A Visit to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Brooklyn, NY, October 30, 2009: We visited the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Our first stop was the Japanese Garden:

This Shinto shrine is dedicated to Inari, the spirit of harvest and protector of plants; the kitsune (foxes) are Inari's messengers:

The Jenkins Fountain on the Lily Pool Terrace has fish head water spouts:
A tropical water lily and a nasturtium:









A busy bee on a daisy and Mexican bush sage:









We visited the climate controlled collections in the Steinhardt Conservatory: Tropical:












The Tabernaemontan diverticata flore pleno, a double-blossomed crepe jasmine from India:
Whitfieldia elongata (White Candles) and a banana plant:












Desert:
A blue candle cactus and a desert spoon:












Euphorbia baioensis and Lithops olivacea (a species of living stone) in bloom:












A Hydrangea and Euryops pectinatus:









Bonsai:
Autumn color: Japanese maples (left); Gingko and larch (a deciduous conifer) (right):









Dead bonsai--this bonsai lived 800 years and died shortly after arriving at BBG:












On the right is an unusual Crimean linden:












A spider in the Children's Garden and a Phellodendron:









A red Zinnia with powdery mildew and Waterlily Dahlias:












The winterberry is known for its fruit but, close up, its blossom are spectacular:
The monocot border:
Cardoon gone to seed (left) and Globe amaranth (right):












Cattail gone to seed in front of Knock-Out roses:
Cosmos and Cleome:












The rose garden was at season's end:
But individual blooms were spectacular: (click on arrow to start slideshow)