Notes from Shady Grove Gardens, including wedding information and photos as well as nursery specials, gardening tips and news. We are specialty cut flower growers in Ashe and Watauga Counties NC. We are floral designer & supply wedding flowers throughout the High Country, Boone, Blowing Rock, Valle Crucis, and Linville NC.
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.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Saturday, January 24, 2015
New Years Eve Wedding photos
http://www.revivalphotography.com/blog/2015/1/14/emily-nicholas-a-winter-new-years-eve-elopement-at-the-mast-farm-inn
Even a small wedding deserves great flowers and great photos.
Simply wonderful photos from Revival Photography:
Even a small wedding deserves great flowers and great photos.
Simply wonderful photos from Revival Photography:
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.
Here's her lovely painting of our Dahlia field in Ashe, Co. NC.
Monday, January 5, 2015
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
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Weeks available
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Unit Price
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Height
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Late yellow daffodil
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Wk 1
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12-15”
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Anemone red, blue white, mixed
| 3.00 | 12-15" | |
Various Alliums, purples and whites
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1.25-1.50
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15-24”
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NORTHERN B. VIBURNUM WHITE FLAT TOP BLOOM, DARK GREEN FOLIAGE
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1.00 ea.
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SHASTA DAISY- WHITE
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WK. 1-4
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12-15”
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LILAC- FRENCH
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Wk. 1,3-4
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2.10 ea.
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2’
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WHITE BLEEDING HEART
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1.30 EA
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15”
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TULIPS - MIXED PASTELS, MIXED BRIGHTS
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WK. 1-2
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2.00 EA
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10-15”
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RANUNCULUS-WHITE and YELLOW, BRIGHT COLOR MIX
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WK 1-2
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2.00 EA
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12-15”
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VIBURNUM OPULUS - SNOWBALL BRANCHES
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Wk. 1-4
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2.50 ea.
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18-24”
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GT.. PUSSY WILLOW-
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Wk. 1-4
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BY HT.
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2-4’
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ALLIUM PURPLE SENSATION
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WK. 1-3
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1.50 EA
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12-15”
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AMSONIA - BLUE STAR
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WK. 1-4
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10.00/BUNCH 10
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15”
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BAPTISIA -BLUE INDIGO, YELLOW and WHITE
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1.75 EA
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12”
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DUTCH IRIS- YELLOW, WHITE, BLUE, PASTEL
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1.10 EA
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12-15”
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IRIS BLUE
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Wk. 3-4
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.1.10 EA
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18-24”
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FOXGLOVE
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WK. 3-4
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1.20 EA
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24”+
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SCILLIA PURPLE/BLUE
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.60 EA
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10-12”
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FOLIAGE: DIABOLO- COPPER/BURGUNDY
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10.00/BUNCH 10
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18-30”
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FOLIAGE: GOLD NUGGET LIME GREEN
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.90 EA
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18-30”
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COLUMBINE PURPLE, LIME, MAUVE, MIXED PINKS
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WK. 1-4
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9.00/bunch
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12-15”
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VIOLA FOR EDIBLES - CLAM SHELL
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10.00 EA
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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
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
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
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
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