Winterthur Museum, Gardens & Library

WINTERTHUR BLOOM REPORT #03

 January 20, 2021

40F, sunny

 

+: 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:

• Snowdrops:
  • Snowdrop (Galanthus elwesii) leaves and buds and some flowers are emerging throughout the gardens. They are particularly plentiful along the March Bank.
  • The snowdrops (Galanthus elwesii) under the shrubs at the east end of Oak Hill are in full bloom this week.
  • Some varieties of snowdrops (Galanthus varieties) in the collection in the raised beds along the East Museum terrace are in full bloom.
• 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.
• Brilliant red berries and colored foliage can still be found on the willow-leaf cotoneaster (Cotoneaster salicifolia) along the fence on Sycamore Hill.

 

ENTRANCE DRIVE AND PARKING AREA

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

fbb       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

fbb       Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)   SLOPE DOWN TOWARDS MUSEUM PEONY GARDEN

AZALEA WOODS

fbb       Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)   LOWER AZALEA WOODS fbb       Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)  

UPPER/EAST TERRACE AND STEPS

fbb       Camellia japonica ‘April Remembered’ (Camellia cultivar ‘April Remembered‘ – white to pale pink) fbb       Galanthus ‘E.A. Bowles’ (Snowdrop variety – white) b          Galanthus ‘Louise Ann Bromley’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fbb       Galanthus ‘Madelaine’ (Snowdrop variety) fbb       Galanthus ‘Phantom’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fbb       Galanthus ‘Starling’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fbb       Galanthus ‘Trymlet’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fbb       Galanthus ‘Wasp’ (Snowdrop variety – white) b          Jasminum nudiflorum (Winter jasmine – yellow) fbb       Lonicera fragrantissima (Fragrant honeysuckle – white) fbb       Pieris japonica ‘Dorothy Wycoff’ (Andromeda cultivar – dark pink buds)  

EAST FRONT OF MUSEUM & Around Corner

b          Galanthus ‘Castelgar’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fbb       Galanthus ‘Cowhouse Green’ (Snowdrop variety – white) b          Galanthus elwesii ‘Green Brush’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fbb       Galanthus elwesii ‘Grumpy’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fb         Galanthus elwesii ‘Natalie Garton’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fbb       Galanthus elwesii var. monostichtus (Snowdrop variety – white) fb         Galanthus ‘Farmingdon Double’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fb         Galanthus ‘Fieldgate Prelude’ (Snowdrop variety – white) b          Galanthus ‘Fieldgate Superb’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fb         Galanthus ‘Gabriel’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fbb       Galanthus ‘Galatea’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fbb       Galanthus ‘Imbolc’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fbb       Galanthus ‘John Gray’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fbb       Galanthus ‘Marjorie Brown’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fbb       Galanthus ‘Miller’s Late’ (Snowdrop cultivar – white) fbb       Galanthus ‘Mrs. Thompson’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fbb       Galanthus ‘Percy Picton’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fbb       Galanthus plicatus ‘Diggory’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fbb       Galanthus plicatus ‘Trym’ (Snowdrop variety – white) fbb       Galanthus ‘Spindlestone Surprise’ (Snowdrop variety – white) b          Helleborus ‘Brandywine’ (Lenten rose variety – pink, white) fb         Lonicera fragrantissima (Fragrant honeysuckle – white – along Garden Lane across from Bath House)  

WALK FROM GLASS CORRIDOR TO REFLECTING POOL

fbb       Adonis amurensis (Amur adonis – golden yellow) fbb       Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white) 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

fbb       Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white) pb        Hydrangea arborescens (Smooth hydrangea – brown) pb        Hydrangea arborescens ‘Grandiflora’ (Hills of Snow hydrangea – brown)  

MARCH BANK

fbb       Adonis amurensis (Amur adonis – golden yellow) fbb,+   Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white) ber       Ilex opaca (American holly – red berries – few left)  

MAGNOLIA BEND AND WALK ON SOUTH SIDE OF STREAM

fbb       Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white) pb        Hydrangea arborescens (Smooth hydrangea – brown) pb        Hydrangea quercifolia (Oakleaf hydrangea – brown)   GARDEN LANE

WINTERHAZEL WALK

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

PINETUM

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) b          Helleborus x hybridus (Lenten rose – pink – 1 flower) b          Viburnum farreri (Fragrant viburnum – pale pink to white) fbb       Viburnum macrocephalum ‘Sterile’ (Snowball viburnum variety – greenish-white)  

SUNDIAL GARDEN

ber       Paulownia tomentosa (Princess tree – clusters of round brown seed pods) fbb       Spiraea arguta (Spiraea species – white – few buds)   TRAFFIC CIRCLE

ENCHANTED WOODS

fbb       Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white) 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 – 2 flowers)  

OAK HILL-East Side

fb         Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white)

OAK HILL-West Side

ber       Viburnum dilatatum (Linden viburnum – dark red berries)  

QUARRY, ADJACENT WALKS, AND OUTLET STREAM

Fbb/b   Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white – few flowers) b          Mahonia bealei (Leatherleaf mahonia – yellow-green) fbb       Pieris japonica ‘Forest Flame’ (Andromeda cultivar – eye-catching red buds)  

SYCAMORE HILL

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

WEST FRONT OF MUSEUM, STORE, AND CLENNY RUN

pb        Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ (Camellia variety – double white) pb        Camellia ‘Survivor’ (Camellia variety – white with pink-tinged buds) fb         Chimonanthus praecox ‘Lutea’ (Wintersweet variety – pale yellow) b          Galanthus elwesii (Giant snowdrop – white) pb        Hamamelis virginiana (Common witch hazel – yellow ‘ribbons’ – behind Museum Store at parking lot wall) fbb       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)   GREENHOUSE AREA BACK MEADOW – Top of Sycamore Hill to back ponds GARDEN LANE MEADOW – below Brown’s Woods  

Bloom Report presented by:

Pauline Myers