The wings of the Caligo eurilochus (“Giant Owl Butterfly”) resemble the eyes of an owl. This is a form of mimicry meant to deter predators from attacking this butterfly. The Giant Owl butterfly and many more butterflies can be seen at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden as part of the Butterflies LIVE! exhibit.
(Photos by Garrett McLees)
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Best Climbing Roses for the Gardener
Climbers and ramblers are the sculptures of the rosarian’s world, amenable to all the yanking, twisting, bending and tying that an ambitious gardener can throw at them. They make for some of the most eye-catching trellis coverings your landscape will ever know.
But what varieties to train across your picket fence, or wrangle through the lattice of your quaintest backyard pergola? Here, gardening veteran Adrian Higgins tackles some of the trade’s brightest bloomers—size, shape, fragrance and malleability included. Along the way, he also gets some cultivar input from the NYBG’s own Peter Kukielski, erudite (and lovable) curator of our early-blooming Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden. —MN
Update: The Community Kitchen Garden
We made our first 2012 deliveries this week from the Community Kitchen Garden to FeedMore’s Community Kitchen. The current crop is Red Pontiac new potatoes & red beets.
Total pounds delivered: Red Potatoes – 230, Red Beets – 108.
Two butterflies, the Grey Cracker (Left) and Mexican Blue Wing (Right), enjoying a snack at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.
(Photo by Garrett McLees)
#moss (Taken with instagram)
Balloon flower ‘Sentimental Blue’ #lewisginter #rva (Taken with instagram)
Japanese water iris ‘Gold Bound’ #blooms #lewisginter (Taken with instagram)
Brian Vick farms. He composes music. He’s a photographer, and now you can add videographer to his list of talents. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator, Brian Vick, grows food for FeedMore’s Meals on Wheels Serving Central VA during the week, but this weekend, he took some time off from farming to visit the butterflies & share them with you. If you didn’t get a chance to visit the butterflies this weekend, here’s the next best thing.
Floribunda rose ‘Brothers Grimm Fairytale’ #blooms #nofilter #publicgardens (Taken with instagram)
Fabulous-smelling ‘Kleim’s Hardy’ gardenia #rva #publicgardens #nofilter #blooms #wishyouwerehere (Taken with instagram)
The Papilio memnon, “Great Mormon” is originally found in southern Asia. Currently this butterfly and many other tropical species can bee seen at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, VA as part of the Butterflies LIVE! event from now until October 14.
(Photo by Garrett McLees)
Daylily, Hemerocallis fulva, in front of the Conservatory at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.
(Photo by Garrett McLees)
The Paper Kite (Idea leuconoe) can be seen at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden for Butterflies LIVE!
(Photo by Garrett McLees)
Atala Hairstreak (Eumaeus atala) resting on a leaf at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden.
(Photo by Garrett McLees)
When I last visited the Garden I got a sneak preview of Butterflies LIVE!, which is now open. It was amazing to see so many species from around the world in one place, I can’t wait to go back and get some more photos. Butterflies LIVE! is an ongoing event at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, so the butterflies will be at the garden from now until October 14.
~Garrett McLees
