Wednesday, May 4, 2016 There is a wealth of bulbs beyond daffodils and tulips that can be used to extend seasonal color in the garden. Join Chris Strand, Brown Harrington Director of Garden & Estate, to learn more about selecting, growing, and using minor bulbs in your garden. Join us for demonstrations, talks, and guided […]
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Wednesdays at Winterthur: Minor Bulbs in the Garden
Posted in Garden, Garden Programs, Lectures, Plants, Tours, tagged bulbs, chionodoxa, crocus, growing bulbs, minor bulbs, snowdrops, spring bulbs, Wednesdays at Winterthur on May 2, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
A Late-Winter Tour
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Plants, tagged Azalea Woods, bulbs, chionodoxa, crocus, daffodils, Enchanted Woods, eranthis, galanthus, Garden, gardening, glory-of-the-snow, March Bank, Oak Hill, photography, Pinetum, Quarry Garden, Reflecting Pool, snowdrops, Sycamore Hill, winter aconite, winter garden, Winterthur Garden on March 2, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
What better way to utilize an “extra day”–Leap Day–than to take a moment to see how the Winterthur Garden is waking up. The intent was to go right to the March Bank because that is the main display at this time of year but I was lured by other flowers along the way. Here is how the […]
Wednesdays at Winterthur – Exploring Winterthur’s Historic Daffodils
Posted in Garden, Garden Programs, tagged bulbs, daffodils, Garden, garden programs, Wednesdays at Winterthur, Winterthur Garden on April 20, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
April 22, 2015 The colorful daffodils throughout the Winterthur Garden date back to the late 1800s and early 1900s. Join Linda Eirhart, director of horticulture and curator of plants, for a closer look at the color and size variations in the cultivars grown at Winterthur. Linda will identify the known cultivars, explain the classification system […]
Wednesdays at Winterthur – What’s in Bloom: A walk among the best spring ephemerals
Posted in Garden, Garden Programs, Lectures, Tours, tagged Azalea Woods, Bank to Bend, bulbs, chionodoxa, crocus, garden programs, glory-of-the-snow, March Bank, snowdrops, spring, Wednesdays at Winterthur, Winterthur Garden on April 9, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
April 16, 2014 – Enjoy an early spring day in the Azalea Woods. Susan Sibley, garden horticulturist, will be your guide as you witness the garden come to life with Bluebells, Trillium, and Windflowers. Walks last 45–60 minutes. Join us for demonstrations, talks, and guided walks covering a wide range of gardening topics. These events begin at 11:30 […]
A Bank by Any Other Name…
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged bulbs, glory-of-the-snow, Icewell Terrace, Leucojum vernum, March Bank, snowdrops, spring bulbs, spring snowflake, winter aconite on April 3, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
…still looks as sweet. OK, so the blue flowers can’t read a calendar, but all that matters is that the March Bank is coming into its blue glory and is waiting to feed your soul after a long winter. Although not at its peak, there is enough blue to warrant a visit and with the […]
Spring’s Shooting Stars
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Plants, tagged April flowers, bulbs, bulbs in lawn, Ipheion, Pinetum, spring flowers, star flower on April 10, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Jim Pirhalla, Horticulturist in the Pinetum writes: No, this isn’t a blog about gun violence. It’s actually about a charming little flowering bulb. Charming, at least in this region, for in the South, it may be considered a lawn pest to some. The plant that I’m referring to is Ipheion uniflorum, the spring starflower, also […]
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 […]
Live vs. the Lens
Posted in Garden, tagged blue, blue phase, bulbs, camera, chionodoxa, March Bank, photography, snowdrops, Winterthur Garden on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The morning light crests the hill. The birds are singing their spring songs. I have the garden to myself. I take a deep breath, I bend forward. I exhale. I take a deep breath and come back to standing. I take a deep breath and bend at the knees to a crouching position. I breathe […]
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. […]