Merry Christmas

To all my wonderful customers and their families;
Have a safe and Happy Christmas, and a New Year filled with health, happiness, and prosperity.
Anna and family

October hours

Hello
We are open for business on Saturday and Sunday from 9am till 4pm.
Any other day by chance or appointment.
Garden looks beautiful the colors are amazing .I tried to capture it on camera with little success.
The pictures are:
Schizachyrium Scoparium - Short pink grass
Miscanthus Huron Sunrise and Porcupine
Miscanthus purpurascens
Ginkgo Biloba-tree- a present from my wonderful sister Ela.

september hours

Hi
We are still open as follows:
Monday and Friday 10-6
Saturday and Sunday 9-5
Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday by chance or appoitment only.



On the pictures:

Sedum Maestro and Spectabile Karl

Echinacea

• I got Echinacea fever this summer .It's rather costly desease and it is contagious.
  I bought quite a few for my garden and also for the nursery.
  I still have some left for sale:
• Meringue
  Firebird
  Flame thrower
  Fragrant Angel
  Hope
  Pink Poodle
  After Midnight
  Milk Shake
  Tiki Torch
  Maui Sunshine
  Gum Drop
  Vintage Wine
  I love them all, but Green Eyes , Hope, and Fragrany Angel are my favorites. The are sturdy, with large horizontal flowers. Angel and Hope have huge cones. They smell like honey, and even fading blooms look good on them.
  
  

August hours

Hello ,
we will be open in August as follows; Monday,Tuesday, Thursday ,Friday 9-6
Saturday and Sunday 9-5
closed Wednesdays
On the picture Catalpa ovata (Chinese Catalpa ).
Wonderful tree , flowers are creamy pale yellow and smell very sweet.
Single flower look like miniature orchid.
It grows rather fast , I had few flowers on the 3 year old trees .Tolerate heat, humidity and deer.

Winter hardy cactus

I have a collection of winter hardy cacti.Some of them I started from seeds few years ago.Cactus cross pollinate very easy and growing from seeds will give you some interesting results. Most of my patches are in bloom right now and they are amazing .I have few shades of yellow , light pink,raspberry pink and even yellow fading to light salmon.
Unfortunately most of the blooms last only one day.

June hours

Anna's Perennials June hours
Monday to Friday 10 - 6
Saturday ,Sunday 9-5

My winter hardy cacti are starting to bloom, and
oriental poppies and lupins are in full glory.

Pictures from rock garden

Its still very warm. Every day there is more colour in my garden.Rock garden "it's just glorious" is what my garden friend Ann Greer-Wooten would say.On the pictures :Blue Penstemon ,Dianthus deltoides and Dianthus erinaceus

Blooming perennials

I took these pictures few days ago but never had enough time to put them on my blog.
The pictures are:Veronica "Blue Mirrors",
Phlox"Snowflakes",
Lewisia ssp,
Its very hot and plants are blooming shorter then usual.
All my cactus almost ready to bloom to a month earlier than usual. They are covered with flower buds.

May Hours 2010

Hello everyone
May hours
Monday to Friday- 9-6
Saturday and Sunday 9-5
Any other time by chance or appointment . If you are coming from far away please let us know .
Anna

Garden Show in Lindsay

Hello
To all my wonderful customers.
I will take part in the Lindsay garden show this weekend.
It will take place at the Victoria Park Armouries, 210 Kent St West. For more information go to www.kawarthalakesgardenshow.ca
Picture: Clematis Recta purpurea-purple foliage and lots of little white flowers in summer.This is ground covering clematis but could be tie up.

Magnolia

My regular customers know that I grow trees from seeds. About 10 years ago I seeded a Magnolia and it grew nicely for so many years, but not a single flower.
A few days ago I noticed something white on my magnolia (it almost look like pieces of tissue) ...after many years of waiting she flowered. Not to many, maybe 20 blooms but I am very happy.
Pictures are:magnolia and double primulas ...I love spring!

Openning time

Hello everyone
We will be open
Saturday
May 08.
I am doing my best to pot all the plants.So much to do ,so little time.
On the pictures Aubrieta x cultorum 'Royal Red and Drumstick primula.I took it this morning.

Anna

Sesleria -Moor Grass

SESLERIA - MOOR GRASS
This is a small , cool season grass.Nice bluish leaves ,dense clumps .It flowers early and the flowers are purple black .Loves sun and looks wonderful in big rockery with gravel mulch.It has been flowering in the garden for almost 2 weeks now.

Alyssum lenense

I am very lucky this spring . I germinated Alyssum lenense. This awesome Alyssum is native to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia.7-25 cm tall, often woody at base,small dark green-gray leaves.Masses of yellow flower followed by nice seed heads.This Alyssum is ornamental in every season.Grows in sandy soil and full sun .Definitely a keeper.

Digitalis

Digitalis common name Foxglove.Its amazing haw many different foxglove we can plant in our zone.Last year I had blooming in my garden : Digitalis ferruginea
Gigantea Gelber Herold, 5' tall,yellow-honey color
D. parviflora (milk Chocolate)-20",red brown
D. parvifolrus-h-3', white ,definitely perennial
D. stewartii-h-5' , yellow with little brown
I will add few more to my collection this year .They just germinated in my basement under the growing lights .

Spring is coming!

Happy 2010

Happy New Year to all my costumers and garden friends.

Wishing you healthy and prosperous year , more time for us our families and gardening.
Anna.