yes.. hosta sum and substance can get huge.. ive seen one 8 foot round... about 6 foot tall ..

isnt the painters pallet just above.. not a friendly plant.. somewhat invasive.. persicaria or some such.. a very good friend.. refused to give me some.. for said reason... or is that the knotweed variation on the pallet theme.. the name will come to me later...fallopia..

surprised the didnt remove the rails... i would have been more in the RR aspects.. lol ... which are probably just a nuisance to the locals.. nbd..

thx for the gallery of pix.. ive heard of this before.. it must be such a breath of fresh air.. literally.. to so many peeps locked in the concrete jungle...

ken

You'd be surprised Ken at the amount of green space that NYC actually has. As a I was walking back from the High Line I came upon am amazing little coleus garden that someone had planted, the plants were huge.

The High Line actually has a lot of plants that are aggressive seeders but there is an army of volunteers that keep it all in check. It is truly an amazing garden.

Fantastic selection of plants, a2zmom. I have followed this project since it's inception - many of the plants are a relevant choice for me - I am also amazed at the opuntia and determined to try this myself. Thanks for the array of photos...I so hope I can manage to get my head around the process as there is something wonderful about looking at pictures of your summer garden, while snivelling in a dreary grey winter.

a2zmom thanks so much for posting this. I'm so close to NYC and have always wanted to go visit this and never have. A coworker went a few years ago and took many pictures. It's an amazing garden and an amazing urban reclamation project. Kudos to the volunteers who keep it in shape!

I too recently (last few years) found out prickly pear was native, and I too was blown away haha!

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Dee

@rosaprimula UK (Cambridge) Z8/9 So glad my pictures are helping you through the winter. I am not fond of the cold myself but it seems to be the only time I clean my house so I guess that's a plus.

@diggerdee zone 6 CT You MUST come into NYC. I'd be happy to show you around. (Go mid week, the High Line is pretty packed on the weekends). Even the hardscaping is just so beautifully integrated. And of course Central PArk is just as amazing in its own right.

I'd be interested in seeing some wider overview shots. Do you have any?

I was there some years ago and thought the plantings were rather boring and repetitive. Glad to see they've upped their game!

Oh I've been to NYC many, many times! I just always seem to have something else to do besides the High Line. Unfortunately (and surprisingly) I don't have a lot of gardeners in my friend circle so that's not really high on their priority list! Maybe we could get a couple of local (tri-state) garden-webbers to meet up for a day!

mxk I think that red tree is pretty cool but would definitely like it in a different color. That's the first thing I thought when I saw it - perhaps a green? But maybe green is too predictable for an artist lol.

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Dee

The tree is red on purpose - paraphrasing from the artist's statement - the tree's color and form resemble the branching systems of human organs inviting viewers to consider the link between human and plant life. I loved the sculpture in person.

@floraluk2 As I was walking back through the garden, I was planning tp take some longer shots but my phone was at death's door. The first thing I did when I left was find an electronics store and buy a charger and adaptor and plug my phone in!

@diggerdee zone 6 CT I think having a garden meet up is a splendid idea!

Eastern Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa) is native along the coast from Florida to Cape Cod. Yes, perfectly hardy in the HUMID and WET East. I don't think there is any other true cacti that can tolerant both the cold and the humid/wet. Yes, I have them in NJ, Zone 7a/b. I like the yellow flowers in the Spring, just be warned, they do spread, and have both long thorns and those even worse, nasty tiny things that freely lodge into body parts. The ones below are in a pot, as I started to remove those spreading into the lawn. I do have lots of deer, and they are most definitely deer proof!

Here are some wider shots, from the NYC Parks Dept: https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/the-high-line/photos

@41 North (Zone 7a/b, NE, coastal) Wow, what a great picture. And I agree, the yellow flower is so pretty. They are likely deer proof not because of the thons but some other reason. I have seen deer eat holly which is pretty prickly.

a2zmom, not sure what it is if not the thorns, Opuntia are not poinsonous, in fact, they are commonly eaten in Mexico, known as Napoles. Deer largely leave my holly alone, but will will munch on smooth Japanese Holly.

They just might not like the taste. The only things I know for sure deer won't eat is poisonous plants like foxglove and fuzzy plants like lamb's ears. The little darlings ate my bee balm this year. Seer are not supposed to eat members of the mint family but apparently no one told them.

I was curious so I checked a site and yup, deer eat prickly pear cactus.