Jeni Jackson offers her experience in the Winterthur Garden: Even in the sweltering heat, I managed to find a nice, shady path to walk yesterday on my way to my car and enjoyed the Hostas’ impressive blooms. I’m amazed at how full the stalks of flowers were, even with so little rain. (Thanks, Jen!)
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Hostas’ Impressive Blooms
Posted in Garden, tagged hosta, Winterthur Garden on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
May 27th plant picks of the day
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged dahlia, gaura, hosta, plant shop, Winterthur Garden on May 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today, I had the very difficult task of deciding what plant I really, really like at the Winterthur plant shop. I picked Hosta ”Gold Standard” because of the amazing chartreuse color of its leaves. It would look smashing in a shady spot in my garden. Maybe I’ll pick one up on my way home tonight. http://www.perennialresource.com/encyclopedia/view/?plant=459 Loes picked [...]
Hosta, Sedum, and Stone
Posted in Garden, tagged hosta, sedum, stone, Winterthur Garden on June 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Try this recipe for success: take three things, two living and one inanimate, use ample quantities of each, and see what happens. This spring, the sedum growing in and above the stone wall near the greenhouses is spectaular! Below, a row of hosta fill the gap between stone wall and the garden path. The fine texture of [...]
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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 00:00:00 EST Gage Precipitation (60): 0 in Air Temperature: 32.2 deg. F Dew Point Temperature: 32.1 deg. F Wind Speed: 0.6 mph Wind Direction: 330.4 deg. (NNW) Barometric Pressure: 29.94 inHg Solar Radiation: 0 W.m-2 Wind Gust Speed (5): 1.3 mph at 4:55 Gage Precipitation (5): 0 in Relative humidity: 100 % Wind Chill: 32.2 de […]
- Current data summary at 2012/2/11 February 10, 2012
