06/29/2023
LAST SALE OF THE SPRING SEASON! Perennials and shrubs for sale at the farm: SATURDAY/SUNDAY, July 1/2, 9-4pm. 363 County Rt. 33, NOrwich, NY. We're 1.2 miles up the hill from the intersection of Rt. 32 and Rt. 33 at the Olde Polke Store. Follow the 'Plant Sale' signs from the corner of Hale Street and Broad (Rt. 12). As you go up the hill, keep your eyes peeled for the giant white cut out of an angel blowing a trumpet on your RIGHT. Our driveway, with the stack of orange/blue/yellow cement blocks and a 'plant sale' sign in the top is where you turn LEFT.
If you are looking for perennials or fruit bushes, this is our last sale for the spring season. After this weekend, we will be shut down to do work at the farm and will not open again until August 19th.
Here's what we've got:
FRUIT TREES AND BUSHES:
Blueberries: Blueray, Bluecrop and Duke: $10. All hardy to zone 4.
We still have raspberries(Boyne and Heritage) $7 ea. Getting short on these.
Elderberries: rooted elderberries in several different varieties so that you get a better fruit set. $7 ea.
Grapes: Elvira (great all-around grape and grows fast and covers pergolas/trellises. $10 ea.
PERENNIALS: $5 each except where noted. As we sell out of items, the name of the perennial will disappear. So, if you don't see something that was advertised in the past, it's because we don't have anymore.
NEW(YES, we've brought up new perennials that we started from seed .
Helenium 'Helena Gold': Folks who have visited the farm late in the summer may recall the amazing red/gold clump out in the demo bed which blooms late in the summer. Nice clumper, about 3 feet tall, just crammed with blossoms. Well, this is the all gold sister variety to the red variety. Great addition to the garden for that late summer into fall splash of color!
Delphinium 'Connecticut Yankees': Yes, we still have the Cherry Blossom (scroll down to see), but this variety, to me, is very special - comes in shades of white, pink and blue, in a format that is slightly more casual that the classic. Lovely in the garden and a great cut flower.
Leucanthemum 'Crazy Daisy': Everyone needs a great double daisy in the garden. Big pompon daisies in brilliant white.
Rudbeckia 'Prairie Glow': I'm always on the lookout for a black-eyed Suzy with color, but the ones out on the market (think Cherry Brandy, Cherokee Sunset, etc.) are not really hardy to our zone, but this rudbeckia (this is rudbeckia triloba for those who are looking it up) is eye-popping, with a big scarlet ring in the center of the flower. This spreads slowly through rhizomes but will also self-seed - so don't yank them up! Cut back in the fall and mulch to protect the roots.
Trumpet Vine, Madame Galen -- We had them...then we got a freeze and they had to go to rehab and now they are back, so if you missed out, we've got stock.
Blazing Star (aka, Liatris): in White(only a few of these) and now purple. 3 in a pot for $6.
Scabiosa Fama White and Dark Blue: If you like to have perennials in your cutting garden, these are for you: Flowers are 4" across and the stems are sturdy for cut flowers.
Heliopsis Summer Sun: Another great cut flower. 36" tall, double gold daisy, late summer into fall. Getting short on these.
And continuing with:
Delphinium Magic Fountains 'Cherry Blossom' - lovely blush pink.
Artemisia Powis Castle: think ‘Silver Mound’ but slightly more coarse in the leaves and taller.
Asters: We have purple and red clumping asters for color in your fall garden.
Sedum ‘Mr. Goodbud’ ™ - great bright pink flower heads in the late summer and fall.
Astilbe: For shady/partially shady spots, astilbe can’t be beat. We have Red Cattelya and White Gloria. These are big - $6 ea.
Mukdenia (say that three times fast) – rossi ‘Karasuba’. This Japanese relative of heuchera has gorgeous fan-shaped leaves which turn red from the edges in and lovely sprays of white flowers in the spring (some of these are in flower right now). Up to 15 inches high and wide. $7 ea.
Digitalis obscurus – Truly unique golden coloration. True perennial. Only a few of these left.
Buddleia 'Butterfly Gold' - this is the Butterfly bush for people who want something interesting going on before the flowers come out. Lovely lavender flowers and yellow and green variegated leaves.
Shrubs: We do have some lovely shrubs including viburnum, a pink lilac (Minuet) and white lilac (Betsy Ross) and flowering cherry. ALSO: HYDRANGEAS. I finally got the mob back in Siberia organized by size. We have (starting with tall and going down to much shorter): Phantom, PeeGee, Unique, Tardiva, Chantilly Lace, Annabelle (the classic! Your Nana's snowball bushes) and Silver Dollar. Depending on size, $10 and $15.
Reminder: We will be closing for the summer after this weekend and will be reopening for the fall season on Aug. 19th.