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October 11, 2005
Bittersweet Fall Garden
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It's miraculous how a good rainfall will revitalize a wilting and dying landscape (okay, maybe 6 inches in 24 hours is a little excessive). Grass and leaves have gone from brown to green over the weekend, and we are experiencing the last bittersweet gasp of our parks and gardens before the inevitable seasonal end.
Nowhere is this more true than at the Conservatory Garden in Central Park, where the last gasp is more like a great gulp. In the South garden, many of the annuals are still blooming, the grasses are at their best, and the foliage plants have almost eclipsed the flowers with their vivid colors and strong shapes. This is one of the best moments of the year at the Conservatory, and it's made more poignant by the fact that next Tuesday (October 18) it's going to be all over for another year. The annuals, still in their full glory, will be pulled out to make room for the spring bulb planting.
We at Citygardenguide feel that all of New York looks fabulous in the spring; much of it looks good in the summer; but only The Conservatory Garden is at its most spectacular in the fall.
Go visit before it's too late.
It's quite remarkable how vibrant the colors are right now at the Conservatory Garden, and how much of that impact comes from foliage plants. Pictured here are: Colocasia escuelenta 'Illustris',
Ipomoea b. 'Sweet Caroline Bronze' and 'Ace of Spades' and Coleus 'Sedona'. The three Salvias in the background are sinaloensis, mexicana 'Tula' and x 'Indigo Spires'.
Posted by gardenguidenyc at October 11, 2005 01:38 PM