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 recently installed.
- Loes [...]
Posts Tagged ‘magnolia’
Stunning “Elizabeth” Magnolia
Posted in Garden, tagged magnolia, peony, Winterthur Garden on April 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
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. If [...]
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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- Saw my first scilla in flower and fragrant honeysuckle and sweetshrub are in flower (easier to smell than they are to see). 5 days ago
- Tommies are at their peak on the East Terrace. Snowdrops, snowflakes, winter aconite, and adonis are popping up everywhere. 1 week ago
- Tommies, snowdrops, winter aconite, and Amur adonis in flower on the East Terrace and along the thawed areas of the March Bank. 2 weeks ago
- Snow, snow, snow. I am sure that snowdrops are under there somewhere. 3 weeks ago
- Snowdrops are out along the March Bank. A beautiful snowdrop is in full flower on the East Terrace by the Loggia. 2 months ago
Winterthur Weather Data- Current data summary at 2010/3/17 March 17, 2010Time of Observations: 2010/03/17 15:40:00 EDT Gage Precipitation (60): 0 in Air Temperature: 64.6 deg. F Dew Point Temperature: 25.2 deg. F Wind Speed: 3.3 mph Wind Direction: 294.3 deg. (WNW) Barometric Pressure: 30 inHg Solar Radiation: 617 W.m-2 Wind Gust Speed (5): 5.5 mph at 15:35 Gage Precipitation (5): 0 in Relative humidity: 22 % Snow Depth: 1.7 in […]
- Current data summary at 2010/3/17 March 17, 2010
