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| My morning work |
This is my morning wake-up call, buckets and buckets of flowers. Even though I am in the barn before sunrise, RT has been up for hours cutting. (He uses a camping headlamp for illumination. We have NEVER been camping...just saying.)
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| More of the same |
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| East fields |
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| East fields looking east |
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| Snaps and lavender |
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| Shade house |
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| West fields--just weeks ago I stood on the other side of the suns, on the left, to photograph the fields! That's broom corn on the right and a partial row of euphorbia and cosmos in the shade. |
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| RT cutting lilies and crocosmia |
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| West fields--BE Susans and matricaria, calendula and lilies in the foreground. |
Now, for the flowers this week:
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| Asclepias orange |
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| Black-eyed Susans |
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| Bells of Ireland |
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| Celosia--cock's comb lime |
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| Clarkia |
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| Clematis recta--second harvest |
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| Cosmos--I know this photo is lame, but you'all keep buying it as fast as we can cut it! (Thanks BTW) |
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| Crocosmia--again, lame photo, same reason. Our crocosmia blooms deep rust. |
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| Dahlia--extremely limited number of these gorgeous babies, please call or email to order. |
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| Diablo |
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| Globe thistle |
Grasses:
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| Canary grass--silvery spear shaped head |
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| Foxtail millet |
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| Quaking grass |
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| Red millet |
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| Switch grass |
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| Explosion grass |
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| Hydrangea "Annabelle" |
A word about hydrangea, many have asked how to re-hydrate hydrangea so here's my secret. First, always buy fresh hydrangea from Bindweed--ha, ha. But seriously, I got this tip from Jan Kew, she always adds alum to warm water to hydrate hydrangea, especially if it has been shipped. I cut this hydrangea last Saturday and conditioned them in the cooler overnight. Sunday afternoon I added a teaspoon of allum (you find it in the spice section at the grocery store) to two quarts of warm water and voile! I took this photo this morning. Notice the green heads, I just cut them a little immature. I was hoping the allum would make them hydrate and hold and I think I got my wish.
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| Indigo spire--gorgeous giant blue heads surrounded by lush foliage |
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| Lamb's ear--gi-normous ears and spikes |
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| Larkspur |
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| Bananas!! Just kidding--Oriental lilies white and an Oriental/trumpet cross that is like a freshly cut mango or apricot |
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| Lisianthus pink |
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| Lysimachia "Firecracker" in flower |
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| And her cousin, lysimachia "gooseneck loosestrife" |
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| Matricaria--buttons and camomile |
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| Monarda--raspberry and blue/purple |
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| Monarda--white |
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| Phlox--blue and purple with a white star/eye |
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| Phlox--white |
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| Queen Anne's Lace--new variety, tighter head, longer vase life |
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| Sage |
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| Scabiosa--blue |
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| Scabios--creamy ivory |
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| Scabiosa--white |
Snapdragons:
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| Bi-color plum blossom |
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| Burgundy on the left, raspberry on the right, we also have that killer coral orange |
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| Sunflowers, ready for delivery |
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| Sweet peas in coral, pink, lavender and white |
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| Verbena--etherial blue head on long wand-like stems |
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| Veronica |
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| Yarrow |
Please have a beautiful weekend and call or email to place an order.
Buona settimana!
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