Our loyal and dedicated volunteers have been at it again, surveying what’s in bloom in the Winterthur Garden. Here are the highlights from their 5-page August 11th report. Come to Winterthur and enjoy summer in a paradise garden!
- Entrance area: Abelia, Peegee Hydrangea
- Summer Shrub Slope by visitor parking lot: Butterfly-bush, Swamp milkweed, Rose-of-Sharon, Peegee Hydrangea, Goldenrod
- Walk from Visitor Center to Stone underpass: Hosta lancifolia, Hosta “Royal Standard,” Lycoris squamigera
- Azalea Woods: White Wood-aster, Dwarf Plumbago, Russian Sage
- March Bank: Hosta “Royal Standard,” Garden Phlox
- Magnolia Bend: Dwarf plumbago, Garden Phlox, Cardinal-flower
- Glade Garden: Cardinal-flower, White Wood-aster, White Snake-root, Garden Phlox
- Reflecting Pool Garden: Lilyturf, Hosta “Royal Standard,” Hardy Begonia, Clematis, Peegee Hydrangea, Crape-myrtle
- Along streams: Indian-cup (Look for gold finches and butterflies!)
- East Terrace and along research building: Abelia grandiflora, Golden Rain Tree, Crape-myrtle
- Enchanted Woods: White Wood-aster, Clethra alnifolia (Summer-sweet), Hydrangea involucrata
- Quarry Garden: Anemone japonica, White Wood-aster, Clematis, White Snakeroot, Hosta “Royal Standard,” Cardinal-flower, Early goldenrod, Black-eyed Susan
- Sycamore Hill: White Wood-aster, Alumroot, Peegee Hydrangea, Leptodermis oblonga
