… Vanilla cookies, vanilla perfume, and everything vanilla swept through my nostrils at an Orchid Show scented display one year. The … cabinet. Currently, I am in the second year of my research of the vanilla orchid. Vanilla is an exciting plant to study because it grows as a vine with two different types of roots. These … as a vine (more precisely a hemiepiphyte) because terrestrial roots anchor it within the soil, and epiphytic roots anchor it to tree trunks. My last post, Vanilla inhabitants: The search for …
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… up to look like a pollinator’s favorite food. The orchid’s flower has developed the color and shape of a large tropical spider. But it’s not trying to attract the spider—no, that would be … attracts a wasp that hunts the spider as potential food for its own larvae. Thus the wasp is fooled into landing on the flower—and picking up its pollen—while hunting. So cheeky! A … (Check out more on orchids fooling mating bees with this famous video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h8I3cqpgnA .) Oncidium Sharry Baby ‘Sweet Fragrance’ has dancing skirts and …
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… Lorin Fox is the grower for the woody plants, perennials, and aquatics in the Plant Production department. His job is to produce high-quality plants for the Garden's plant collection and special displays. Fox has worked at the Garden since 2005, when he began work as a Plant …
Type: Staff bio
… hand in hand? A romantic picnic need not be formal or fancy. The secret to making it romantic is a personal touch—something that both reflects your personality and makes the evening more fun. It could be a picnic blanket with a story. It could be real … please— read why here) , edible flowers can make even the simplest dish taste more interesting and look decidedly more romantic: Edible Flowers Violas or pansies come in beautiful and …
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… From ancient China to Greece, Europe, and finally the New World, the tradition of sending messages as a gift of flowers has flourished … in the Victorian era, when public display of emotion was frowned upon, great effort and detail went into the choice of flowers presented in a bouquet. Each flower chosen had its own … group. Even the number of blooms was important. While much of the secret language of flowers is lost in modern times, the traditional gift of roses on Valentine’s Day still expresses …
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… Spring is done and we’ve finally moved into summer bulb season! The annual beds have been replanted with sweeps of dahlias, cannas, caladium, and begonias to showcase these nonstop workhorses of the summer garden. Caladium bicolor … for the shade garden because they provide both structure and color at a time when little else is blooming in the shade. The leaves emerge in a layered whorl, giving the plants a pagoda-like …
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… subjects. Draw from life in the Greenhouses, making studies of the intricate plant structures and colors, then return to the studio to translate studies into compositions. Work in graphite …
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… was named in 1928 in honor of the Duchess of Northumberland, whose family name was Clive and whose garden at Syon House, just across the river from Kew, was famous at that time. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… this cultivar was ranked in the top three selections for ease of growth, flower production, and disease resistance. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… the Netherlands, these are called "Dutch hyacinth," but their ancestors are native to Turkey and the Middle East. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
