When I walk into work each morning, I admire the long stone wall by the greenhouses, thinking “I could use a good stone mason in my garden.” In the spring, the spring green hosta leaves soften the stone wall. Now, in late summer, a long line of lavender emerges as the hosta bloom. (It’s Hosta lancifolia.) Above, bright threads [...]
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Hostas and Stone
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged hosta lancifolia, Winterthur Garden on September 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fabulous Fall-Blooming Vine – and GPG Fall Planting Guide
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged Lablab, Winterthur Garden on September 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Take a look at this vine growing on the greenhouses at Winterthur, between the visitor center and the museum store. One of its common names is Hyacinth bean. (Lablab purpureus) This summer it grew like jack-in-the-beanstalk; seemingly overnight it reached the top of the greenhouses. Try it at home for a living privacy screen. Missouri Botanical Garden’s web [...]
Early September in the Winterthur Garden
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged Sapphireberry, Winterthur Garden on September 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
After lunch today, I took a short walk to see what is happening in the Winterthur Garden. I did not get very far before I had to get out the camera. Love the Pee-Gee hydrangea in the Reflecting Pool garden today! Next stop was to check for frogs in the pool; sure enough one was enjoying [...]
Bloom List for Winterthur Garden on August 4, 2011
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged lycoris, summer, Winterthur Garden on August 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Check out this comprehensive list of “what’s in bloom” in the Winterthur Garden on August 4, 2011. Then, list in hand, enjoy the Winterthur Garden this weekend! http://www.winterthur.org/pdfs/CurrentWinterthurGardenBloomList.pdf
A Weekend of Plant Shopping
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged ashland nature center, Delaware Nature Society, pennsylvania horticultural society, plant sale, university of delaware botanic garden, Winterthur on April 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The end of April and beginning of May is a magical but frenetic time for gardeners. We’ve got gardens to see, work to do, and plants to buy (also, remember to schedule some time to actually enjoy your garden). In our area we are lucky to have some truly great plants sales from which to choose. [...]
Walk Among the Winterhazels
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged Winterhazel, Winterthur Garden on April 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesdays at Winterthur 11:30 am, April 6 Location: Greenhouse Bldg #68 Enjoy an early spring day exploring the Winterhazel Walk. Michelle Stapleford, garden horticulturist, will be your guide through the light yellow blooms of the winterhazels and rosy purple flowers of the Korean rhododendrons. Join us for demonstrations, talks, and guided walks covering a wide [...]
Slow, persistent spears push through the earth…
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged Moira Sheridan, Winterthur Garden on March 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Just read Moira Sheridan’s Backyard Gardener post in the Wilmington News Journal. It’s a great read for a cold, chilly, early-spring day in Delaware. http://www.sparkweekly.com/article/20110324/LIFE0402/103240314/-1/TERMS Here’s an excerpt. The rest of the essay is just as lovely: Winter’s heavy curtain is parting, the dark folds pushed aside not by a mighty heave, but a gentle nudge. [...]
Major Plant Delivery Today!
Posted in Plants, tagged plant shipment, Winterthur museum store on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Just in time for spring planting, Stephanie Hill reports about Winterthur Store’s plant shop: We have two orders coming this week. On Tuesday, March 22, we expect our first major landscape plant delivery. This is a larger-than-normal first delivery. In addition, we look for a shipment of mini orchids via Fed Ex by Wednesday. Here’s what you’ll [...]
Bouquet of Scents
Posted in Garden, Plants on March 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Maggie Lidz, estate historian writes: One of the best things at Winterthur is the casual spur of the moment access to one of the great gardens of the world. Today after a quick St. Patrick’s Day lunch in the cafeteria (corned beef! cabbage! colcannon potatoes!) the head of Winterthur communications, Holly Victor, and I beetled [...]
Bloom List #06 from March 14, 2011
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged March Bank, Winterthur Garden on March 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here is what our volunteers found in bloom on March 14, 2011. No estimates yet about when the March Bank will be blue, but I am seeing tight buds on squill and glory-of-the-snow. With this Friday’s warm weather, I imagine the blue will be out in full force on the East Terrace and in the warmer [...]
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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 01:10:00 EST Gage Precipitation (60): 0 in Air Temperature: 31.9 deg. F Dew Point Temperature: 32.3 deg. F Wind Speed: 0 mph Wind Direction: 0 deg. (N) Barometric Pressure: 29.91 inHg Solar Radiation: 0 W.m-2 Wind Gust Speed (5): 0 mph at 6:05 Gage Precipitation (5): 0 in Wind Chill: 31.9 deg. F
- Current data summary at 2012/2/11 February 10, 2012
