{"id":52727,"date":"2016-04-15T16:41:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T20:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=52727"},"modified":"2016-04-15T16:43:32","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T20:43:32","slug":"whats-beautiful-now-a-second-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2016\/04\/photography\/whats-beautiful-now-a-second-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Beautiful Now: A Second Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>False starts and sudden bouts of cold may have confused New York&#8217;s plants for the first weeks of spring, but there&#8217;s no doubt that it&#8217;s here now. This weekend should be nothing but clear skies, sun, and easy, breezy weather for our plants to shake off the chill. And you&#8217;re welcome to do the same!<\/p>\n<p>Stop in for this final weekend of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/tos\">The Orchid Show: Orchidelirium<\/a><\/em>, closing Sunday, April 17. And if you&#8217;re in the mood for something a bit more moonlit, you can&#8217;t go wrong with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/exhibitions\/2016\/orchid-show\/evenings.php\">Orchid Evenings<\/a>, the last of which happen tonight and tomorrow, April 15 and 16, from 6:30 to 9:30. It&#8217;s your last chance to see this kaleidoscopic exhibition under the Conservatory lights with a drink in hand\u2014admittedly one of the better ways to take in the world&#8217;s most alluring flowers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-52727-1-slideshow\" class=\"slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nybg.org\\\/blogs\\\/plant-talk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/12973364_10154095589689663_6158645244928648333_o.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;52732&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;12973364_10154095589689663_6158645244928648333_o&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Weeping cherries frame the Conservatory Lawn&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nybg.org\\\/blogs\\\/plant-talk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/13002527_10154095592144663_3990873444054314304_o.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;52728&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;13002527_10154095592144663_3990873444054314304_o&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Perennial Garden&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nybg.org\\\/blogs\\\/plant-talk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/12977046_10154095592164663_7139096378375870645_o.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;52729&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;12977046_10154095592164663_7139096378375870645_o&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Home Gardening Center&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nybg.org\\\/blogs\\\/plant-talk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/12998179_10154095592159663_6838231310984672174_o.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;52730&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;12998179_10154095592159663_6838231310984672174_o&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Violets and Pansies at Mosholu Gate&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nybg.org\\\/blogs\\\/plant-talk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/13007312_10154095589759663_8570371977986535141_n.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;52731&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;13007312_10154095589759663_8570371977986535141_n&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Cherry trees in the Ross Conifer Arboretum&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nybg.org\\\/blogs\\\/plant-talk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/13041421_10154095589704663_2324790838307223338_o.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;52733&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;13041421_10154095589704663_2324790838307223338_o&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Strolling along Seasonal Walk&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nybg.org\\\/blogs\\\/plant-talk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/12976719_10154095589709663_7529571433108128668_o.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;52734&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;12976719_10154095589709663_7529571433108128668_o&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Daffodils and crabapples paint Daffodil Hill in reds and yellows&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>False starts and sudden bouts of cold may have confused New York&#8217;s plants for the first weeks of spring, but there&#8217;s no doubt that it&#8217;s here now. 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