Showing posts with label french tulips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label french tulips. Show all posts

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Fresh Cuts: June 3



I brought in an armful of flowers to arrange in my grandmother's vase.  Here is a bit of a tease, please check in tomorrow for the full post.

It is the last day of May and we are in over our heads--literally!

RT cutting viburnum "Lace Cap"

East Fields
If you are following me you will recognize this shot of the east fields--just compare the growth from the photo last week.  The bells of Ireland actually look like little bell seedlings.

West Fields
The sunflower seedlings also resemble themselves.



These are peony plants.  Look carefully and to see their heads forming.


This is the poppy row, also forming heads.

Hawthorne tree in bloom

Sundial with spurge
Available this week:

Allium

Baptisia

Cat mint

Cerinthe

Columbine

Heuchera "Coral Bells"

Lilac double

Lilac purple

Lilac double white

Lily of the Valley

Lysimachia "Firecracker"


Snapdragons:

snapdragon burgundy

snapdragon white

Snapdragon "Chantilly coral"
 We also have some Chantilly pink and raspberry snaps


 The last tulips:

tulip "Big Smile"

tulip "Dordogne"

Viburnum "Lace Cap"

Viburnum "Snowball"
Please call or consult your fax or email for full availability.












Friday, May 24, 2013

Fresh Cuts: May 27


Come walk with me...

The little barn
 Yesterday was a perfect farm day--the forecast, sunny but cool with light winds--meant that I could work all day without bumping up against strong winds and too much heat.  Taking advantage of the extra time I took a long walk around the farm with Gracie, the fat cat, and my camera.


Blooming Hawthorne

Blooming Chestnut

Along the lane





The west fields

The east fields
 Now I realize this is not a "gorgeous" farm shot, but I wanted to show you the potential.  The multicolored little green sprouts are many of the annual varieties you love--snap dragons, matricaria, Queen Anne's lace, nigella and so on.  The yellow-green rows at the top of the photo are grasses and to the top left of the photo are some of the perennials--delphinium, ascelepias, monarda and yarrow.  The last row on the far right is a future crop of helebores.  I will take photographs of these fields each week so you too can witness the progress. 

Every day we are harvesting new varieties of perennials--we are updating the availability list each day!  At the moment we have:

Allium

Cerinthe

Columbine


Lilac--double

Lilac--deep purple

Lilac--double white

Lily of the Valley

Lily of the Valley

Lysimachia "Firecracker"
Peony--the peonies are blooming!


 Snapdragons
Snapdragons--Burgundy and White
Snapdragon "Royal Raspberry"

Snapdragons "Chantilly" pink and coral

Sweet peas in lavender, white and pink
Sweet peas lavender

Thermopsis
We are in the last stage of tulip harvest--we have white, yellow, mango, pink, red, salmon

tulip "Big Smile"

tulip "Dordogne"

tulip "Pink Impression"
tulip "Spring Green"


Please call or email for pre-orders.
Have a beautiful flower filled Memorial weekend.