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An ingredient in most beers, hops add bitterness when added at the…

Lavender

Feb 4 2019

Lavender has been used in traditional medicine for centuries for its soothing…

Dulse

Feb 4 2019

Red algae like this one are important food sources for many marine…

By Laura Briscoe

Madagascar periwinkle

Feb 5 2019

Commonly known as Madagascar periwinkle, this member of the dogbane family has…

Tea

Feb 5 2019

Tea is a widely popular and culturally significant beverage brewed from the…

Fig family, Moraceae

Feb 7 2019

Ficus carica L., the edible common fig has been cultivated for millenia.…

Smooth rock tripe

Feb 11 2019

Cabinet of Curiosities

This Umbilicaria species is regarded to be one of the largest lichens…

By Laura Briscoe

Lentils

Feb 11 2019

Lentils were one of the first domesticated crops and remain a dietary…

Kava

Mar 27 2019

Roots of the kava plant are used to produce a drink with…

Luffa

Mar 27 2019

Due to their similar uses, many assume loofahs come from sea creatures…

By Amy Weiss

Wolf lichen

Mar 28 2019

Cabinet of Curiosities

The Wolf Lichen is one of the most showy North American lichens,…

By Laura Briscoe

#plantlove

Apr 11 2019

Plant Love

Specimens contained in the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium represent the endless…

By Laura Briscoe, Nicole Tarnowsky, Amy Weiss, Melissa C. Tulig

Don't touch

May 7 2019

Cabinet of Curiosities

Plants have evolved many ways to protect themselves, from growing barbs that…

Heard it through the grapevine

May 21 2019

Vitis is the genus of one of the world’s favorite horticultural crop:…

By Philip Evich

A Dozen Roses

May 30 2019

Works of Art

Here at NYBG, the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden is well on its way…

Plants of Sítio Roberto Burle Marx

Jun 4 2019

Collectors

Roberto Burle Marx was an artist, a landscape architect and an early…

Works of Art Specimen Stories

Celebrating Pride with Flowers

Jun 13 2019

As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots during…

By McKenna Coyle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Jun 13 2019

Cabinet of Curiosities Specimen Stories

The beloved children's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar is turning 50! See many of…