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October 18, 2019
Featured Plant: Firetail Mountain Fleece
By Matt Vermeulen
Many beautiful blooms on the High Line are fleeting— for example, spring ephemerals pop up for only a few weeks and are soon gone. But Firetail...
By Matt Vermeulen | October 18, 2019
Many beautiful blooms on the High Line are fleeting— for example, spring ephemerals pop up for only a few weeks and are soon gone. But Firetail mountain fleece, this week’s plant, is long-blooming, sometimes lasting until the...
September 26, 2019
Gardening as Storytelling: Talking Medicinal Plants with Our Director of Horticulture
By High Line
Introducing our new series of interviews with our director of horticulture. Up first: medicinal plants, in celebration of our horticulture festival.
By High Line | September 26, 2019
Introducing our new series of interviews with our director of horticulture. Up first: medicinal plants, in celebration of our horticulture festival.
September 22, 2019
Gardening in the Sky: Gardening Toward Fall
By High Line Gardens
In a month or so, the High Line’s meadows will be rich tapestries of gold, silver, mauve, black and brown textured with feathery plumes of...
By High Line Gardens | September 22, 2019
In a month or so, the High Line’s meadows will be rich tapestries of gold, silver, mauve, black and brown textured with feathery plumes of grasses, spikes and buttons of seed heads and skeletal structures of dried stems and...
September 22, 2019
Featured Plant: Pink Muhly Grass
By High Line Gardens
Pink muhly grass most easily identified in fall by its abundant masses of pink airy inflorescences.
By High Line Gardens | September 22, 2019
Pink muhly grass most easily identified in fall by its abundant masses of pink airy inflorescences.
September 21, 2019
Featured Plant: Sassafras
By High Line Gardens
Sassafras albidum‘s clusters of chartreuse flowers add bright color along the High Line. Photo by Phil Vachon The “mitten tree” Up and...
By High Line Gardens | September 21, 2019
Sassafras albidum‘s clusters of chartreuse flowers add bright color along the High Line. Photo by Phil Vachon The “mitten tree” Up and down the High Line, the sassafras trees are blooming. They’re easy to miss...
September 18, 2019
Featured Plant: Grey Birch
By High Line Gardens
Betula populifolia is monoecious, meaning male and female flowers exist on the same specimen.
By High Line Gardens | September 18, 2019
Betula populifolia is monoecious, meaning male and female flowers exist on the same specimen.
September 16, 2019
Featured Plant: Staghorn Sumac
By High Line Gardens
Rhus typhina, the staghorn sumac, is a small colonizing tree native to eastern North America.
By High Line Gardens | September 16, 2019
Rhus typhina, the staghorn sumac, is a small colonizing tree native to eastern North America.
September 14, 2019
Featured Plant: Graceful Cattail
By High Line Gardens
Swaying over the children who splash in the water feature, across from the visitors reveling in the sun on the deck chairs, the graceful cattails bloom...
By High Line Gardens | September 14, 2019
Swaying over the children who splash in the water feature, across from the visitors reveling in the sun on the deck chairs, the graceful cattails bloom on the High Line. Where is it from? A marginal wetland species native to Europe and...
September 9, 2019
Featured plant: Echinacea
By High Line Gardens
Commonly known as coneflowers, the genus Echinacea comprises nine species of herbaceous perennial plants in the Asteraceae family that are native to...
By High Line Gardens | September 9, 2019
Commonly known as coneflowers, the genus Echinacea comprises nine species of herbaceous perennial plants in the Asteraceae family that are native to the prairies and open woodlands of the eastern and central regions of North America....
July 30, 2019
"Keeping a Jungle in Check": An Interview with Horticulture Supervisor, Taryn Cunha
By High Line
Learn about the Spur gardens, Taryn’s favorite part of the job, and which new plants to look out for on the park.
By High Line | July 30, 2019
Learn about the Spur gardens, Taryn’s favorite part of the job, and which new plants to look out for on the park.