There is one word to describe the garden this week and that is fleeting. In a period of seven days we will have experienced relentless, driving rains, wind gusts to 40 mph and temperature swings that vary from upper 20’s to near 80’s. How are plants supposed to respond to that? The nature of our [...]
Posts Tagged ‘glory-of-the-snow’
This Week in the Garden, April 2, 2010
Posted in Garden, tagged cherry, daffodil, glory-of-the-snow, magnolia, star magnolia, weather, Winterhazel on April 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Collecting Bulb Seeds
Posted in Garden, tagged glory-of-the-snow, seed, snowdrop, winter aconite on May 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Winter Aconite It seems as though spring has just started and already we are seeing signs of seed-ripening on our earliest bulbs; snowdrops, winter aconite and glory-of-the-snow. When the green seed pods begin to turn yellow, this is a signal to begin collecting the pods. Let them air dry and split open. Then cast the seed [...]
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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
