The winter flowering display in the Winterthur garden is slow to unfurl. It usually begins in December with the first snowdrop emerging and when that occurs, it’s the equivalent of finding gold in what is the darkest and sometimes bleakest month of the year. Individual snowdrops emerge over January and February to form large, subtle […]
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April: When the Garden Breaks its Cabin Fever
Posted in Garden, tagged Anemone apennina, April, April flowers, bellwort, Bloodroot, Chaenomeles, cherries, Claytonia, crabapple, daffodils, flowering quince, forsythia, Italian windflower, magnolia, Magnolia Bend, naturalized daffodils, Prunus 'Accolade', Sanguinaria, spring, spring beauty, starflower, Sundial Garden, trillium, uvularia, Winterhazel, Winterhazel Walk, Winterthur Garden on April 10, 2020 | 9 Comments »
Your Flowering Forecast
Posted in Garden, tagged cherries, daffodils, magnolia forsythia, spring ephemerals, temperatures, weather, Winterhazel Walk on April 17, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
The next two days will feature highs in the 70’s; this will be what the budded blossoms need to jettison us into spring and to a little more seasonal flowering time. As you probably have noticed, the garden has been a little behind schedule. The forecast for early next week is for temperatures in the 60’s which […]
Blue, Blue, and More Blue!
Posted in Garden, tagged blue phase, hellebores, March Bank, Winterhazel Walk, Winterthur Garden on April 3, 2013 | 4 Comments »
Early spring has arrived in the Winterthur Garden! The March Bank is in its spectacular blue phase with Glory-of-the-snow and Siberian squill dotted with sweet yellow daffodils. Here and there, cornelian cherry trees create clouds of gold against an azure sky. Look for hellebores in full bloom along Winterhazel Walk and at the Museum Store. Honeysuckle […]
A Winterhazel Walk
Posted in Garden, tagged Winterhazel Walk, Winterthur Garden on March 29, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesday at Winterthur – April 3, 2013 11:30 am, please meet at the Brown Horticulture Learning Center Take an early spring walk through the Winterhazel garden with horticulturist Michelle Stapleford and see the early blooms of the lavender Korean azaleas with the pale yellows of the Winterhazels. Join us for demonstrations, talks, and […]