Will someone stop hitting the fast forward button, please? Over the past seven days we have progressed about three weeks—flower time, that is. We have gone from smelling the spicy scent of star magnolias (Magnolia stellata) to the perfume fragrance of lilacs (Syringa vulgaris cvs). It makes my head spin even more to think [...]
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This Week in the Garden, April 9, 2010
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Tours, tagged Garden, magnolia, lilacs, Magnolia Bend, Pinetum, Prunus 'Accolade', cherries, petals, petal fall, garden tip, spring flowers on April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
Stunning “Elizabeth” Magnolia
Posted in Garden, tagged magnolia, peony, Winterthur Garden on April 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Today in the Winterthur Garden, the Magnolia denudata “Elizabeth” is just opening with “her” pale yellow blossoms. In just a short walk to get a bit of fresh air, I encountered: – Museum guests enjoying Elizabeth’s first flowers – Near the museum store, Leigh Donnelly planting nearly 400 hellebores to complement the many boxwoods [...]
An Easter Egg Imitation in Nature
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged beauty, magnolia, Winterthur Garden on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Guest author, Beth Selsor shares an early morning experience in the Winterthur Garden. On Monday morning, I arrived at work very early so I could get out into the garden to see my favorite tree, a magnolia called Wada’s Memory. It is my favorite tree in the garden and it only blooms early in April. [...]
April in the Sundial Garden
Posted in Garden, tagged magnolia, quince, Sundial Garden, Winterthur on April 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The blossoms of flowering quince are a sure sign that Winterthur’s Sundial Garden is about to come into its own. In the Sundial Garden, April is like a fireworks show—light the fuse and stand back. This part of the Winterthur Garden was not designed to offer multiple seasons of interest; instead, it was created to [...]
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- Anemone, cardinal flower, and white wood aster in flower at the Quarry. 1 week ago
- Cosmos, angelonia, sunflowers, and zinnias are keeping the kids' gardens looking fun and colorful this summer. 3 weeks ago
- I have been travelling, but I am back now and the Hydrangeas look spectacular out in the garden and along Clenny Run by the Cottage. 2 months ago
- The peonies are in all their glory. Be sure and look for the beautybush (Kolkwitzia amabalis) and its fountains of soft pink flowers. 3 months ago
- So many azaleas coming into bloom - and so early. Trillium, windflower, and Virginia bluebells are still putting on a show. 4 months ago
Winterthur Weather Data- Current data summary at 2010/9/2 September 2, 2010Time of Observations: 2010/09/02 10:10:00 EDT Gage Precipitation (60): 0 in Air Temperature: 81.4 deg. F Dew Point Temperature: 71.4 deg. F Wind Speed: 3 mph Wind Direction: 207.9 deg. (SSW) Barometric Pressure: 30.12 inHg Solar Radiation: 512 W.m-2 Wind Gust Speed (5): 4.2 mph at 10:06 Gage Precipitation (5): 0 in Relative humidity: 72 % Heat Index: 85.6 de […]
- Current data summary at 2010/9/2 September 2, 2010
