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. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘March Bank’
This Week in the Garden, March 26, 2010
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, tagged snowdrops, March Bank, bulbs, Garden, Winterthur Garden, scilla, chionodoxa, propagation on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Winterthur Blue – March 25, 2010
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged March Bank, Winterthur Garden on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bob Davis shares beautiful photos of the Winterthur Garden taken on Thursday, March 25th, 2010. This is “the” weekend to see the March Bank in its incredible azure blue phase. Bob included photos of the East Terrace, just outside the house, resplendent in the soft yellow masses of Winterhazel and Cornelian cherry blossoms. Enjoy!
Something Blue
Posted in Garden, tagged chionodoxa, March Bank on March 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
[Glory-of-the-Snow today] This afternoon Carol Long, Assistant Curator of the Garden, let me put her on the spot. I asked her to write up her prediction of when the March Bank’s famous ‘blue phase’ would reach its peak, so that we could let staff members and guests know when to expect the best display. Here is what [...]
This Week in the Garden 3-19-10
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Plants, tagged crocus, snowdrops, March Bank, bulbs, winter aconite, glory-of-the-snow, Winterthur Garden, woodland gardening, woodland flowers, squill, gardening, spring snowflake, tips 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 [...]
When, oh when, will the March Bank be Blue?
Posted in Garden, tagged blue, March Bank, Winterthur on March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I just saw Carol Long in the garden and asked for a prediction of when the March Bank will be fully blue. With the next few days of warm temperatures, it will begin its transformation from yellow and white to blue. She guesses it will be at the peak of blue in about one week, around the [...]
This Week in the Garden, March 7-13, 2010
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Plants, tagged bulbs, crocus, evergreens, hellebores, japanese umbrella pine, March Bank, raking, snow, snowdrops, spring cleanup, spring snowflake, winter aconite, winter damage on March 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Walking in the garden this week you would not know that we were snow covered for a full 4 weeks prior. Snowdrops, winter aconite, adonis, crocus and spring snowflake are in flower in the Glade Garden, March Bank, Azalea Woods, Quarry Garden, Icewell and East Terrace. Amongst some of the last remnants of snow, hellebores [...]
“Bank is a whole sheet of bloom”
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged chionodoxa, March Bank, scilla on April 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Those words were written by H.F. du Pont in 1916. That blue sheet of the March Bank is predominately Glory-of-the-snow or Chionodoxa forbesii (above), formerly known as Chionodoxa luciliae. Its blossoms are upward facing and star-shaped. The petals are joined at the base, unlike those of the squill. The Siberian squill, Scilla siberica (below), has [...]
It’s Blue!
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged chionodoxa, daffodils, March Bank, scilla, squill on March 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Just got in from a quick walk along the March Bank at Winterthur. The blue of Glory-of-the-Snow (Chionodoxa lucilliae) and Siberian Squill (Scilla sibirica) is coming along nicely. There is much more blue than I expected with this week’s chilly temperatures. I should never try to second-guess this -or any- garden! Today, it’s about 55 degrees [...]
Winterthur Sunrise
Posted in Garden, tagged March Bank, Winterthur Garden on March 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Guest “speaker,” Greg Landrey shares his observations of Monday, March 23rd in the Winterthur Garden: This morning at sun rise I walked through the garden and the March bank in particular. The setting and feel of the land was very special even though the temperature was below freezing and most of the blues, whites and [...]
Millions of Bulbs?
Posted in Garden, tagged bulbs, March Bank on March 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This last weekend we offered a guided walk through the March Bank to enjoy the snowdrops, winter aconite, snowflake, and crocuses. One of the questions that comes up often, but that I am always a little hesitant to answer, is “how many bulbs are there in the March Bank?” I always say millions, with my [...]
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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
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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 […]
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