Hooray for Mother’s Day weekend at Winterthur! The weather will be fabulous and the garden beautiful. This might be a good weekend to walk in the garden before or after your house or garden tram tour. Why? The areas of most beauty, the Quarry Garden and the Peony Garden are not accessed by the garden [...]
Posts Tagged ‘azaleas’
Peonies and Primroses
Posted in Garden, tagged azaleas, Primroses, Winterthur Garden on May 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Azaleas and Peonies – May 2, 2012
Posted in Garden, tagged azaleas, peonies, Winterthur Garden on May 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Today around mid-day I walked from the visitor center, through the stone tunnel, into Azalea Woods, past the Peony Garden, and to the museum. So much color right now! Azaleas and Rhododendrons all around: Peony Garden, Lower March Bank, Enchanted Woods, Azalea Woods Peonies opening in the Peony Garden, both tree and herbaceous types Spanish bluebells [...]
Winterthur Plants for Your Home Garden
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged azaleas, Kurume, trillium, Winterthur Garden on April 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
To many people who have visited Winterthur, the name means azaleas. And indeed, azaleas are the most widely used plants at Winterthur, for they are spectacular in color and excellent in foliage and habit. They are planted throughout the gardens, but one section is truly theirs – the “Azalea Woods.” …It was here that [...]
The Care Taker of Azalea Woods
Posted in Garden, Plants, Techniques, tagged Azalea Woods, azaleas, Rhododendrons, Winterthur Garden on January 17, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Frank Quinnette writes: I don’t usually use this word for horticulturists at Winterthur. I think it can bring to mind a misinterpretation of what we do here in the garden. But in Susan’s case the basic definition of the word fits to everything she does in Azalea Woods. Care Taker. With eight (count [...]
Old Fashioned GPS
Posted in Garden, Tours, tagged azaleas, Garden, H F du Pont, lilacs, primrose, spring flowers, spring tour, white arrows, Winterthur Garden on May 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Do you find the Winterthur Garden hard to navigate? Unsure where the path may lead you? Is the newly emerging foliage obscuring your view of the Museum (the main referencing point when out “in the wild”)? Well fear no more! The white arrows have made their return and just in time to celebrate the glorious [...]
Winterthur Azaleas on Martha Stewart
Posted in Garden, tagged azaleas on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On May 6th, Martha Stewart featured Winterthur’s azaleas on her television program. Our own garden staff member, Linda, was interviewed about the display in Azalea Woods and Tom Savage was asked about the museum and its collection. The timing was just right, as the display of azaleas and rhododendrons have been spectacular this last week.
April and May Showers Bring May Flowers
Posted in Garden, tagged Azalea Woods, azaleas, dogwood, trillium on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the way home from work yesterday—during one of our brief respites from rain—I must have seen or heard a half dozen mowers buzzing (mine being one) as folks frantically tried to play catch up with their ever-growing lawns. Late April rain followed by several 90 degree days followed by even more rain has made [...]
UPDATED Winterthur Azalea Prediction
Posted in Garden, tagged azaleas, Winterthur on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
May 1, 2008 The photograph above was taken this morning of the same area pictured below. We are on track to have beautiful azaleas for Point-to-Point this weekend. April 29, 2008 Point-to-Point weekend is often the high point of our azalea display and, already, Members and azalea lovers have started calling to find out if this will be the [...]
Gardening Tip #1: Pruning Spring-flowering Shrubs
Posted in Garden Tips, tagged azaleas, corylopsis, flowering quince, forsythia, lilacs, pruning, shrubs, Winterthur on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A question we often hear this time of year is, “When should I prune my spring flowering shrubs?” Azaleas and forsythia, for example, can take us by surprise in spring by how much they have grown. You may need to prune your shrubs to restore their shape or to reclaim a path or part of a bed. In general, [...]
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