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Via @Jen Kim: Not even having had time to sort through my hundreds of pics from my Mother’s Day visit to The New York Botanical Garden, I headed back on Friday for the members’ preview of their newest exhibition: Monet’s Garden and oh…my…god…
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Caladium leaf in our sterling silver bird silhouette.
The concept of a rock garden sounds amazingly dull, like it would be a garden full of well … rocks. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. Plants are imminently adaptable, and those that adapt to the arid, hardscrabble life of grappling for nutrients in a barren biome tend to be, well, really cool. Need proof? Just check out the fractal fabulousness of these Hens and Chicks in the Garden’s WPA-era Rock Garden.
Not quite the garlic you were looking for? Schubert’s Garlic, or Allium schubertii, is indeed related to the bulbs you find haphazardly piled together in the produce section of your local supermarket. As part of the onion family, it even gives off that familiar smell when bruised or broken. But Schubert’s Garlic is known more for its bright sprays of pink and green florets than for its culinary uses.
Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii ‘Shorty’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
woodland violet in the garden, a favorite. “Who are the violets now That strew the green lap of the new Come spring?” Shakespeare; Richard II
"I do believe I already mentioned how spectacular the lilacs are doing right now, up to and including those that aren’t quite “lilac” in color. But a reminder doesn’t hurt. These columnar French jewels will put you in an aromatic trance." Just lovely, I'm in a trance.
Such an unusual, but beautiful orchid, click on over for more beauties.
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bleeding hearts from the garden; awaiting the white ones which bloom next.
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Of the many thousands of orchids on display during the Orchid Show, the two most requested flowers are the vanilla orchid and what is known as Darwin’s orchid.
A sliver of trivia: this flowering cherry hybrid was developed at the U.S. National Arboretum in D.C. by the prolific Dr. Donald Egolf, back in 1982. However, it wasn’t until 2003 that ‘First Lady’ made its way onto the horticulture scene at large. It boasts the abundant flowers and hardiness of the mother plant, ‘Okame,’ with the coloration of its father, the Taiwan flowering cherry (P. campanulata).
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