What's Fresh April 30, 2012

How about a field trip?  This week I invite you on a virtual tour of  Bindweed.  Please enjoy field shots of what we are harvesting this week.

Crab apple blossoms

Lilac

 

Muscari aka grape hyacinth

 

 

Giant hyacinth

Sweet peas

 

Thermopsis

 

Icelandic Poppies

Tahiti daffodils, double and fragrant.

LA hybrid Lilies

Tulips

in red, orange, mango, pink, purple and white.

Bridal Crown daffodils, super fragrant, multiple heads on one stem.

Thank you for coming.

Please check your fax and email for full availability.

What's Fresh April 24, 2012

 Another big week for tulips at Bindweed.  We are enjoying the last flush of parrot tulips.  I did a small bouquet featuring Inzell and pink ranunculus.

(Yep, the little elf in the photo is our grand-daughter. )

The first cut of the day.

We have a beautiful assortment of tulips harvested daily.  I will load the trucks up with a variety of colors but if you desire  particular colors please call ahead or send an email.

We are also celebrating ranunculus by reducing the price.  We have an abundance and love sharing.

 Even Gracie loves Ranunculus!

We are loving the new variety of Temptress poppies--we are definitely tempted.

They are so rich in color and vigor.

The daffodils are just starting to produce outside.  Fragrant and delicate, like little ballerinas in the field.

This is the last week for grape hyacinths, harvested in bunches, they are a true hallmark of spring.



The sweet peas are just gorgeous, long, straight stems full of fragrance.

Please consult your email and fax for full availability and feel free to call or email to preorder.

What's Fresh April 16, 2012

We have waited and waited for some good weather to get in the fields and work and this week has been a killer.  The first greenhouse tulips have all been harvested and we are well into harvesting in the second greenhouse.  Actually, yesterday RT cut over 1000 tulips!  And while he was harvesting Carey and I were cleaning out the first greenhouse and making it ready for the arrival of new plants.

Carey was on the muscle end of the tulip fork, lifting out spent bulbs and I was right behind her, separating the bulbs from the soil and hauling them out.  It is killer work--we are so grateful for Carey.  I would much rather put tulips in than take them out!

So...yeah, we have tulips!

 tulips,

 tulips,

and more tulips in many assorted colors and varieties.

We also have three varieties of Parrot tulips.

 

The Ranunculus are just perfect this week and we have them in a wide assortment of colors.

A regular rainbow of ranunculus

We have poppies--

the Icelandic poppies have just started blooming.

We have hyacinths, large and small.

We have grape hyacinths in blue and white, so very fragrant and sweet.

 This is our last week for greenhouse hyacinths in purple, pink, peach and yellow.

And last, but not least...sweet peas!  

Please check your fax and email for full availability.  If you would like to reserve or pre-order specific flowers please call or email us at bindweedfarm@aol.com.