Whatever illusion I had about understanding the weather has been dashed in the past year. Between the recent temperature swings and the “need to build an ark” with our record-breaking rainfall has set my confidence in my weather predicting out the window. Weather has never been predictable but our norms and trends now seem to be setting their […]
Posts Tagged ‘winter aconite’
March Bank Awakening
Posted in Garden, tagged adonis, eranthis, galanthus, March Bank, snowdrops, weather, winter aconite on February 1, 2019 | 1 Comment »
A Late-Winter Tour
Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Plants, tagged Azalea Woods, bulbs, chionodoxa, crocus, daffodils, Enchanted Woods, eranthis, galanthus, Garden, gardening, glory-of-the-snow, March Bank, Oak Hill, photography, Pinetum, Quarry Garden, Reflecting Pool, snowdrops, Sycamore Hill, winter aconite, winter garden, Winterthur Garden on March 2, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
What better way to utilize an “extra day”–Leap Day–than to take a moment to see how the Winterthur Garden is waking up. The intent was to go right to the March Bank because that is the main display at this time of year but I was lured by other flowers along the way. Here is how the […]
From Zero to Sixty (degrees) in, Well, About a Week
Posted in Garden, tagged adonis, bees, crocus, March Bank, nature, snow, snowdrops, spring snowflake, winter, winter aconite, witchhazel on March 13, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Nature can sure keep us hopping! Last week we had single digit temperatures, significant ice and snowfall and today, sunshine and warm temperatures are again raining down. March is known for this behavior but never-the-less it sets our mind spinning a bit. The still-frozen ground and melting snow has made for a “mud season” for […]
A Bank by Any Other Name…
Posted in Garden, Plants, tagged bulbs, glory-of-the-snow, Icewell Terrace, Leucojum vernum, March Bank, snowdrops, spring bulbs, spring snowflake, winter aconite on April 3, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
…still looks as sweet. OK, so the blue flowers can’t read a calendar, but all that matters is that the March Bank is coming into its blue glory and is waiting to feed your soul after a long winter. Although not at its peak, there is enough blue to warrant a visit and with the […]
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 […]
Collecting Bulb Seeds
Posted in Garden, tagged glory-of-the-snow, seed, snowdrop, winter aconite on May 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Winter Aconite It seems as though spring has just started and already we are seeing signs of seed-ripening on our earliest bulbs; snowdrops, winter aconite and glory-of-the-snow. When the green seed pods begin to turn yellow, this is a signal to begin collecting the pods. Let them air dry and split open. Then cast the seed […]