Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Photography on September 14 2015, by Matt Newman
The Rockefeller Rose Garden’s September bloom wastes no time.
Floribunda rose ‘Candy Cane Cocktail’ in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on July 30 2015, by Matt Newman
Even well past spring, the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden continues to impress, as The McCartney Rose makes clear.
Rosa ‘The McCartney Rose’
Posted in Photography on September 6 2014, by Matt Newman
The roses are particularly flirty in September, when perhaps the promise of the coming fall chill has them blooming with abandon.
Rosa ‘Kiss Me’ in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden – Photo by Amy Weiss
Posted in Programs and Events on June 20 2014, by Lansing Moore
Happy Friday! Looks like we are in store for a beautiful weekend. The humidity has abated, the temperature will not be near the highs of this week, and the Garden grounds promise to be simply stunning!
After the success of last weekend’s Big Backyard BBQ & Music Festival, this weekend sees a return to our scheduled programming surrounding Groundbreakers and what’s in bloom. The 2014 Spring Festival Series has officially come to an end—after all, it’s not spring anymore. Saturday is the first official day of summer, and the longest day of the year! Where better to take advantage of the all that sunlight than at NYBG? Come enjoy tours of the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden while it is still at peak form! Read on for details about this weekend’s programs for all ages.
Posted in Photography on June 18 2014, by Matt Newman
It’s been a couple of weeks since our Rose Garden Celebration. Please, nobody tell the Rose Garden that it can stop trying so hard!
In the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on June 7 2014, by Matt Newman
Join us in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden both today and tomorrow for a long-awaited afternoon spent strolling the paths amid thousands of spring blooms in yellows, pinks, purples, reds, and so much more. The collection positively burst into life over the last couple of days, making a fashionably late entrance just in time for our Rose Garden Celebration!
In the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Horticulture on June 6 2014, by Brian Sullivan
Brian Sullivan is the Vice President for Landscape, Gardens and Outdoor Collections. He oversees the care, presentation, and development of the outdoor gardens and landscape management of the Garden’s 250 outdoor acres.
When choosing a new plant to add to a garden, some people choose plants for beauty. Others choose plants with a purpose, for example a shade tree or an upright evergreen for structure in the garden. Well, isn’t it nice to find a plant that fills more than one need?
One such plant is the ornamental allium. If that name sounds familiar, it should. There are many species and cultivars of the genus Allium, which include the well-known chives, onions, and garlic.
The flower appears to be a single, spherical flower borne on single upright stems. However, the globes are actually made up of many small, star-shaped flowers radiating out from the center. Alliums come in many sizes. The flower heads range from tiny to quite large, and the density of the flowers can be quite full, creating a dense flower head; or very open, making for an airy flower head. The stems also range from a short 12” to an astounding 36”. Colors can range from dark purple to the light pink, with some white cultivars. The different species and cultivars can be massed in large numbers or mixed all together for varying effects in the garden.
Posted in Around the Garden on June 1 2014, by Matt Newman
Did I mention the Rose Garden was beginning its bloom? You can actually keep up with the color via our Rose Watch page, which we update each week to reflect the current state of the flowers. And, of course, you can check it out in person next weekend, June 7 and 8, during our Rose Garden Celebration!
Rosa ‘Harison’s Yellow’ in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Gardens and Collections on November 6 2013, by Matt Newman
With the leaves on the trees peaking in a flurry of color, and the mums in the Home Gardening Center boasting their heartiest hues against dipping temperatures, autumn earns its reputation as a time for brief and fervent garden fireworks. But where most of the flowers and foliage drawing our attention are known as hardy hold-outs against the coming frost, it seldom pays to overlook the delicate beauty now closing out its season in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden.
The rose varieties in our collection, many of them bred for coddle-free survival in spite of the rose’s needy reputation, have put on a gripping show this year. So, to celebrate that longevity, I’ve put together a little gallery of the latest stars among the shrubs, some of the blooms bringing up the rear before the cold season sets in to close up shop until spring. It being hump day, I figured it couldn’t hurt to liven up your autumn afternoon with some reds and yellows in a different medium.
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on September 27 2013, by Matt Newman
I like to think that the insect sitting on the rose petal’s fringe is looking out across his own pale canyons in pink and salmon.
Shrub rose ‘Carding Mill’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen