Ok—well, we really are still in winter but for the most part you would not know. With multiple days in the 40’s and 50’s there is lot of activity in the horticultural world. Early flowering shrubs such as fragrant honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissima), witchhazel (Hamamelis vernalis) and winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) are in blossom and the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘snowdrops’
Happy New Year and Welcome to Spring!
Posted in Garden, tagged children's garden, March Bank, members, members' walk, nature, snowdrops, walking, weather, winter, Winterthur Garden on January 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Snapshots on a Sunny Afternoon
Posted in Garden, tagged snowdrops on December 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today is a beautiful day to walk the Winterthur garden – I managed to come inside long enough to put up these few images and I am heading back out.
Join the Search for Snowdrops!
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged galanthus, jasmine, snowdrops, Winterthur Garden on December 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Throwing down the garden gauntlet – where have you seen snowdrops in bloom at Winterthur? In your search for snowdrops, be on the lookout for the Winter jasmine in bloom on the south staircase of the Reflecting Pool garden. A cheery bright yellow for a dark winter’s day. For more info about Jasmine and Galanthus in [...]
Live vs. the Lens
Posted in Garden, tagged blue, blue phase, bulbs, camera, chionodoxa, March Bank, photography, snowdrops, Winterthur Garden on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The morning light crests the hill. The birds are singing their spring songs. I have the garden to myself. I take a deep breath, I bend forward. I exhale. I take a deep breath and come back to standing. I take a deep breath and bend at the knees to a crouching position. I breathe [...]
This Week in the Garden, March 26, 2010
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, tagged bulbs, chionodoxa, Garden, March Bank, propagation, scilla, snowdrops, Winterthur Garden on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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. [...]
This Week in the Garden 3-19-10
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Plants, tagged bulbs, crocus, gardening, glory-of-the-snow, March Bank, snowdrops, spring snowflake, squill, tips, winter aconite, Winterthur Garden, woodland flowers, woodland gardening 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 [...]
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 [...]
Ode to Winter
Posted in Garden, tagged snowdrops, winter garden, Winter Jasmine, Winterthur Garden on January 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Winter is neck in neck with autumn as one of my favorite seasons. Spring’s beauty is unrivaled hands down but in the gardening world, is fraught with a hefty to do list and although summer’s long days are invigorating the heat and humidity dampen my enthusiasm. Fall is in a league of its own—cooling temperatures, [...]
Snowdrops and Winter Jasmine
Posted in Garden, tagged snowdrops, Winter Jasmine, Winterthur Garden on January 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Maggie Lidz observed snowdrops and winter jasmine in bloom this week in the Winterthur Garden. What have you seen? One of the best things about working here is the pleasure of the garden. The winter jasmine is in bloom now. It has been hanging down the staircase wall since 1931. A special soil well was [...]
Dividing Snowdrops
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Plants, Techniques, tagged propagation, snowdrops on April 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Each spring I look forward to the flowering of the snowdrops (Galanthus spp.) and also to the task of dividing some of the larger clumps. There are a couple schools of thought of when the best time is to divide them, some say “in the green” just after flowering and others prefer to wait until [...]
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- In addition to winter jasmine and snowdrops; adonis amurensis, winter aconite, and leucojum are all coming into bloom. 1 week ago
- Winter jasmine, snowdrops, and witch hazels in flower - winter aconite just starting to peek out of the ground. 2 weeks 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. 4 months ago
Winterthur Weather Data- Current data summary at 2012/2/4 February 4, 2012Time of Observations: 2012/02/04 05:10:00 EST Gage Precipitation (60): 0 in Air Temperature: 34.9 deg. F Dew Point Temperature: 25.5 deg. F Wind Speed: 1.7 mph Wind Direction: 279.8 deg. (W) Barometric Pressure: 30.33 inHg Solar Radiation: 0 W.m-2 Wind Gust Speed (5): 2.2 mph at 10:09 Gage Precipitation (5): 0 in Relative humidity: 68 % Wind Chill: 34.9 deg. […]
- Current data summary at 2012/2/4 February 4, 2012
