Bloom Report #07

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