Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Brian and Alison-early July

Coral is a tough color for July. A rare color anytime really.
Allison let us order a few non-local flowers to go with our snapdragons and stock, lilies and peonies.

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Art Opening - Raleigh

Join our friend Kathy Reece at the Little Art Gallery in Raleigh this Saturday January 24, 2-5 p.m.

Here's her lovely painting of our Dahlia field in Ashe, Co. NC.

Saturday, January 3, 2015

May Cut Flower Photos and List

 May photos with flower lists.
 We grow a wide array of seasonal spring flowers. 

Early May
CUT FLOWER AVAILABILITY FROM SHADY GROVE GARDENS
Varieties EARLY MAY
Weeks available
Unit Price
Height
Late yellow daffodil 
Wk 1

12-15”
Anemone red, blue white, mixed

3.0012-15"
Various Alliums, purples and whites

1.25-1.50
15-24”
NORTHERN B. VIBURNUM WHITE FLAT TOP BLOOM, DARK GREEN FOLIAGE

1.00 ea.

SHASTA DAISY- WHITE
WK. 1-4

12-15”
LILAC- FRENCH 
Wk. 1,3-4
2.10 ea.
2’
WHITE BLEEDING HEART

1.30 EA
15”
TULIPS - MIXED PASTELS, MIXED BRIGHTS 
WK. 1-2
2.00 EA
10-15”
RANUNCULUS-WHITE and YELLOW,  BRIGHT COLOR MIX
WK 1-2
2.00 EA 
12-15”
VIBURNUM OPULUS - SNOWBALL BRANCHES 
Wk. 1-4
2.50 ea.
18-24”
GT.. PUSSY WILLOW- 
Wk. 1-4
BY HT.
2-4’
ALLIUM PURPLE SENSATION 
WK. 1-3
1.50 EA
12-15”
AMSONIA - BLUE STAR
WK. 1-4
10.00/BUNCH 10
15”
BAPTISIA -BLUE INDIGO, YELLOW and WHITE

1.75 EA
12”
DUTCH IRIS- YELLOW, WHITE, BLUE, PASTEL

1.10 EA
12-15”
 IRIS  BLUE
Wk. 3-4
.1.10 EA
18-24”
FOXGLOVE
WK. 3-4
1.20 EA
24”+
SCILLIA PURPLE/BLUE

.60 EA
10-12”
FOLIAGE: DIABOLO- COPPER/BURGUNDY

10.00/BUNCH 10
18-30”
FOLIAGE: GOLD NUGGET LIME GREEN

.90 EA
18-30”
COLUMBINE PURPLE, LIME, MAUVE, MIXED PINKS
WK. 1-4
9.00/bunch
12-15”
VIOLA FOR EDIBLES - CLAM SHELL

10.00 EA







 



Mid-Late May Cut Flower List from Shady Grove Gardens
Amsonia- blue star, light sky blue
Foxglove- mauve spike
Allium Moly - yellow wk. 3-4
Allium- Purple Sensation red/ purple ball shaped heads
Allium - green and white
Agrostemma wk 3-4
Ammi wk usually June 1
Curly Willow 2-6’, by the stem
Clematis white and Blue wk 1-4 sold by the stem
Siberian Iris- Dark Blues  wk. 2-4
Snowball Viburnum - white/green, sold by the stem, wk. 1-4
Yellow Yarrow
Columbine-    wk. 1-4
Mock Orange- white fragrant bloom very late May most years wk. 4, by the stem
Northern Burgundy Viburnum - white buds, nice foliage
Dianthus Whites, Pinks wk 3-4
Tree peonies yellow with orange center, regular herbaceous Peonies are just beginning most years do not depend on these -wk.3-4 or call in early May
Baptisia - blue, gray/ blue, soft yellow, bright yellow, a few white
Honeysuckle - native red with yellow
Armeria - pink and hot pink limited numbers
Bulgarian Allium- bells of pink and green tall
Multiblossum Allium - white and green
Allium nigra - white limited
Larkspur- blue just starting most years- most dark blue some azure, some white or pink
Viola- edible usually or short stems
Blue Salvia, - this is a dark violet blue
Solomon's Seal sold by the stem
Diablo Physocarpus - burgundy foliage with white bloom & pinkish buds
Gold Nugget- Physocarpus= Nine Bark
Late Lilac - most years
Sweet William -  pinks and white
Spirea - Snowmound white
Solomon's Seal - green
Snapdragon wk 3-4
Weigela - Wine and Roses, dark leaf with bright hot pink blooms
Weigela - red, or pink
Red Rugosa Rose wk 2-> June
Wheat - green
White Bleeding Heart- fairly short stem, sold by the stem
Royalty Lilac - medium purple, by the stem wk. 3-4
Lamb's Ear - silver large or small leaf varieties
Dusty Miller - silver foliage
Veronica - mostly blues, some white and pink
Bachelor Button - blue or white, pink wk 3-4
Pussy Willow 2-6’ dark brown branch with silver pussies
Blue Clematis and White Clematis
Last of the White Fringe tree, sold by the stem wk 3-4
Red twig dogwood
May tulips,
Ranunculus yellow, white, pink 
Dutch Iris wk 1-4
Stock white, soft yellow, bright purple and ruby red wk 2-4




 If you want to order a bucket of mixed greenery it's $60 = 7 bunches
Favorites in the Mid May list:
Late Lilac 
Viburnum Opulus - Snowball 2.50 each
Viburnum Northern Burgundy 
Allium Purple Sensation and White
Solomons Seal 3.00 usually close to 3'ht
Green Wheat 
Fringe Tree - White big woody stem 4.00each
Mock Orange /bunch stem numbers vary with branch size (larger branches this early)
Pussy Willow Twigs .80each ~3'
Curly Willow .80 each