Morning Eye Candy: Monday Petals
Posted in Photography on June 22 2015, by Lansing Moore
Shrub rose ‘Lavender Meidiland’™ in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Inside The New York Botanical Garden
The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden
Impressive Numbers for Year-One of the EarthKind Trials
Posted in People, Video on December 8 2011, by Rustin Dwyer
With wintery weather on the way, it hardly seems like the time to be talking roses. The forecast looks chilly and the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden has been “put to bed” for the season, so what is there to talk about?
How about completely changing the face of rose growing for home gardeners in the northeast? That’s what rose garden curator Peter Kukielski hopes to accomplish with the EarthKind™ Rose Trials beds, located just south of Daffodil Hill. The goal of the EarthKind™ program is to identify cultivars that combine beauty with proven durability in the landscape, and that means they’ll receive no water other than what falls from the sky, nor fertilizers or pesticides of any kind.
Morning Eye Candy: In the Rose Garden
Posted in Photography on April 7 2011, by Ann Rafalko
Curator Peter Kukielski teaches School of Professional Horticulture students in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden.
(photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Planting bare root roses in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Want to plant bare root roses yourself at home? Learn how from Peter himself! Hurry, because the best time for bare root rose planting is almost over in our area (for those of you who purchased a rose in a pot don’t worry — Peter says a potted rose can be planted anytime).
Morning Eye Candy: And Still They Linger
Posted in Photography on December 17 2010, by Plant Talk
The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden is closed until spring, but some roses persist–like this beauty in the Home Gardening Center–despite the snow and frost.
Rosa ‘All the Rage’ (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)
A Rose Garden Beyond Compare
Posted in Gardens and Collections on November 3 2010, by Plant Talk
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Peter Kukielski is the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden Curator. |
One of the best things about a rose is that it is the longest blooming perennial plant there is. Roses begin blooming in late May and can continue to bloom until the first frost. The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden is a perfect example of this and continues to bloom even today–the second day of November! This is amazing considering this year’s peak bloom occurred in the third week of May. ‘Easter Basket,’ a variety that is planted along the main alley of the rose garden and newly planted at the top of the stairs, hasn’t been out of bloom since late spring.
Fall is a wonderful time to stop and smell the roses. The cooler air seems to intensify their fragrance, allowing it to linger in the air. The main entrance to the garden is flanked on either side by an incredible collection of English Roses, which are famous for their scent. Other varieties such as ‘Julia Child,’ ‘Quietness,’ ‘Bolero,’ ‘The McCartney Rose,’ ‘Eternal Flame,’ ‘Mister Lincoln,’ ‘Double Delight’, ‘Tiffany,’ and ‘Marie Louise Marjan’ are all incredibly fragrant, and ‘Queen Mary 2’ smells slightly of bananas!
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