Autumn is weaving tendrils of color through the Winterthur Garden adding royal touches of gold, purple, orange and red.
During Jeff Groff’s Wednesdays at Winterthur walk today on Entertaining in Elegance, we were asked about the “autumn crocus” Colchicum, that bloom on Oak Hill. Linda Eirhart, Assistant Director of Horticulture, responded that “Ideally they should have gone in the ground in September. If they can find some now they would probably still be fine.”
We started the walk at the greenhouses. See how marvelous the Hyacinth beans (Lablab purpureus) are doing as they thrive on strings tied to greenhouse walls.
After the walk, I hiked out towards the Quarry Garden to see the combination of the orange fruit of hardy orange and the vibrant red berries of the tea viburnum teamed up with purple berries of calicarpa. There’s a cluster of this combination on lower Oak Hill, overlooking the back ponds.
Wanting to see if the asters were blooming, I headed towards Sycamore Hill. And yes, the purple Aster oblongifolius ‘October Skies’ are in full bloom. Well worth the walk!
Hope you will come enjoy the Winterthur Garden this fall. If you do, be sure to pick up a mum for your garden at the museum store. They have a good selection of Dawn Redwood and Franklinia trees ready for fall planting. Enjoy!
