Tulips for 2020 April-May

We will have some great new colors, lots of unique parrots and doubles in our tulip line up for 2020. With advance notice, we can have them blooming for you, mid- April- late May.

 

Pew marker - May

Strong Gold

Parrot tulips

Apricot Parrot tulip

Columbus dbl.

May DIY Wedding flowers, Jessica

Jessica's Wedding flowers At White Fence Farm. Photography by Wayfaring Wanderer. May 21

Grandfather Mountain Wedding May 19,

Georgia and Ryan- May 19, 2016

See more photos in the 2017 High Country Wedding Guide. All Photos: Common Dove Photography

Shady Grove Gardens supplied this large peach and soft blue bridal bouquet and DIY flowers for the rest of the wedding.

The bridal bouquet included a blend of our locally grown spring flowers; Amsonia, wheat, tulips, bleeding heart, anemone, sweet pea, snapdragons, viburnum, dusty miller, rosemary and peonies.

Loose DIY flowers included poppies, lilac bachelor buttons and tulips.

I just love how see had me match the color to her shaw.

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		3.00	12-15"
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