by Suzanne French Dotted throughout the garden hydrangeas provide delightful pockets of color among the lush expanses of summer green. For the past three months, they have dazzled us with their pink, blue, purple and white blooms. But with the season waning their mopheads, lacecaps and panicles have all but faded away. Even Hydrangea macrophylla [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Last of the Hydrangeas
Posted in Garden, tagged autumn, fall, hydrangea, Winterthur Garden on September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Farmstand Reminder
Posted in Events on September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This Saturday, September 5, we are again offering members and guests the opportunity to buy fresh vegetables grown here on the farm at Winterthur. The Farmstand will feature potatoes, greens, and heirloom tomatoes grown at Winterthur and corn and tomatoes grown at neighboring Hill Girt Farm. The Farmstand will be open from 10 am to [...]
Color in the Late Summer Garden
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged Japanese anemone, summer, Winterthur Garden on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For a bit of color be sure to visit the Quarry Garden. Above the quarry you will find Japanese anemones in soft and vibrant pinks mixed with the chartreuse flowers and foliage of Heuchera villosa. They make good companions because they both do well in partial shade. The anemones can take full sun if given [...]
A Field of Glass: Crops Grown in Greenhouses
Posted in Garden on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesdays at Winterthur Garden Walks, Talks, and Demonstrations 9.9.09 A Field of Glass: Crops Grown in Greenhouses 11:30 am, September 9 Location: Greenhouse Bldg #68 The Winterthur greenhouse operation once grew flowers, flowering plants, forced bulbs, seasonal shrubs, and potted foliage. Each working house had its own specialty with specific needs for temperatures and ventilation. [...]
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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
