Winterthur Garden Blog

Wednesday at Winterthur – May 30, 2012

11:30 am, please meet at Visitor Center Patio

Many plants in the Winterthur Garden would fit very well in almost any home garden. See which ones you might incorporate in your garden for just a touch of Winterthur at home. With specialist garden guide Ed Stevenson, learn how these plants grow best, their seasonal ornamental attributes, and terrific plant combinations.

Join us for demonstrations, talks, and guided walks covering a wide range of gardening topics. These events begin at 11:30 am on Wednesdays from April through October (except August). Included with all admission tickets, members free.

Walks last 45-60 minutes. No reservations necessary. Please dress for the weather and wear walking shoes. Walks are generally not handicap accessible due to rough and steep garden paths.

Thanks to our volunteers, here is the latest list of things in bloom at Winterthur. The best areas right now are the lower peony garden, Sycamore Hill, and the Quarry Garden.

http://www.winterthur.org/pdfs/05.16.2012 winterthur bloom report number 19.pdf

Highlights:

• Cornus controversa (Giant Dogwood) on entrance drive
• Kousa Dogwood in Azalea Woods, Oak Hill, and Sycamore Hill
• Viburnum dilatatum (Linden Viburnum) in Azalea Woods, March Bank
• Iris versicolor (Purple Iris) in lower Azalea Woods and Peony Garden
• Chionanthus virginicus (Fringe Tree) near Sundial Garden
• Aesculus pavia (Red Buckeye) on Sycamore Hill and Oak Hill
• Buddleia alternifolia (Butterfly-bush) near Sycamore Hill
• Syringa (Lilac) on Sycamore Hill

Rhododendron above Museum Store

Wednesday at Winterthur – May 23, 2012

11:30 am, please meet at the Visitor Center Patio

Winterthur’s Quarry Garden was the last garden area developed by H.F. du Pont during a horticultural career that spanned more than six decades. Join garden guides Debra Shedrick and Jeannette Lindvig on a stroll through the story of this space. Envision having a conversation with Mr. du Pont, the old master of gardening, in this, his final garden creation.

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Join us for demonstrations, talks, and guided walks covering a wide range of gardening topics. These events begin at 11:30 am on Wednesdays from April through October (except August). Included with all admission tickets, members free.

Walks last 45-60 minutes. No reservations necessary. Please dress for the weather and wear walking shoes. Walks are generally not handicap accessible due to rough and steep garden paths.

What’s not to love? Nine pages of things in bloom in the Winterthur Garden!

http://www.winterthur.org/pdfs/05.10.2012 bloom list.pdf

Highlights:

• Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
• Rhododendrons
• Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
• Columbine (Aquilegia sp.)
• Western Bleeding-heart (Dicentra formosa)
• Wild Hyacinth (Cammassia scilloides)
• Candleabra primrose (Primula japonica)
• Mock Orange (Phildelphus grandiflorus)
• Dwarf Deutzia
• Snowball Viburnum (Viburnum macrocephalum)
• Chinese Fringe Tree (Chionanthus retusus)
• Beauty Bush (Weigela)
• Yellow Iris (Iris pseudacorus)
• Purple Iris (Iris versicolor)
• Peonies (Paeonia spp.)

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Wednesday at Winterthur – May 16, 2012

11:30 am, please meet at the Visitor Center Patio

H. F. du Pont corresponded with many of the rhododendron and azalea hybridizers of his time. Come see the hybrids in bloom and hear about the men who created these garden treasures.Linda Eirhart, assistant director of the garden, will share some of the delightful correspondence between du Pont and these pioneer plantsmen.

Join us for demonstrations, talks, and guided walks covering a wide range of gardening topics. These events begin at 11:30 am on Wednesdays from April through October (except August). Included with all admission tickets, members free.

Walks last 45-60 minutes. No reservations necessary. Please dress for the weather and wear walking shoes. Walks are generally not handicap accessible due to rough and steep garden paths.