We’ve been having a relatively mild Spring here in Philadelphia thus far in 2019. And as we observed the Spring Equinox yesterday, there were so many signs of new growth around the fields. Flower farm spring scenes are really the sweetest little visual pick-me-ups after a long gray winter so I thought I’d share a few glimpses here with you.
Our heirloom narcissus are a sea of buds right now and are one of my favorite flower farm spring scenes every year. Over the seasons, we’ve planted more than 2000 specialty narcissus bulbs that have naturalized along the fence and bloom reliably just when we think we can’t stand winter for one more second.
Also in the way of flower farm spring scenes, the Icelandic poppies in our hoop house are beginning to bloom. These delicate but bold blooms are a welcome colorful sight after dull dreary winter. This variety of poppy makes a great cut flower that lasts for several days in the vase. We use it a lot in our spring CSA shares and spring wedding designs. The salmon color pictured here is my favorite, but the white and yellow ones are pretty dreamy too!
We’ve been super busy in the greenhouse with sowing seeds and “bumping up” small plants into bigger trays that will allow them to grow a bit bigger before we plant them out into the field or they go off to some happy CSA members’ homes to be part of their cutting gardens there. Our popular CSA Spring Plant Share sold out once again this year. Woot! We love sharing our happy little seedlings with others!
One of our hoop houses is packed full of plants that will start bursting into bloom in just another week or two. In here we have Italian ranunculus, Butterfly ranunculus, anemones, fragrant stock, snapdragos, Icelandic poppies, campanula, and agrostemma. The extreme temperature swings over the winter — the heat, more so than the cold — created a bit of stress in some of these plants, but they’re rebounding nicely now and each new sunny, warm spring day brings tremendous growth and lots of swelling buds!
The hellebores sent up their first flowers last week. It’s still too early to start picking them, but it’s wonderful to see their beautiful faces again! Do you have hellebores in your garden? They are one of our favorite cut flowers for growing in shade gardens! But a lot of times people get frustrated when hellebores wilt in the vase. Learn how to properly harvest hellebores in this previous post.
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