Thursday, January 24, 2019
A brief visit to Cleveland. You've long wanted to take in its botanical garden. The perfect opportunity. But it's not summer. It's the middle of January. And a blizzard has just swept through two days before dropping almost two feet of snow….➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — botanical gardens | parks | greenhouses | seasons | winter
Sunday, November 05, 2017
What’s autumn without the chrysanthemum? Little it seems these days. But beyond the generic and ubiquitous mum balls that appear on every corner and outside every front door is the superb artistry and aching perfection of trained chrysanthemums, the Japanese kiku...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — autumn | botanical gardens | flower show | greenhouses | holiday | plants
Sunday, July 31, 2016
These days, it seems, a botanical garden isn’t a botanical garden unless it has its own flowering corpse, Amorphophallus titanium. Or one of any notoriety, at least. When Amorphophallus titanum, the so-called corpse flower…➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — botanical gardens | botany | greenhouses
Friday, February 12, 2016
Greetings. It’s coming straight for us on Valentine’s Day. Surprise! No chocolates, though. No flowers. No Cupid’s arrow of love comes with this greeting. Nope. None indeed. Rather, an icy dagger is plunging straight down from the Arctic into the heart. An extreme Polar Vortex is expected to arrive…➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — greenhouses | horticulture | plants | travel
Monday, November 11, 2013
If you’re like me and go crazy for kiku every fall, one of the best displays is at Longwood Gardens. Don’t dawdle. “The Miracle of a Thousand Blooms” is worth the visit alone...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — botanical gardens | fall | greenhouses | horticulture | plants
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
I’m in love with the greenhouses at Longwood. Have I said that enough? Well, maybe. But let me say it again anyway! I’m in love with the greenhouses at Longwood. Especially in the summer…➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — botanical gardens | fuchsias | greenhouses | summer
Monday, March 24, 2014
The vireyas are in bloom again and right now is the time to take in their deletable beauty in the Camellia House at Planting Fields Arboretum on Long Island. The Arboretum has a very under-appreciated bevy of vireya species and cultivars....➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — botanical gardens | greenhouses | plants | winter
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Summer is now almost on us here in the City. Certainly the dew point is almost sixty-five degrees this misty morning. That’s a sure sign that our often humid, southern-flavored summers are...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — botanical gardens | greenhouses | long island | ornamentals | plants
Thursday, March 21, 2013
The Estate Fruit House, part of the vast West Conservatory Complex at Longwood Gardens, is a carefully heated and ventilated greenhouse used for forcing crop plants...➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — botanical gardens | fruit | greenhouses | winter
Monday, April 01, 2013
The dazzling floral displays inside the Main Conservatory of Longwood Garden’s huge complex of greenhouses changes seasonally so any visit there is likely to be met with…➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — botanical gardens | greenhouses | spring
Friday, February 01, 2013
The third week of January was cold in the City. Very cold. With temperatures that dipped down to fifteen on a couple of nights even in my sheltered garden, and that went yet lower still... ➤ Read MoreThe Fuchsia+Blog Tags — botanical gardens | flowers | greenhouses | new york
