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Archive for May, 2008

Tending the Flower Border

Posted in Garden Tips, tagged , on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It seems as if spring gently unfolds during the month of April and then suddenly, on a non-descript day in May, the perennial flowers—and the weeds—have grown to surprising heights (this epiphany occurred to me this past weekend while rooting through my own mixed border at home, pictured above); this is the time when I [...]

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W@W Peonies and Their History at Winterthur

Posted in Lectures, tagged on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Join us on May 21 for our Wednesdays at Winterthur (W@W) garden series. Come and admire the beautiful peony collection of herbaceous and tree peonies in shades of pink, white, crimson, and yellow. This includes the collection of A.P. Saunders hybrids. We will discuss the history, care, and maintenance of herbaceous and tree peonies. Meet [...]

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Paint-Out! This Sunday, May 18

Posted in Garden, GardenFair, tagged , on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In preparation for their display at GardenFair, the Philadelphia Water Color Society and the Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators have been invited to participate in a special Paint-Out this Sunday, May 18 to paint, photograph, and illustrate throughout the day. Beginning at 10 am, visitors can take the guided garden tram tour and see these [...]

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May Whites

Posted in Garden, tagged , , , , on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Left to right: peony, snowball viburnum, weigela In an earlier post Carol wrote about blue in the early May garden. Just a little later in May, as the dogwoods begin to fade, white flowers begin to emerge. These whites can be a useful addition to the garden; they can add energy to a border, help to blend competing colors, [...]

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Greater Philadelphia Gardens

Posted in Garden, tagged on May 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »

We are lucky at Winterthur to be surrounded by so many great public gardens. Winterthur is just a few minutes from Longwood Gardens and Mt. Cuba—two spectacular gardens. Another 20 gardens offering a wide range of styles and educational programming are within an hour from us. Because of this rich horticultural community, the spring calendar is thick with plant [...]

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Collecting Bulb Seeds

Posted in Garden, tagged , , , on May 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Winter Aconite It seems as though spring has just started and already we are seeing signs of seed-ripening on our earliest bulbs; snowdrops, winter aconite and glory-of-the-snow.  When the green seed pods begin to turn yellow, this is a signal to begin collecting the pods. Let them air dry and split open. Then cast the seed [...]

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Got the Blues?

Posted in Garden, tagged , , , , on May 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The March Bank is known for its stunning display of blue flowered glory-of-the-snow (Chionodoxa lucilliae) and Siberian squill (Scilla sibirica) that saturate the woodland bank—as well as many other parts of the garden—in late March. Italian windflower (Anemone apeninna) adds to the blue palette in early to mid-April and overlaps with the, slightly later, nodding, brilliant blue [...]

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UPDATED Winterthur Azalea Prediction

Posted in Garden, tagged , on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

May 1, 2008 The photograph above was taken this morning of the same area pictured below. We are on track to have beautiful azaleas for Point-to-Point this weekend. April 29, 2008 Point-to-Point weekend is often the high point of our azalea display and, already, Members and azalea lovers have started calling to find out if this will be the [...]

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