Untermyer Gardens Conservancy Summer Annuals With Drew Schuyler, Introduced by Timothy Tilghman6/27/2023 Gomphocarpus physocarpus – balloon plant
Eucalyptus cinerea – silver dollar tree Verbena bonariensis 'Vanity' – purpletop vervain Salvia farinacea Sallyfun(TM) Sky Blue – mealycup sage Senecio candicans 'Senaw' – Angel Wings® senecio Cobaea scandens – cup and saucer vine Stipa arundinacea 'Sirocco' (syn. Anemanthele lessoniana) – feather grass Melianthus major – honeybush 2023 Cool Season Annuals in the Canal Beds
Antirrhinum majus 'PAS409638' Snapshot™ Orange -- snapdragon Viola x wittrockiana 'PAS1077347' Cool Wave® Morpho -- pansy Lobelia erinus ‘Weslodestar’ Star™ Deep Blue Star -- lobelia Nigella damascena ‘Miss Jekyll Mix’ -- love-in-a-mist Lathyrus odoratus ‘Knee High Mix’ -- sweet pea Lathyrus odoratus ‘Painted Lady’ -- sweet pea Centaurea cyanus ‘Boy Mix’ -- bachelor buttons Brassica oleracea var. capitata ‘Red Acre’ -- red acre heirloom cabbage Brassica oleracea var. botrytis ‘Snow Crown’ -- snow crown cauliflower Timothy shows us more trees and shrubs that add visual interest in the winter.
Woody Winter Interest
Heptacodium miconioides – seven-son flower Salix alba 'Chermesina'- white willow Lichen – fungus and green algae Cornus kousa – kousa dogwood Auraucaria araucana – monkey puzzle tree Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula’ – weeping European beech Cercidiphyllum japonicum – katsura tree Acer griseum – paperbark maple Acer triflorum – three-flowered maple Ulmus glabra ‘Camperdownii’ – Scotch Elm Cornus alba ‘Bailhalo' IVORY HALO – tatarian dogwood Hamamelis virginiana – common witch hazel Timothy explains tools and best practices for pruning trees in winter.
It's a busy week as Timothy, gardeners, and volunteers prepare the Walled Garden for the winter.
Timothy talks about his favorite trees and shrubs for fall color, including some less obvious specimens.
Parrotia subaequalis 'Mikinori Ogisu' – Chinese ironwood Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Slender Silhouette’ - sweetgum Quercus palustris ‘Pringreen’ GREEN PILLAR – columnar pin oak Cotinus coggygria ‘Old Fashioned’ – smoketree Amsonia hubrichtii – blue star Heptacodium miconioides – seven-son flower Callicarpa dichotoma – purple beautyberry Acer japonicum 'Green Cascade' – Japanese maple Rhus typhina 'Bailtiger' TIGER EYES – staghorn sumac Rhus typhina – staghorn sumac Acer triflorum – three flowered maple Rhus copallinum – winged sumac Cornus kousa – Korean dogwood |
Garden Walks with TimothyThe video series Garden Walks with Timothy is funded in part by the Hudson River Valley Greenway National Heritage Area.
Timothy TilghmanTimothy Tilghman has been Head Gardener at Untermyer Gardens since June 2011 and leads the garden’s ambitious restoration effort. He possesses more than 25 years of horticultural experience, with 19 years devoted to public horticulture. Archives
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