rosa glauca

Rosa Glauca

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I first saw Rosa glauca, sometimes known as Rosa rubrifolia, in a dreamlike setting.  The large shrub was growing at Stonecrop in Putnam County, New York, former home of the late Frank Cabot, founder of the Garden Conservancy.  The day was overcast and fog shrouded parts of Cabot’s magnificent garden.  I came around a corner … Read more

The High Line

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I just spent an afternoon walking the High Line, New York City’s vertical park built on the remnants of an elevated freight line on the West Side. I have heard people sing its praises since the first section opened in 2009 (a subsequent section opened last year, with another still to come) and those praises … Read more