WINTERTHUR BLOOM REPORT #08

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+: Abundant

fbb: Flower-bud breaking

b: Some bloom

fb: Full Bloom        

pf: Petals falling/drying

pb: Past bloom (few remain)

ber: Berries, fruits 

Check these out:

• It’s starting!  Terrific Tapestries of color:
  • The early crocus, ‘Tommies’ (Crocus tommasianus) are carpeting the East Upper Terrace of the Museum lawn in lavender and silver.
  • The winter aconites (Eranthis hyemalis) are creating a carpet of gold from Garden Lane across the lawn down to the East Upper Terrace of the Museum and also along the March Bank, in Azalea Woods, and along the walk to the Glade and koi ponds.
  • The yellow winter aconites and golden yellow Amur adonis (Adonis amurensis) merge into the white carpet of snowdrops (Galanthus elwesii & Galanthus nivalis) along the March Bank.

• Snowdrops:  
  • Snowdrops (Galanthus elwesii & Galanthus nivalis) are blooming throughout the estate, from the great drifts along the March Bank to small clumps and even individual flowers.
  • Many varieties of snowdrops (Galanthus varieties) in the collection in the raised beds along the East Museum terrace are in full bloom.

PARKING AREA TO VISITOR CENTER

b          Crocus tommasinianus (‘Tommies’ – lavender and silver)

b          Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

fb         Galanthus nivalis ‘Flore Pleno’ (Double snowdrop variety – white & green)

fb         Hamamelis mollis ‘February Gold’ (Witch hazel variety – yellow ‘ribbons’)

WALK FROM VISITOR CENTER TO UNDERPASS

b          Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)

fb         Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

b          Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

b          Galanthus nivalis ‘Flore Pleno’ (Double snowdrop variety – white & green)

fb         Hammamelis mollis ‘Pallida’ (Pale Chinese witch hazel – light yellow ‘ribbons’)

fb         Hammamelis mollis ‘Wisley Supreme’ (Chinese witch hazel variety – yellow ‘ribbons’)

fb         Hammamelis vernalis (Vernal witch hazel – rusty-red ‘ribbons’)

WALK FROM UNDERPASS TO MUSHROOM

b          Crocus tommasinianus (‘Tommies’ – lavender and silver)

b          Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)

fb         Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

b          Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

b          Leucojum vernum (Spring snowflake – white ‘bells’)

SLOPE DOWN TOWARDS MUSEUM

fb,++   Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)

AZALEA WOODS

b,+       Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)

fb         Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

b          Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

LOWER AZALEA WOODS

fb       Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

UPPER/EAST TERRACE AND STEPS 

 

fb         Adonis amurensis (Amur adonis – golden yellow)

fbb       Camellia japonica ‘April Remembered’ (Camellia cultivar ‘April Remembered‘ – white to pale pink – 1 flower)

fb,++   Crocus tommasianus (‘Tommies’ – lavender and silver)

fbb       Galanthus ‘Alan’s Treat’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fbb       Galanthus ‘Chthonic’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fbb       Galanthus ‘E. A. Bowles’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

pf         Galanthus ‘Louise Ann Bromley’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

b          Galanthus ‘Madelaine’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘Phantom’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

b          Galanthus ‘Puck’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘Starling’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘Trymlet’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘Wasp’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fbb       Galanthus ‘Windsley Hall’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fbb       Galanthus ‘Yashmak’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

pf         Jasminum nudiflorum (Winter jasmine – yellow)

fbb       Pieris japonica ‘Dorothy Wycoff’ (Andromeda cultivar – dark pink buds)

EAST FRONT OF MUSEUM & Around Corner

fb         Galanthus alpinus var. bortkewitschianus – 1 flower)

pf         Galanthus ‘Castelgar’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

b          Galanthus ‘Cowhouse Green’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus elwesii ‘Green Brush’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus elwesii ‘Grumpy’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus elwesii ‘Natalie Garton’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus elwesii var. monostichtus (Snowdrop variety – white)

pb        Galanthus ‘Farmingdon Double’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘Fieldgate Prelude’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘Fieldgate Superb’ (Snowdrop variety – white – 2 flowers)

pb        Galanthus ‘Gabriel’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘Galatea’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘George Elwes’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fbb       Galanthus ‘Hill Poe’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘Imbolc’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘John Gray’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘Marjorie Brown’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘Miller’s Late’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘Mrs. Thompson’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fbb       Galanthus nivalis ‘Blewbury Tart’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus nivalis ‘Elfin’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus plicatus ‘Percy Picton’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus plicatus ‘Diggory’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus plicatus ‘Trym’ (Snowdrop variety – white – 1 flower)

fbb       Galanthus plicatus ‘Trymposter’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus samothracicus (Snowdrop species – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘Spindlestone Surprise’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb Helleborus ‘Brandywine’ (Lenten rose variety – pink, white)

pf Lonicera fragrantissima (Fragrant honeysuckle – white – along Garden Lane across from Bath House)

WALK FROM GLASS CORRIDOR TO REFLECTING POOL         

fb         Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)

fb         Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

b          Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

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)

b          Leucojum vernum (Spring snowflake – white ‘bells’) b         

b Scilla siberica (Siberian squill – deep blue – 1 plant)

MARCH BANK

fb         Adonis amurensis (Amur adonis – golden yellow)

fb         Crocus tommasinianus (‘Tommies’ – lavender and silver)

fb,+     Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)

fb,+     Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

b,+       Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

b          Galanthus nivalis ‘Flore Pleno’ (Double snowdrop variety – white & green)

b          Leucojum vernum (Spring snowflake – white ‘bells’)

MAGNOLIA BEND AND WALK ON SOUTH SIDE OF STREAM

b          Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)

fb         Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

fbb       Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

WINTERHAZEL WALK

fb         Helleborus foetidis (Bear’s foot hellebore – greenish)

fbb       Helleborus x hybridus (Lenten rose – pink)

ICEWELL TERRACE

fb         Adonis amurensis (Amur adonis – golden yellow)

b          Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)

fb         Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

fbb       Leucojum vernum (Spring snowflake – white ‘bells’)

PINETUM

fbb       Chaenomeles ‘Pink Lady’ (Flowering quince cultivar – pink)

fbb       Chaenomeles x superba ‘Crimson & Gold’ (Flowering quince cultivar – crimson)

fbb       Chaenomeles x superba ‘Texas Scarlet’ (Flowering quince cultivar – scarlet)

fb         Helleborus x hybridus (Lenten rose – pink)

fbb       Viburnum farreri (Fragrant viburnum – pale pink to white)

ENCHANTED WOODS

fb         Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)

fb         Galanthus elwesii (Giant 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

fb         Crocus tommasinianus (‘Tommies’ – lavender and silver)

fb         Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

fb         Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

fb         Mahonia bealei (Leatherleaf mahonia – yellow-green)

SYCAMORE HILL

fb         Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

b          Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

WEST FRONT OF MUSEUM, STORE, AND CLENNY RUN

fb         Adonis amurensis (Amur adonis – golden yellow)

fb         Chimonanthus praecox ‘Lutea’ (Wintersweet variety – pale yellow)

fb         Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

b          Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

fb         Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Sunburst’ (Witch hazel variety – yellow ‘ribbons’)

fb         Hamamelis mollis (Chinese witch hazel – yellow ‘ribbons’)

fb         Hammamelis mollis ‘Pallida’ (Pale Chinese witch hazel – light yellow ‘ribbons’)

fbb Helleborus x hybridus ‘Pine Knot Select-Our Best’ (Hellebore varieties/Lenten Rose – apricot, pink, pink spotted)

GREENHOUSE AREA

fb Crocus tommasinianus (‘Tommies’ – lavender and silver)

b Galanthus woronowii (Snowdrop variety – white)

fbb Helleborus x hybridus (Lenten rose – pink)

Bloom Report presented by Pauline Myers

WINTERTHUR BLOOM REPORT #07

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+: Abundant

fbb: Flower-bud breaking

b: Some bloom

fb: Full Bloom        

pf: Petals falling/drying

pb: Past bloom (few remain)

ber: Berries, fruits 

snow:  Under snow cover – special for this week

This week it is definitely Winterthur: Most of the estate is blanketed in snow glazed with ice.  It is a wondrous sight to behold.

Check these out:

• Best Show and Fragrance in the Gardens – Witch hazel (Hamamelis species & varieties) are in full bloom in the Visitor Center lawn, waving their yellow or rust colored blossoms that look like clusters of tiny ribbons.  They look and smell magnificent this week! 

• Snowdrops: 
  • Snowdrop (Galanthus elwesii & Galanthus nivalis) leaves and buds and some flowers are emerging throughout the gardens.  Most are under snow cover this week; however, a few can be found blooming through the snow.
  • The snowdrops (Galanthus elwesii) under the shrubs at the east end of Oak Hill are in full bloom this week.
  • Many varieties of snowdrops (Galanthus varieties) in the collection in the raised beds along the East Museum terrace are in full bloom.

• Tommies – The early crocus (Crocus tommasinianus) that fill the lawn on the terrace behind the Museum are under snow cover this week.

ENTRANCE DRIVE AND PARKING AREA

ber       Catalpa species (Catalpa – long, brown, string-bean-like seed pods)

ber       Paulownia tomentosa (Princess tree – clusters of round brown seed pods)

SUMMER SHRUB SLOPE

pb        Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ (Pee Gee hydrangea – brown)

PARKING AREA TO VISITOR CENTER

snow    Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

WALK FROM VISITOR CENTER TO UNDERPASS

snow    Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

fb         Hammamelis mollis ‘Pallida’ (Pale Chinese witch hazel – light yellow)

fb         Hammamelis mollis ‘Wisley Supreme’ (Chinese witch hazel variety – yellow)

fb         Hammamelis vernalis (Vernal witch hazel – rusty-red)

WALK FROM UNDERPASS TO MUSHROOM

snow    Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

snow    Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

AZALEA WOODS

b          Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

snow    Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

LOWER AZALEA WOODS

fbb       Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

UPPER/EAST TERRACE AND STEPS  

snow    Camellia japonica ‘April Remembered’ (Camellia cultivar ‘April Remembered‘ – white to pale pink)

snow    Crocus tommasianus (‘Tommies’ – lavender and silver)

snow    Galanthus ‘Louise Ann Bromley’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

snow    Galanthus ‘Madelaine’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

snow    Galanthus ‘Phantom’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

snow    Galanthus ‘Starling’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

snow    Galanthus ‘Trymlet’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

snow    Galanthus ‘Wasp’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

pf         Jasminum nudiflorum (Winter jasmine – yellow)

pb        Lonicera fragrantissima (Fragrant honeysuckle – white)

fbb       Pieris japonica ‘Dorothy Wycoff’ (Andromeda cultivar – dark pink buds)

EAST FRONT OF MUSEUM & Around Corner

fb         Galanthus alpinus var. bortkewitschianus

fbb       Galanthus ‘Bess’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘Castelgar’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fbb       Galanthus ‘Cowhouse Green’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus elwesii ‘Green Brush’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus elwesii ‘Grumpy’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus elwesii ‘Natalie Garton’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus elwesii var. monostichtus (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘Farmingdon Double’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘Fieldgate Prelude’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘Fieldgate Superb’ (Snowdrop variety – white – 2 flowers)

pb        Galanthus ‘Gabriel’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘Galatea’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘George Elwes’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fbb       Galanthus ‘Hill Poe’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘Imbolc’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘John Gray’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘Marjorie Brown’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fbb       Galanthus ‘Miller’s Late’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white)

fb         Galanthus ‘Mrs. Thompson’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fbb       Galanthus nivalus ‘Blewbury Tart’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fbb       Galanthus nivalus ‘Elfin’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

b          Galanthus plicatus ‘Percy Picton’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Galanthus plicatus ‘Diggory’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

b          Galanthus plicatus ‘Trym’ (Snowdrop variety – white – 1 flower)

b          Galanthus ‘Spindlestone Surprise’ (Snowdrop variety – white)

fb         Helleborus ‘Brandywine’ (Lenten rose variety – pink, white)

pf         Lonicera fragrantissima (Fragrant honeysuckle – white – along Garden Lane across from Bath House)

WALK FROM GLASS CORRIDOR TO REFLECTING POOL         

snow    Adonis amurensis (Amur adonis – golden yellow)

snow    Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

snow    Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

WALK FROM FISH PONDS – THE GLADE – TO BRIDGE

snow    Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)

snow    Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

snow    Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

snow    Leucojum vernum (Spring snowflake – white)

MARCH BANK

snow    Adonis amurensis (Amur adonis – golden yellow)

snow    Eranthis hyemalis (Winter aconite – yellow)

snow    Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

snow    Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

MAGNOLIA BEND AND WALK ON SOUTH SIDE OF STREAM

snow    Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

snow    Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

WINTERHAZEL WALK

fb         Helleborus foetidis (Bear’s foot hellebore – greenish)

ICEWELL TERRACE

snow    Adonis amurensis (Amur adonis – golden yellow)

snow    Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

PINETUM

fbb       Chaenomeles ‘Pink Lady’ (Flowering quince cultivar – pink)

fbb       Chaenomeles x superba ‘Crimson & Gold’ (Flowering quince cultivar – crimson)

fbb       Chaenomeles x superba ‘Texas Scarlet’ (Flowering quince cultivar – scarlet)

fbb       Helleborus x hybridus (Lenten rose – pink)

fbb       Viburnum farreri (Fragrant viburnum – pale pink to white)

SUNDIAL GARDEN

ber       Paulownia tomentosa (Princess tree – clusters of round brown seed pods)

ENCHANTED WOODS

b          Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

fbb       Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

snow    Helleborus x hybridus (Lenten rose – pink)

pb        Hydrangea serrata (Mountain hydrangea – tan)

OAK HILL–East Side

fb         Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

b          Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

QUARRY, ADJACENT WALKS, AND OUTLET STREAM

fb         Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white – few flowers)

b          Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop – white)

fb         Mahonia bealei (Leatherleaf mahonia – yellow-green)

SYCAMORE HILL

ber       Cotoneaster salicifolia (Cotoneaster – red berries)

b          Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

WEST FRONT OF MUSEUM, STORE, AND CLENNY RUN

fbb       Camellia ‘Survivor’ (Camellia variety – very few white with pink-tinged buds)

fb         Chimonanthus praecox ‘Lutea’ (Wintersweet variety – pale yellow)

b          Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

b          Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Sunburst’ (Witch hazel variety – yellow ‘ribbons’)

fb         Hamamelis mollis (Chinese witch hazel – yellow ‘ribbons’)

fbb       Helleborus x hybridus ‘Pine Knot Select-Our Best’ (Hellebore varieties/Lenten Rose – apricot, pink, pink spotted)

pb        Hydrangea quercifolia (Oakleaf hydrangea – dried brown – in Clenny Run at Museum bridge)

Bloom Report presented by Pauline Myers