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Archive for June, 2008

Almost Summer!

Posted in Garden, tagged , , , , on June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Trying to beat the coming thunderstorm, I took an early afternoon stroll through part of the Winterthur Garden today. What fun on a low-humidity late-spring day! ferns – lush and frilly and fresh astilbe, daylillies and hydrangea near the Reflecting Pool – sure summer favorites a new color scheme in the containers around the reflecting pool [...]

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Garden CD on Sale Today!

Posted in GardenFair, tagged , on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Beginning Friday, June 20, you can pick up your copy of Playing in the Garden, a compilation of original music inspired by the Winterthur Garden featuring an eclectic mix of classical, jazz, folk, Celtic, contemporary, and pop.  Presented by Arts in Media LLC, the disc can be purchased at Winterthur where tickets are sold.  For [...]

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New Paths for March Bank

Posted in Garden, tagged , on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

After many months of planning and research, work has started in the March Bank to repave the paths. Before work could begin, a team of Horticulture staff members worked with our Garden Committee to plan the re-paving and un-paving of areas throughout the garden, reviewed a special asphalt mix that was created specifically for Winterthur, and relocated [...]

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Hosta, Sedum, and Stone

Posted in Garden, tagged , , , on June 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Try this recipe for success: take three things, two living and one inanimate, use ample quantities of each, and see what happens. This spring, the sedum growing in and above the stone wall near the greenhouses is spectaular! Below, a row of hosta fill the gap between stone wall and the garden path.  The fine texture of [...]

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Martagon Lilies

Posted in Garden, tagged , on June 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Garden trends sometimes push perfectly good plants out of fashion. The martagon lily is a case in point; the wildflower-like blossoms of the martagon lily are no match for the fist-sized flowers of Asiatic lilies. Yet martagon lilies have a lot to offer Mid-Atlantic gardeners, and they are one of my favorite sights in the [...]

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Color on Sycamore Hill

Posted in Garden, tagged on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In the 1960s, Mr. du Pont wanted to extend the season of color at Winterthur so he added a new garden area, now called Sycamore Hill. In late May and early June, Sycamore Hill is woven together with paths of white, lavender, and red flowers. This color combination appears at Winterthur earlier in the year with azaleas and dogwoods [...]

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Reflecting Pool Reflections

Posted in Garden, tagged , , , , on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

  A quick walk through the Reflecting Pool garden today revealed a couple ideas I might use in my home garden. I’d never noticed that the burgundy leaves of the filbert match the coloration in the stone walls. We’re thinking about adding a stone wall in the backyard; this observation could inform our stone selection.  I walked to [...]

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