrast of white and purple create the perfect Sunday morning moment of zen.
Poppies in the Perennial Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Perennially Yours
Posted in Photography on June 6 2014, by Lansing Moore
How about some color after a rainy day? The Painted Sage is painting the Perennial Garden bright shades of pink and purple.
Salvia viridis var. comata ‘Marble Arch Blue’ and ‘Marble Arch Rose’ – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Orange Suns
Posted in Photography on May 30 2014, by Matt Newman
Poppies in the Perennial Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Among the Green
Posted in Photography on May 3 2014, by Matt Newman
Expect to see a lot from the Perennial Garden going forward. It’s just too good to keep to ourselves.
In the Perennial Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Taking the Lead
Posted in Photography on April 30 2014, by Matt Newman
The Collections have a friendly wager going between them: who can hit spring stride the quickest? It’s quickly getting to be a neck-and-neck race.
In the Perennial Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Perennially Perfect
Posted in Photography on April 24 2014, by Matt Newman
Viola ‘Penny Orange’ in the Perennial Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Spring’s Getting Louder
Posted in Photography on March 18 2014, by Matt Newman
Witch-hazel (Hamamelis) in the Perennial Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Snowdrops Sing of Spring
Posted in Horticulture on March 14 2014, by Kristin Schleiter
Kristin Schleiter is the NYBG’s Associate Vice President of Outdoor Gardens and Senior Curator. She oversees the wonderful gardening team that keeps our flowering gardens looking topnotch, curates the herbaceous gardens and collections, and manages the curator of woody plants. She lives and gardens in Fairfield, CT.
Every February, I can be found on my knees in the Garden poking and prodding and looking for signs that my beloved snowdrops are coming up to signal the beginning of spring. Pushing aside the snow, I see small green noses forcing their way up for a whiff of warm air. Even a single sunny day can bring forth elegant white blossoms which have a lovely honey scent. The spring’s earliest snowdrops, Galanthus elwesii, are blooming now in the Perennial and Azalea Gardens. Their glaucous blue foliage and large flowers create a much nicer drift of white.
Morning Eye Candy: The Welcome Parade
Posted in Photography on March 12 2014, by Matt Newman
Never, ever feel guilty about your snowdrop favoritism. Who else earns their keep by predicting spring so handily?
Galanthus elwesii in the Perennial Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen