A Cut Above

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The formal flower garden right outside the back door of the farm house is one of our favorite places to take a walk in the summer gloaming, and nothing makes decorating for a dinner or a guest as easy is having a cutting garden.

Our friend, artist and gardener, Frances Palmer, has shared her list of the best resources to get you started.  Pay a visit or order from their websites

 

for Spring Bulbs:

VAN ENGELEN (based in Bantam, CT)

Tulips:  Bastogne, Black Hero, Black Parrot, Flaming Parrot, Carnaval de Nice, Gudoshnik, Queen of the Night, Sprying
Muscari:  Superstar, Valerie Finnis
Fritillaries:  Fritllaria meleagris
Narcissi:  Cragford, Rapture, White Lion, King Alfred, Barret Browning, Ice Wings

 

for Dahlia Tubers:

ENDLESS SUMMER FLOWERS (based in Camden, Maine)

Favorites:  Hamilton Lillian, Fidalgo Knight, Taiheiyo, Pop Talk, Duet, David Digweed, Wildwood Marie, Pink Gingham, Crazy Legs, Dark Magic, Penhill Maroon Globe

Also try FERNCLIFF GARDENS, OLD HOUSE GARDENS, and SWAN ISLAND DAHLIAS

Frances' recipe for dahlia-specific fertilizer:  2 parts Espoma bone meal to one part Espoma sulfate of potash

 

for Annual Flower Seeds:

JOHNNY'S SELECTED SEEDS (based in Winslow, Maine)

Cutting garden essentials:  Scabiosa, Nigella, Rudbeckia, Calendula, Zinnias, Sunflowers, Cosmos, Marigold, Hyacinth Bean, Sweet Peas, Nasturtium, Morning Glory

 

for Herbs:

GILBERTIE'S HERB GARDENS (based in Westport, CT)

 

 

You can plant some of our favorite selections from the Beekman flower garden.  Click here.

 Need help displaying your blooms, try our One Singular Sensation Bud Vase.  Click here