Try this recipe for success: take three things, two living and one inanimate, use ample quantities of each, and see what happens. This spring, the sedum growing in and above the stone wall near the greenhouses is spectaular! Below, a row of hosta fill the gap between stone wall and the garden path. The fine texture of [...]
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Hosta, Sedum, and Stone
Posted in Garden, tagged hosta, sedum, stone, Winterthur Garden on June 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Reflecting Pool Reflections
Posted in Garden, tagged azalea, filbert, Lindvig, Reflecting Pool, stone on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A quick walk through the Reflecting Pool garden today revealed a couple ideas I might use in my home garden. I’d never noticed that the burgundy leaves of the filbert match the coloration in the stone walls. We’re thinking about adding a stone wall in the backyard; this observation could inform our stone selection.
I walked to the top [...]
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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
