Cherries at NYBG

Spring is early. The magnolias are finished but the cherries were not. Sunday at the New York Botanical Garden in, Bronx, New York, April 10, 2022.

After visiting the garden we ate Italian food at a restaurant on Arthur Avenue. I enjoy doing that after spending time outdoors and working up an appetite.

Strange NYBG

Now that it is Spring we will be going outdoors more. Here are a few edited photographs from our trip to the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx on Members Day Sunday, April 10, 2022.

NYBG in November

The New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx. There was still lots of Autumn color to enjoy.

NYBG Conservatory

A trip to the New York Botanical Gardens in November is a treat. Her are some photographs from the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. I missed the first day of the stinky Titan-Arum blooming.

NYBG Scenes

6 of 6 of the New York Botanical Gardens. I know the frog isn’t a scene. I like frogs so I included it.

NYBG Plants

5 of 6 of the New York Botanical Gardens.

NYBG Lilies

Lotuses and Lilies

4 of 6 of the New York Botanical Gardens. I like the sculptural form of the lily seed pods. Each one is slightly different. I replaced most of the backgrounds and enhanced my photographs in Photoshop.

I just learned the difference between a lotus and a lily:

  • Lotuses belong to the family Nelumbonaceae. The leaves and flowers of a lotus rise above the water’s surface. 
  • Water lilies belong to the family Nymphaeaceae. The leaves and flowers of a water lily float on the water surface. The leaves of  a tropical water lily float on the water surface, but its flowers are about 6-8 inches above the water surface. 

NYBG Roses

3 of 6 of the New York Botanical Gardens. The red rose is an oddball in this series, but it is a rose.

Rose, NYBG 8/18/2021