A few mild winter days have brought out our earliest bulbs in the March Bank and on the East Terrace. Hundreds and thousands of cold-hardy snowdrops, eranthis, crocus, and adonis make it worth a late winter, chilly walk.
Archive for February, 2009
A Prelude to Spring
Posted in Garden, tagged bulbs on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Snowy Night Images
Posted in Garden, tagged snow on February 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The snowstorm a couple of weeks ago was very photogenic. I managed to catch some images of the snow as it was falling and made sure to get back out into the garden early the next morning. Several photographers were out in the landscape – if you were one of them, we would enjoy sharing [...]
Beautiful Tree Collection
Posted in Garden, Plants on February 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On my way home Friday night, the sun was bright on the crusty snow and the sky was bright blue. Minute by minute the days are getting longer! As I drove from Old Kennett Pike up onto Way Road, I got a good look at the winter silhouette of one of “my” trees. It’s a big [...]
A New Look for the New Year
Posted in Garden, tagged Azalea Woods on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The pathways in Azalea Woods are getting a face lift this winter; the current red gravel walks are being removed and replaced with mulch. This is a much anticipated project that will give a more desirable woodland appearance to this garden area. This new look is actually more historically accurate (see above photo) but with a [...]
Winter Turf Tips
Posted in Garden, tagged lawn, turf on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
by Frank Quinnette 1. On those nice days, clean up leaves, twigs, rocks and other debris from your lawn. Leaves and small twigs can be mowed and left on the lawn. Larger sticks and rocks, however, are blade bait!! Hitting a rock with a rotating piece of thick metal turning at a bazillion RPM will [...]
Preparing for the Upside Down Tree
Posted in Enchanted Woods, tagged upside down tree on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When we were originally designing Enchanted Woods, Gary Smith, our landscape architect drew an image of an upside down tree. He never shared the image with the rest of the design team because he thought it would be irresponsible to cut down a living tree and flip it upside down. A few years ago, our arborist, John [...]
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- In addition to winter jasmine and snowdrops; adonis amurensis, winter aconite, and leucojum are all coming into bloom. 2 weeks ago
- Winter jasmine, snowdrops, and witch hazels in flower - winter aconite just starting to peek out of the ground. 3 weeks ago
- Almost 60 degrees! More snowdrops pushing - daffodil and lycoris leaves starting to come up too. 1 month ago
- Snowdrops, winter jasmine, and winter honeysuckle in flower on a sunny December day. 1 month ago
- Tuberose still in flower in kids vegetable garden, Colchicum on Oak Hill, and Begonia grandis in Enchanted Woods. 4 months ago
Winterthur Weather Data- Current data summary at 2012/2/11 February 10, 2012Time of Observations: 2012/02/11 00:00:00 EST Gage Precipitation (60): 0 in Air Temperature: 32.2 deg. F Dew Point Temperature: 32.1 deg. F Wind Speed: 0.6 mph Wind Direction: 330.4 deg. (NNW) Barometric Pressure: 29.94 inHg Solar Radiation: 0 W.m-2 Wind Gust Speed (5): 1.3 mph at 4:55 Gage Precipitation (5): 0 in Relative humidity: 100 % Wind Chill: 32.2 de […]
- Current data summary at 2012/2/11 February 10, 2012
