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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘March Bank’
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 »
“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 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
W@W The March Bank: What’s in Bloom
Posted in Lectures, tagged March Bank, Winterthur on April 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Join us April 2nd for the first of the Wednesdays at Winterthur garden series. You haven’t really experienced the full glory of spring until you’ve walked through the March Bank on a bright April day. The slopes of the March Bank are alive with masses of color and lush textures from thousands of bulbs and [...]
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Winterthur Weather Data- Current data summary at 2012/5/16 May 16, 2012Time of Observations: 2012/05/16 09:20:00 EDT Gage Precipitation (60): 0 in Air Temperature: 68.9 deg. F Dew Point Temperature: 67.1 deg. F Wind Speed: 2 mph Wind Direction: 227.3 deg. (SW) Barometric Pressure: 29.97 inHg Solar Radiation: 337 W.m-2 Wind Gust Speed (5): 3.3 mph at 9:18 Gage Precipitation (5): 0 in Relative humidity: 94 %
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