Monarch Gardens

11/14/2026

I was happy to find some nice blooms of Idlewild Dora (the two blush pink ones) and Hapet Smokey, in spite of many of my dahlia plants looking tired and not producing much.

It's hard to believe that I'm still able to pick any dahlias here in Pennsylvania in the middle of November! The next few nights are supposed to be much colder, so I thought it would be nice to bring a couple of the nicer blooms in for some freshness in the house before they get damaged by the frost.

If you want to see photos of my dahlia varieties with descriptions, I'm posting about one variety nearly every day on Instagram, if you would like to also follow me there: https://www.instagram.com/monarchgardens.lititz/

11/11/2026

Ranunculus Corms available for as low as 99 cents per corm if you buy 100-packs!

I still have lots of Amandine, Half Clone, LaBelle, Elegance, Clone, Cloni, Butterfly, Moderna, and Romance ranunculus corms available (and also anemone corms). Some of the 100-packs (including the pictured Amandine Chamallow corms) are only 99 cents per corm! They're also available as 10-packs (and some in 5-packs).

For anyone who might be interested in larger quantities, I'm offering some of the more expensive Elegance Pastello 127 and Elegance Crema varieties (size 5/7 corms) in 500-corm bags that also work out to around 99 cents per corm!

If you would prefer to pay by Venmo rather than through the website you can let me know, as I can accept payment through that method as well.

The photo is my own. Of course it only shows a small sample of the variety, but all of the variants are very pretty...

10/15/2026

I liked how this arrangement for a customer turned out, and it also showcases several varieties of dahlias, including RM Lemon Ice, Florelie Antique, AC Walt (front center), RM Parfait, Lee's Pineberry Trifle, and Idlewild Dora, and you can see the sides of two flowers of my 2028 (probably) release, MGF Chocolate Plum.

10/05/2026

Thanks again to all of you who entered the ranunculus & anemone giveaway!

Congratulations to Marla Corrado for the win! I hope the corms will bring you lots of beauty in the spring!

P.S. - There are still lots of corms (and seeds and peony roots) available at monarchgardensflower.com if anyone is still in need of extras! I try to keep my prices lower than the majority of other online retailers, so I think you'll be happy with the prices even without the coupon.

10/04/2026

IMPORTANT INFO below for those who have entered the $100 giveaway, which ends Sunday night.

Thanks to all of you who have started following Monarch Gardens and have either tagged a friend or shared my post about the $100 giveaway and the 15% off coupon! So here is the important information. When I first wrote out the instructions for the bonus entries, I though that Facebook would allow me to see a list of everyone who shared the post, and unfortunately they do not. So if you shared or reposted and want credit for it, please comment "shared" or "reposted," even if it was a couple of days ago that you shared it. Please only do that if you shared it to others, not if you just shared it to yourself for viewing later. I see a couple of you did that already, but it looks like there are about 20 others that I don't know who you are, so this would allow me to give you an extra entry into the giveaway.

And don't forget to make use of the 15% off coupon for the Italian ranunculus & anemone corms! If you already ordered but your order hasn't yet shipped and you want a few more, you can make another order and select "add to existing order" at checkout instead of having to pay the $10 shipping again.

In my experience the Elegance ranunculus bloomed just as early as the LaBelle series, and the blooms are usually larger with longer stems!

09/28/2026

NOTE: The giveaway is now closed. Thanks so much to all of you who liked, commented, and shared! Results will be sometime tomorrow.

GIVEAWAY TIME!!! You can win $100 of ranunculus & anemone corms with free shipping! (entry details below - U.S.A only)

But first, this week you can get 𝟭𝟱% 𝗼𝗳𝗳 of my already low prices of the 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 using coupon code elegance15 at checkout! Here is a direct link to the Italian corms:

https://www.monarchgardensflowers.com/store/ranunculus-anemone-preorder-for-fall-shipping/italian-elegance-ranunculus-italian-anemone

TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY:

1. Follow me on Facebook (if you're not already)
2. Follow me on Instagram ( instagram.com/monarchgardens.lititz )
3. Like this post
4. Tag a friend in the comments who also loves ranunculus!

★ For a͟d͟d͟i͟t͟i͟o͟n͟a͟l͟ entries (one additional entry for each):
→Tag a friend in the comments on my Instagram post https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddz-AjXjs7r/
→Repost my Instagram post (link above) to your feed, and comment "reposted" in the instagram post comments so I can give you credit for the repost (all I see is the total number)
→Share this post to your stories, or repost to your page, and then comment "shared" or "reposted" in the comments, since Facebook hides that information from me unless you're sharing to a public account. If you repost to both FB and IG, you can state that in two separate comments so that you get credited for two entries.

Here is what the winner will receive:

• Elegance Pastello 127 ranunculus (10 corms)
• Elegance Ciclamino ranunculus (10 corms)
• Elgance Sfumato ranunculus (5 corms)
• Elegance La Dolce Vita ranunculus (10 corms)
• Elegance Crema ranunculus (10 corms)
• Mistral Rarity anemone (15 corms)
• Levante Rosa Chiaro anemone (10 corms)
• Cloni Success Grand Pastel ranunculus (3 corms)

The giveaway closes at midnight on Sunday, Oct 4. I will put all of the names of the entries in an online random generator designed for giveaways like this (your name will be entered in the generator multiple times if you did some of the bonus tasks). I will post the video of my doing that if I can figure out how. The winner will receive all of the corms listed above, shipped FREE to their U.S. address.

Note: You'll receive one entry for each post that you tag a friend (or friends) in, plus an extra entry if you share the post. Tagging multiple friends in the same post is appreciated but will not gain you extra entries to the giveaway.

The 15% discount code for the Italian ranunculus is valid until midnight on Monday, Oct 5.

Let me know if you have any questions, and have fun shopping!

09/14/2026

08/25/2026

I made this arrangement with a bunch of different dahlia varieties, so I thought I would post it for your enjoyment. I listed the varieties below. They aren't strictly in a particular order (though somewhat left to right), so if you want to know which name applies to a certain dahlia, feel free to ask.
AC Devin
Lee's Lilly Pilly
Lee's Grand Budapest
Purple 2nd year seedling that has chocolate fragrance (3 of these)
RM Lure
RM Parfait
Levi's Sunfire
AC Walt
RM Mauvelous (barely visible)
Parklea KB (barely visible)

07/30/2026

My favorite dahlia seedling in its second year, still just as beautiful as the first year, and still has the faint chocolate scent!

Mocha Katie x Karma Choc hybrid.

07/27/2026

The butterflies have been really active lately, so I thought I would share a couple of photos for your enjoyment.