Recently, a participant on a Wednesday at Winterthur walk asked how the Reflecting Pool is kept so clear, even though the water is relatively still. Any tips? Michele Christiano, the garden horticulturist who cares for that section of the Winterthur Garden responds: We have a pump and filter that keeps the water moving. Plus we use [...]
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How Do They Do It? Deer Repellents and Reflecting Pools
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, tagged deer repellent, Reflecting Pool, Winterthur Garden on September 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
To Me…
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, tagged bulbs, Ceylon, daffodil, gardening, Narcissus on April 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Horticulturist, Jim Pirhalla lends his thoughts to one of his favorite Daffodil cultivars: To me, for all of the garden plants, daffodils (Narcissus spps.) have it made. Let me explain. After a long hard winter when even a yellow gum wrapper or a red cola can in the yard tricks one into believing that spring [...]
Holding Back the Winter
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, tagged snow fence, winter snow on January 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Frank Quinnette, estate horticulturist, explains the snow fence near Winterthur’s front entrance: Have you seen this on the Front Drive? This year, in our ongoing (albeit futile) efforts to battle the effects of the winter weather here at Winterthur, we have reintroduced snow fence to our arsenal. Placed at strategic spots throughout the property in [...]
Mulch Mowing 101
Posted in Garden Tips, tagged mulch mowing, Winterthur on October 22, 2010 | 4 Comments »
How many trees do you have in your garden? Two? Five? If you have five trees on your property, then you might find yourself raking up to a million leaves. By observing the efficiency of the Winterthur staff as they take care of tons of leaves each autumn, I have learned a few tricks. In fact, [...]
This Week in the Garden, April 9, 2010
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Tours, tagged cherries, Garden, garden tip, lilacs, magnolia, Magnolia Bend, petal fall, petals, Pinetum, Prunus 'Accolade', spring flowers on April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Will someone stop hitting the fast forward button, please? Over the past seven days we have progressed about three weeks—flower time, that is. We have gone from smelling the spicy scent of star magnolias (Magnolia stellata) to the perfume fragrance of lilacs (Syringa vulgaris cvs). It makes my head spin even more to think [...]
This Week in the Garden, March 26, 2010
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, tagged bulbs, chionodoxa, Garden, March Bank, propagation, scilla, snowdrops, Winterthur Garden on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I consider the time when the March Bank is in its full blue regalia to be the calm before the storm; the storm being the flowering flurry of April. There is a quiet composure to the vast blue display and when viewed from a distance, it is one in which you can get visually lost. [...]
This Week in the Garden 3-19-10
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Plants, tagged bulbs, crocus, gardening, glory-of-the-snow, March Bank, snowdrops, spring snowflake, squill, tips, winter aconite, Winterthur Garden, woodland flowers, woodland gardening on March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It is amazing to think about the fact that two weeks ago we still had a fair amount of snow on the ground. Now, the woodland floor of many of our garden areas are covered in a multitude of flowers, with more to emerge with the impending warm weekend. I know that we are just about to [...]
This Week in the Garden, March 7-13, 2010
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Plants, tagged bulbs, crocus, evergreens, hellebores, japanese umbrella pine, March Bank, raking, snow, snowdrops, spring cleanup, spring snowflake, winter aconite, winter damage on March 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Walking in the garden this week you would not know that we were snow covered for a full 4 weeks prior. Snowdrops, winter aconite, adonis, crocus and spring snowflake are in flower in the Glade Garden, March Bank, Azalea Woods, Quarry Garden, Icewell and East Terrace. Amongst some of the last remnants of snow, hellebores [...]
Let’s Hear It for Mulch Mowing!
Posted in Garden Tips, tagged autumn, fall, leaves, mulch mowing, raking, Winterthur Garden on November 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This year I have really focused on putting my garden to bed efficiently. Despite the rain I have taken advantage of every break in the weather to run out and mow, cut back plants, and turn over beds. I can honestly say that I have not raked a single leaf this year, and my garden [...]
Don’t Panic… You’ve Got Grubs
Posted in Garden Tips, tagged environment, grass, grubs, nature, turf, Winterthur Garden on June 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
by Frank Quinnette On my way to work this morning I heard a radio commercial for grub control. It’s a tongue-in-cheek spot from a major lawn care product supplier that is pretty funny really. Kind of 1950’s, flying-saucer-ominous-voice-in-panic type deal. Ugly monsters in the lawn devouring grass roots! Run for your lives! Something like that. [...]
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- In addition to winter jasmine and snowdrops; adonis amurensis, winter aconite, and leucojum are all coming into bloom. 1 week ago
- Winter jasmine, snowdrops, and witch hazels in flower - winter aconite just starting to peek out of the ground. 2 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 2012/2/4 February 4, 2012Time of Observations: 2012/02/04 06:20:00 EST Gage Precipitation (60): 0 in Air Temperature: 35 deg. F Dew Point Temperature: 26.3 deg. F Wind Speed: 1.5 mph Wind Direction: 268.1 deg. (W) Barometric Pressure: 30.33 inHg Solar Radiation: 0 W.m-2 Wind Gust Speed (5): 2.5 mph at 11:15 Gage Precipitation (5): 0 in Relative humidity: 70 % Wind Chill: 35 deg. F […]
- Current data summary at 2012/2/4 February 4, 2012
