Slaugust
I’ve heard some flower farmers call August, “Slaugust,’ because of the slog of heat, weeds and slow sales. This August, was a little different. Yes, there are plenty of weeds.…
Category: summer
Heat Lovin’ Blooms
The heat is on along the Mid Atlantic Coast. Multiple days in the 90’s with high humidity. It’s a time when folks in our area head to the beach! It’s…
Snaps, Scabiosa and Sunnies
June starts off with a soft palette of color. Pink, blue, yellow, green, and white blooms explode onto the scene. Campanula is a fan favorite. The cup-shaped blooms last up…
Hot Days
July has been one hot month with hardly any rain. Thankfully as I write this, we’ve gotten a few days of normal temperatures and some rain. The picture above was…
Farm Visits
July and August were filled with on Celadon Hill visits! We hosted Children’s Flower Hour, Bagels and Blooms and Create Your Own Bouquet events. Friends and family stopped by too!…
June Bloom
At last, a majority of Celadon Hill is in bloom! Fall planted campanula, snapdragons and feverfew bloom first. Campanula aka canterbury bells are one of the first spring flowers after…
Hazy, hot and humid!
The heat has arrived! July means early morning harvests and evening catch ups. It’s time to flip spring flower beds and plant for late summer and fall flowers. It’s always…
Oh the humidity!
It’s been hot, hazy and humid this month and some flowers thrive in these conditions! Dahlias are native to the mountains of Mexico and the blooms start to get going…
Summer Break
It’s July and the weather in the Mid Atlantic is hazy, hot and humid. Some call it a “lull” with not many events, vacations and days spent searching for ways…
Spring Into Summer
The fall planted snapdragons, feverfew and larkspur were winners in late May to early June. So much color! About mid June the temperatures rose and we got our first sunflowers…