The gardener s guide to Lenten rose
Adrian Higgins, The Washington Post
March 1, 2021
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1of3The Black Tie Affair Lenten rose, from the Wedding Party series.Walters Gardens Inc.Show MoreShow Less
2of3The Romantic Getaway Lenten rose, from the Honeymoon series.Walters Gardens Inc.Show MoreShow Less
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The Lenten rose, or hellebore, has gone from being a connoisseur s plant to a widely used perennial valued for its low care, versatility and adaptability to shade.
The bloom resembles a wild rose, though the plant is unrelated to roses. Breeders have used several species to create a wide range of flower colors and markings; these include white, yellow, cherry, apricot, bluish purple and purple-black. Single and double forms are available.
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“So much for Christmas”
Vita brevis, ars longa. The week before Christmas finds MacNeice in London’s National Gallery. Outside, movement continues and suggests ephemerality. Inside, “Other worlds persist,” caught and elevated to significance by the artists’ attention, by the achievements of form.
Last March, sensing how things were going and that museum doors would soon be shut, I stole an hour between meetings to duck into the Smith College Museum of Art. The visit felt like a last leave-taking from old friends (I took quick photographs of some favorite works) and like a farewell to the very act of standing in front of paintings (as opposed to staring at reproductions). During the intervening months, that experience of seeing art, of finding some consolatory order and endurance in the frame, was one I keenly missed. I’ve been able to get back into galleries lately, and I have found the frantic rhythms of my mind soothed by those long moments before the canvases. MacN
“So much for Christmas”
Vita brevis, ars longa. The week before Christmas finds MacNeice in London’s National Gallery. Outside, movement continues and suggests ephemerality. Inside, “Other worlds persist,” caught and elevated to significance by the artists’ attention, by the achievements of form.
Last March, sensing how things were going and that museum doors would soon be shut, I stole an hour between meetings to duck into the Smith College Museum of Art. The visit felt like a last leave-taking from old friends (I took quick photographs of some favorite works) and like a farewell to the very act of standing in front of paintings (as opposed to staring at reproductions). During the intervening months, that experience of seeing art, of finding some consolatory order and endurance in the frame, was one I keenly missed. I’ve been able to get back into galleries lately, and I have found the frantic rhythms of my mind soothed by those long moments before the canvases. MacN