Bloom Report #06
February 8, 2023
54F, Sunny
Check these out:
- Wonderful witch hazel: At the Visitor Center, the vernal witch hazel (Hamamelis vernalis) is covered with rusty orange ‘tassel’ flowers while the ‘Wisley Supreme’ & ‘February Gold’ Chinese witch hazel (Hamamelis ‘Wisley Supreme’) display longer yellow ‘ribbons’. At the Museum, Chinese witch hazel (Hammelis mollis) and pale Chinese witch hazel (Hammamelis mollis ‘Pallida’) are in full bloom.
- Lovely lavender: The early crocus (Crocus tommasinianus/’Tommies) create a carpet of lavender & silver on the Museum Upper Terrace lawn. They also appear singly or in smaller groups in other areas of the garden.
- Bright blossoms: Drifts of yellow winter aconites (Eranthis hyemalis) are blooming in Azalea Woods, along the March Bank, in the Glade, and in the lawn from Garden Lane down to the Museum, while smaller displays are appearing throughout the gardens. Drifts of the golden yellow of Amur adonis (Adonis amurensis) add additional brightness to the March Bank.
- Great Galanthus: Flowers and buds of snowdrops (Galanthus species and cultivars) are found throughout the gardens.
- Giant snowdrops (Galanthus elwesii) are in bloom along the March Walk.
- The walkway from the Brown Center to the Cottage and Museum is edged in snowdrop blooms with the hybrid Galanthus ‘Faringdon Double’ at eye level on the wall adjoining the walkway and the cultivars Galanthus ‘Fieldgate Prelude’ and Galanthus ‘Imbolc’ across the walkway at ground level.
- Snowdrop cultivars are in bud or in bloom in the raised bed at the East Museum entrance and in the Boxwood Garden at the upper East Terrace.
ENTRANCE DRIVE AND PARKING AREA
b Forsythia x intermedia (Border forsythia – yellow – few flowers)
SUMMER SHRUB SLOPE
pb Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ (Pee Gee hydrangea – brown)
PARKING AREA TO VISITOR CENTER
b Crocus tommasinianus (‘Tommies’ – lavender & silver)
b Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)
b Galanthus nivalis ‘Flore Pleno’ (Double snowdrop variety – white & green)
fb Hamamelis mollis ‘February Gold’ (Chinese witch hazel cultivar – yellow ‘ribbons’)
WALK FROM VISITOR CENTER TO UNDERPASS
fb Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)
b Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)
b Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)
fb Galanthus nivalis ‘Flore Pleno’ (Double snowdrop variety – white & green)
fb Hamamelis vernalis (Vernal witch hazel – rusty orange)
fb,+ Hamamelis ‘Wisley Supreme’ (Chinese witch hazel cultivar – yellow ‘ribbons’)
WALK FROM UNDERPASS TO MUSHROOM
fb Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)
fb Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)
fb Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)
SLOPE DOWN TOWARDS MUSEUM
fb,++ Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)
fb Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)f
PEONY GARDEN
fb Crocus tommasinianus (‘Tommies’ – lavender & silver)
fbb Forsythia species (Forsythia – yellow – few flowers)
fb Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)
AZALEA WOODS
fb,+ Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)
fb Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)
b Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)
b Helleborus x hybridus (Lenten rose – pink, dark pink, white)
LOWER AZALEA WOODS
fb Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)
fbb Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)
UPPER/EAST TERRACE AND STEPS
fbb Camellia japonica ‘April Remembered’ (Camellia cultivar ‘April Remembered‘ – white to pale pink)
fb,++ Crocus tommasinianus (‘Tommies’ – lavender & silver)
b Galanthus ‘Alan’s Treat’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)
fbb Galanthus ‘Chthonic’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)
fbb Galanthus ‘E.A. Bowles’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)
fb Galanthus ‘Louise Ann Bromley’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)
b Galanthus ‘Madelaine’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)
fb Galanthus ‘Phantom’ (Snowdrop – white)
b Galanthus ‘Puck’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)
fbb Galanthus samothrocicus (Snowdrop – white)
fbb Galanthus snocerupii (Snowdrop – white)
fb Galalthus ‘Starling’ (Snowdrop cultivar – double white)
b Galanthus ‘Trymlet’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)
b Galanthus ‘Wasp’ (Snowdrop – white)
fbb Galanthus x valentinei (Snowdrop hybrid – white)
fbb Galanthus ‘Yashmak’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white – 1 flower)
fb Hamamelis ‘Princeton Gold’ (Chinese witch hazel cultivar – yellow ‘ribbons’)
b Jasminum nudiflorum (Winter jasmine – yellow – few flowers)
fb Lonicera fragrantissima (Fragrant honeysuckle – white)
fbb Pieris japonica ‘Dorothy Wycoff’ (Andromeda cultivar – rosy pink buds)
EAST FRONT OF MUSEUM & Around Corner
fb Crocus tommasinianus (‘Tommies’ – purple – behind Bath House)
fbb Galanthus ‘Cowhouse Green’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)
fb Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white – behind Bath House)
fb Galanthus elwesii ‘Green Brush’ (Giant snowdrop cultivar – white)
fb Galanthus elwesii ‘Grumpy’ (Giant snowdrop cultivar – white)
fb Galanthus elwesii ‘Natalie Garton’ (Giant snowdrop cultivar – double white)
b Galanthus elwesii var. monostictus (Giant snowdrop variety – white)
fb Galanthus ‘George Elwes’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)
fb Galanthus ‘Fieldgate Superb’ (Snowdrop – white)
pf Galanthus ‘Gabriel’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)
fb Galanthus ‘John Gray’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)
fb Galanthus ‘Mrs. Thompson’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)
fbb Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white – behind Bath House)
fb Galanthus nivalis ‘Elfin’ (Common snowdrop cultivar – white)
fb Galanthus plicatus ‘Diggory’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)
b Galanthus samothracus (Aegean snowdrop – white)
fbb Galanthus ‘Spindlestone Surprise’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)
b Helleborus ‘Brandywine’ (Lenten rose cultivars – pink, white)
fb Lonicera fragrantissima (Fragrant honeysuckle – white – along Garden Lane across from Bath House)
WALK FROM GLASS CORRIDOR TO REFLECTING POOL
b Crodus tommasinianus (‘Tommies’ – lavender & silver – few flowers)
fb Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)
fb Galanthus elwesii (Giant nowdrop – white)
fbb Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)
pb Hydrangea paniculata ‘Tardiva’ (Panicle hydrangea cultivar – brown)
WALK FROM FISH PONDS – THE GLADE – TO BRIDGE
fb,+ Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)
fb Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)
b Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)
pb Hydrangea arborescens (Smooth hydrangea – brown – mophead/hortensia + lacecap)
b Leucojum vernum (Spring snowflake – white ‘bells’)
MARCH BANK
fb,++ Adonis amurensis (Amur adonis – golden yellow)
fbb Cornus officinalis (Japanese cornel dogwood – yellow)
fb,+ Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)
fb,++ Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)
b Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)
b Leucojum vernum (Spring snowflake – white ‘bells’ – few flowers)
MAGNOLIA BEND AND WALK ON SOUTH SIDE OF STREAM
b,+ Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow – 1 flower)
fb Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)
fbb Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)
pb Hydrangea arborescens (Smooth hydrangea – brown)
pb Hydrangea quercifolia (Oakleaf hydrangea – brown)
fbb Viburnum farreri (Fragrant viburnum – dark pink buds)
WINTERHAZEL WALK
fbb Helleborus species & hybrids (Lenten rose – pink, white)
ICEWELL TERRACE
fb Adonis amurensis (Amur adonis – golden yellow)
fbb Cornus officinalis ‘Kintoki’ (Japanese cornel dogwood – yellow)
fb Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)
fb Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)
b Leucojum vernum (Spring snowflake – white ‘bells’ – few flowers)
PINETUM
b Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)
fbb Galanthus ‘Trym’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)
fbb Galanthus ‘Trymposter’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)
fbb Helleborus x hybridus (Lenten rose – white, pink – 1 flower)
ENCHANTED WOOD
fb Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)
fb Galanthus elwesii (Snowdrop – white)
b Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)
fbb Helleborus x hybridus (Lenten rose – pink)
OAK HILL–East Side
fb Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)
fb Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)
fb Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)
QUARRY, ADJACENT WALKS, AND OUTLET STREAM
b Cornus officinalis (Japanese cornel dogwood – yellow)
fb Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white – few flowers)
fb Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)
fb Mahonia bealei (Leatherleaf mahonia – greenish-yellow)
fbb Pieris ‘Forest Flame’ (Andromeda cultivar – dark rosy-pink buds)
SYCAMORE HILL
fb Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)
WEST FRONT OF MUSEUM, COTTAGE, AND CLENNY RUN
fb Adonis amurensis (Amur adonis – golden yellow)
fb Chimonanthus praecox ‘Lutea’ (Wintersweet variety – pale yellow)
fb Galanthus ‘Castelgar’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)
fb Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)
fb Hamamelis mollis (Chinese witch hazel – yellow ‘ribbons’)
fb Hamamelis mollis ‘Pallida’ (Pale Chinese witch hazel – pale yellow ‘ribbons’)
fbb Helleborus x hybridus ‘Pine Knot Select-Our Best’ (Hellebore varieties/Lenten Rose – apricot, pink, pink spotted)
pb Hydrangea arborescens (Smooth hydrangea – brown)
pb Hydrangea quercifolia (Oakleaf hydrangea – brown – at Museum bridge)
GREENHOUSE AREA
b Crocus tommasinianus (‘Tommies’ – lavender & silver)
pf Galanthus ‘Faringdon Double’ (Snowdrop hybrid – white – on wall along walkway)
fb Galanthus ‘Fieldgate Prelude’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)
b Galanthus ‘Galatea’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)
fb Galanthus ‘Imbolc’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)
fbb Galanthus woronowii (Snowdrop – white)
pb Hydrangea macrophylla (Bigleaf hydrangea – brown)
Bloom Report presented by: Pauline Myers