This page is under construction. I’ll be adding flowers as the season progresses.

The Flowers….

Here are some of the beautiful flowers I grow here on the farm, along with pictures and notes or comments.

Daffodils…..

Daffodils and hellebores are the first flowers that come up for me in the Spring. These are specialty daffodils, not the traditional yellow cup and petals. These flowers are gorgeous! They’re very large, most over 3 inches across. They cover my hand.

Peonies…..

Most of the peonies on my farm have been growing here for over 70 years. My neighbor’s grandparents once lived here and he remembers these peonies from when he was a kid. He’s now in his 80s. I think that is amazing. Imagine the changes they’ve endured, the things they’ve seen and the stories they could tell.

I’ve also added a few new varieties including raspberry sundae, red charm, coral sunset, all that jazz, and scrumdidleumptious (which must have been didlyicious because it got eaten by a something, and I’m not sure it’s going to survive).

June 2, 2022

huge peony covers my hand

June 6, 2023

June 16, 2025

Canterbury bells

Canterbury bells (or Campanula) remind me of lily-of-the-valley except they have a much larger cup and different colors - including dark purple, lavender, rose and white. The cups face upwards and have a great vase life. I first saw them in my cousin’s garden 2 years ago and have since added them to the ‘cool flowers’ that I grow. Cool flowers are those that you can plant in the garden BEFORE our last frost and they can withstand the cooler temperatures. You can even plant them in the fall, they’ll survive the winter, and come back even stronger than if planted in the spring.

bucket of Canterbury bells June 24th.jpg

Canterbury bells - Seed to Bouquet

hardening off Canterbury bell seedlings March 30

planted Canterbury bells in garden April 15

Canterbury bells starting to bud June 11