I’m out in the garden deadheading plants and staking the delphiniums that were pummeled by the heavy rains yesterday. Great time to weed too while the ground is soft.
The first Pixie Perennials Plant Sale and Gift Boutique of 2015!
Friday, May 15th – Sunday, May 17th
200 Nod Hill Road, Wilton, CT.
9:00am – 5:00pm
Barn Boutique:
Honestly You – 100% handmade organic soap, lip balm and bath bomb
Little Red Hen Redux – Prosperity hens, handcrafted soft sculpture elephants, beaded flowers, clothespin mermaids and soft stuffed “paper dolls”
Hook & Ladder Hand Knits
Nod Hill Designs – Elegant & fun embellished gardening & kitchen aprons
Arbonne – Botanical based skin care & nutritiion
Ellen Hoverkamp – Photographic Note Cards, Prints, Scarves & Book. Winner of the 2013 GWA Gold Medal Photography Award for her collaboration with Ken Druse on “Natural Companions, The Garden Lover’s Guide to Plant Combinations.” Samples from “Pixie Perennials” are featured in Natural Companions.
Lemonade and homemade cookies
Spring blooms – pixieperennials.com 2015
Muscari armeniacum, commonly known as Grape hyacinth -pixieperennials.com
Before you cut down your garden, decide which plants should be saved to use in decorating your window boxes, flowerpots, or any area you want to have a fall festive feel.
For the window boxes I use Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’, Astilbes, pods from Belamcanda, Hakoneckloa leaves, Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’ flowers, Callicarpa dichotoma ‘Early Amethyst’, Hosta pods, Anemone japonica stems, Rudbeckia ‘Goldstrum’, Hydrangea invincible spirit, and Cornus sericea ‘Farrow’ ARCTIC FIRE.
There are many perennials that continue to enhance the garden from late summer into early fall. Your garden can still look great after July, if you choose the right plants when creating your design. The photos below illustrate color is possible in August and September. As additional fall blooming perennials put on their show I will add photos to the gallery. Please check back next week to see what else is flowering. Enjoy the Labor Day weekend!
