Frank Quinnette continues his introduce-the-horticulturist project: Most places I’ve worked there is always that one person who nearly everybody looks to for answers. Jim is that guy. To be fair I’d guess he doesn’t have all the answers. He shouldn’t have to. That can be a lot of pressure for anybody. But as [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Pinetum’
He’s Everywhere!
Posted in Garden, tagged Pinetum, Sundial Garden, Winterthur Garden on January 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Hawks at Winterthur
Posted in Garden, tagged birds, children's garden, cooper's hawk, crows, environment, nature, nesting sites, Pinetum, wildlife, Winterthur, Winterthur Garden on July 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Jim Pirhalla, horticulturist for the Sundial Garden and the Pinetum writes: This year is the first year, at least that I am aware of, that a pair of hawks has nested in Winterthur’s Pinetum during the decade or so that it has been under my care; the particular breed of hawk being the Cooper’s hawk. The [...]
This Week in the Garden, April 9, 2010
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Tours, tagged cherries, Garden, garden tip, lilacs, magnolia, Magnolia Bend, petal fall, petals, Pinetum, Prunus 'Accolade', spring flowers on April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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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- In addition to winter jasmine and snowdrops; adonis amurensis, winter aconite, and leucojum are all coming into bloom. 3 weeks ago
- Winter jasmine, snowdrops, and witch hazels in flower - winter aconite just starting to peek out of the ground. 1 month 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. 5 months ago
Winterthur Weather Data- Current data summary at 2012/2/23 February 22, 2012Time of Observations: 2012/02/23 03:00:00 EST Gage Precipitation (60): 0 in Air Temperature: 48.3 deg. F Dew Point Temperature: 37.5 deg. F Wind Speed: 2.5 mph Wind Direction: 232 deg. (SW) Barometric Pressure: 29.47 inHg Solar Radiation: 0 W.m-2 Wind Gust Speed (5): 3.2 mph at 8:00 Gage Precipitation (5): 0 in Relative humidity: 66 %
- Current data summary at 2012/2/23 February 22, 2012
