Winterthur Museum, Gardens & Library

WINTERTHUR BLOOM REPORT #37

 December 23, 2020

43F, sunny

+: Abundant

fbb: Flower-bud breaking

b: Some bloom

fb: Full Bloom

pf: Petals falling/drying

pb: Past bloom (few remain)

ber: Berries, fruits

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Check these out:

  • Snowdrops: Some varieties of snowdrops (Galanthus varieties) in the collection in the raised beds along the East Museum terrace are starting to bloom along with some giant snowdrops (Galanthus elwesii) in one spot along the March bank.
   

ENTRANCE DRIVE AND PARKING AREA

ber       Catalpa species (Catalpa – long, brown, string-bean-like seed pods) ber       Celastrus sp. (Bittersweet – orange berries – in forsythia bushes at edge of parking lot – few left) b          Forsythia x intermedia (Forsythia – yellow – at upper edge of parking lot) pb        Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ (Pee Gee hydrangea – brown) ber       Paulownia tomentosa (Princess tree – clusters of round brown seed pods)   LAGOONS

SUMMER SHRUB SLOPE

pb        Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ (Pee Gee hydrangea – brown)   PARKING AREA TO VISITOR CENTER WALK FROM VISITOR CENTER TO UNDERPASS WALK FROM UNDERPASS TO MUSHROOM SLOPE DOWN TOWARDS MUSEUM

PEONY GARDEN

b          Forsythia x intermedia (Forsythia – yellow – at edge of Museum lawn – few flowers)  

AZALEA WOODS

b          Forsythia x intermedia (Forsythia – yellow – at edge of field) fbb       Rhododendron hybrid Winterthur Dexter #11 (Tree rhododendron – cherry red – 3 buds opening)   LOWER AZALEA WOODS

UPPER/EAST TERRACE AND STEPS

b          Jasminum nudiflorum (Winter jasmine – yellow) fbb       Pieris japonica ‘Dorothy Wycoff’ (Andromeda cultivar – dark pink buds)  

EAST FRONT OF MUSEUM & Around Corner

ber       Callicarpa japonica (Japanese beautyberry – purple berries) ber       Euonymus bungeanus var. semipersistens (Tree at corner of Library – red berries) fb         Galanthus elwesii ‘Natalie Garton’ (Snowdrop variety – white) b          Galanthus ‘Farmingdon Double’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fbb       Glaanthus ‘Fieldgate Prelude’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fb         Galanthus ‘Gabriel’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fbb       Galanthus ‘Galatea’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fbb       Galanthus ‘George Elwes’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fbb       Galanthus plicatus ‘Diggory’ (Snowdrop variety – white) b          Helleborus ‘Brandywine’ (Lenten rose variety – pink – 2 blossoms) b          Lonicera fragrantissima (Fragrant honeysuckle – white – along Garden Lane across from Bath House)  

WALK FROM GLASS CORRIDOR TO REFLECTING POOL

pb        Hydrangea paniculata ‘Tardiva’ (Panicle hydrangea cultivar – brown) ber       Ilex opaca (American holly – red berries – few left)  

WALK FROM FISH PONDS – THE GLADE – TO BRIDGE

pb        Hydrangea arborescens (Smooth hydrangea – brown) pb        Hydrangea arborescens ‘Grandiflora’ (Hills of Snow hydrangea – brown)  

MARCH BANK

fb         Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white) ber       Ilex opaca (American holly – red berries – few left)  

MAGNOLIA BEND AND WALK ON SOUTH SIDE OF STREAM

pb        Hydrangea arborescens (Smooth hydrangea – brown) pb        Hydrangea quercifolia (Oakleaf hydrangea – brown)   GARDEN LANE WINTERHAZEL WALK ICEWELL TERRACE

PINETUM

pb/fbb  Chaenomeles cultivars (Flowering quince – red, orange) fbb       Chaenomeles x superba ‘Crimson & Gold’ (Flowering quince cultivar – crimson) fbb       Chaenomeles x superba ‘Texas Scarlet’ (Flowering quince cultivar – scarlet)  

SUNDIAL GARDEN

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

TRAFFIC CIRCLE

ber       Viburnum dilatatum ‘Xanthocarpum’ (Linden viburnum variety – yellow berries – few left)  

ENCHANTED WOODS

pb        Hydrangea arborescens ‘Grandiflora’ (Hills of Snow hydrangea – tan) pb        Hydrangea quercifolia (Oakleaf hydrangea – tan) pb        Hydrangea serrata (Mountain hydrangea – tan) fbb       Rhododendron variety (Azalea – pink – near Turtle Bridge)  

OAK HILL-East Side

ber       Viburnum dilatatum ‘Xanthocarpum’ (Linden viburnum variety – yellow-brown berries)

OAK HILL-West Side

ber       Viburnum dilatatum (Linden viburnum – dark red berries)   QUARRY, ADJACENT WALKS, AND OUTLET STREAM

SYCAMORE HILL

ber       Catalpa species (Catalpa – long, green to brown, string-bean-like seed pods) ber       Cotoneaster salicifolia (Cotoneaster – red berries) pb        Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ (Pee Gee hydrangea – brown)  

WEST FRONT OF MUSEUM, STORE, AND CLENNY RUN

pb        Camellia ‘Mason Farm’ (Camellia variety – white with pink-tinged buds) pb        Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ (Camellia variety – double white) pb        Camellia ‘Survivor’ (Camellia variety – white with pink-tinged buds) fb         Hamamelis virginiana (Common witch hazel – yellow ‘ribbons’ – behind Museum Store at parking lot wall) pb        Hydrangea arborescens (Smooth hydrangea – tan) pb        Hydrangea quercifolia (Oakleaf hydrangea – dried brown – in Clenny Run at Museum bridge) ber       Ilex opaca (American holly – red berries – few left)  

GREENHOUSE AREA

ber       Ilex opaca (American holly – red berries – few left)   BACK MEADOW – Top of Sycamore Hill to back ponds GARDEN LANE MEADOW – below Brown’s Woods

Bloom Report presented by:

Pauline Myers