Budding Out
Each season I try to harness the magic of forced blooms. I think I’ve finally got it! A few quick tips for forcing blooms. First, look for colored, swollen buds…
Category: Spring
May Flowers
We jumped right from April tulips to May ranunculus, amsonia, poppy and peony! Amsonia is a hardy perennial with blue starry flowers. Similar to milkweed with a milky sap in…
Tulips
The tulips are here! This month has been one long tulip pull. Chilly weather with many nights dipping below freezing has kept the tulip harvest very slow. Exotic Emperor tulips…
Waking Up
It’s that time of year when everything is waking up! Stems of perennial plants are being forced up through the cold soil in search of warm sun. Pussy willow is…
May Flowers
May opened with a delicate mix of color and texture with Amsonia, Geum, Ranunculus, Clover, Solomon Seal, Cerinthe and Dianthus! La Belle and Amandine Ranunculus stole the show in so…
Blooms!
The hill is beginning to bloom! Tulips have been harvested twice a day, everyday since April 1st! The perennial beds are popping with Amsonia, Mountain Mint, Baptisia, Solomon’s Seal, Phlox…
Buds and Sprouts
Seedlings are growing and getting ready for some outside time (harden off) then will be planted into prepared beds. Daffodils, Tulips, Muscari and Hellebores are starting to emerge. The warmer…
Change of Season
In the cut flower world, there’s something called the “June gap”. It refers to the end of spring flowers and when summer flowers are not quite available. This year, with…
The wait…
It’s been a slow start this spring. After an initial warm up it got chilly and then we had a very, late spring FREEZE! By double covering newly planted seedlings…
We’re still growing!
The past month has been a roller coaster around the world, but here on Celadon Hill, we’re still growing. The seedlings, baby plants and hardy annuals are doing beautifully. In…