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 ‘snowdrops’
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 »
Ode to Winter
Posted in Garden, tagged snowdrops, winter garden, Winter Jasmine, Winterthur Garden on January 15, 2010 | Leave a 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 created [...]
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 the [...]
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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
