What's Fresh June 18, 2012

It is "perennial time" on the farm and that means that we are running in an attempt to keep up with all the perennials blooming.  For months these work horse plants have been storing energy for the big show--and it is happening now.  Some of the first perennials to bloom are the peonies.  RT has been cutting peonies every four hours for weeks and will finish soon...just in time for the other perennials to kick in.

(Notice the cute jar--yep, we painted it.)

So the list of perennials begins:

Baptisia

Foxtail Lily

Foxglove, actually a bi-ennial.

Oriental poppies and delphinium.

Bellflower lavender

Bellflower white

Bells of Ireland

Delphinium--deep violet to white and all shades in between

Peonies

Deep pink

Soft Pink "Sarah Bernhardt"

White

Snaps white

Snaps burgundy

Silver King

Scabiosa white

Please check your fax and email for full availability.

What's Fresh June 11

Bindweed is  offering our subscription bouquets in conjunction with Ladybird Farm's CSA.  

Here are a few bouquets that went out this week.

Bouquets ready for Saturday's market.

Bouquet close-up featuring chantilly coral snaps, wine clematis, white lilies and lace cap viburnum.

This week we are harvesting:

Anchusa, perfect blue forget-me-not flowers on long stems.

Baptisia, aka "False Indigo" in wine and violet.

Cat mint

Clematis

Delphinium in many shades of blue, violet, white and lavender.

Eremerus, aka "Foxtail Lily" and  "Desert Candle"

Lysimachia "Firecracker"

Alchemilla mollis aka "Lady's Mantle"

Peonies in several shades and sizes

Oriental Poppies

Salvia

Sweet peas in lavender and white

Fresh crop "Yelloween" lilies

Viburnum "Blue Muffin"

As always, please consult your fax and email for complete availability.

What's Fresh June 4, 2012

We are still experiencing a spring palette, the farm is full of whites, blues, lavenders and purples.

We have cut the last of the viburnum, snow ball and lace cap.

LA Hybrid lily "Adoration"

Cat mint,  fifteen to twenty inches of soft lavender bloom.

The clematis is just gorgeous.  Giant blue...

white

and deep wine.

Salvia, deep blue violet spikes.

Chantilly snaps, deep raspberry

and pink, yellow and coral.  (The blue in the center of this bouquet is a stem of anchusa.)

Anchusa has a long stem with multiple little deep blue forget-me-not shaped flowers.

Delphinium  (Again the anchusa has slipped into the photo on the upper left corner.  It is so sneaky.)

Lavender sweet peas

White sweet peas

Filipendula, aka "Meadow Sweet" is a an umble shapped cluster of pink dusted pearls that open into white star like sweet smelling flowers.

 

Peonies in every shade, white, blush, pink, deep pink, magenta, red and coral.

Please check your fax and email for full availability.

We hope you have a flower filled day.