Flower Types
Early Spring
Our season starts in April with fragrant hyacinths and narcissus, and one of our biggest crops, the tulips. We have over 10,000 tulip bulbs in the flower field that come into bloom in April & May, just in time for Mother's Day. We grow over a hundred varieties of tulips from elegant singles to stunning lush double and peony-stype tulips to fun and interesting fringed and parrot tulips. We also supplement from our perennials at this time - Hellebores, alliums, lilacs, and other flowering shrubs. Next come anemones, and everyone's favorite, the ranunculus.
Late Spring
Starting in late May and into June, the peonies arrive. We have over 250 plants in our peony field and perennial beds that produce armful after armful of beautiful, fragrant, giant peonies in a rainbow of colors. Peony season is short, so get them while you can!
June is also when the delphinium start to bloom. These giant beauties in their stunning shades of blue are so captivating that we've decided to add a whole new row of them in 2024!
Early Summer
Summer starts off with a beautiful rainbow of snapdragons blooming in the flower field followed by lots of colorful and textural goodies. Feverfew, yarrow, scabiosa, Bells of Ireland, echinacea, hydrangea, and hyssop are just a few of the things that start to bloom in July.
Late Summer
Late summer is the peak of the season, when the flower field is bursting with color and we're harvesting multiple times a day to keep up with everything. August is when the dahlias come, a highlight of the year that we all look forward to. We plant close to 2000 dahlias in over 100 varieties, so it's a beautiful spectacle when they all start to bloom. Another favorite this time of year is our eucalyptus. We grow several varieties that we start from seed in January and can finally harvest starting in August. Its fragrance, texture, and beautiful bluish color is undeniably gorgeous. Late summer also brings beautiful lisianthus, zinnias, cosmos, strawflower, and favorite textural elements like celosia, amaranth, hibiscus, and cardinal basil.
Fall
Fall brings a lot of incredible textures, mostly from our perennial beds - sedum, grasses, coneflowers, and more. Our summer season comes to an abrupt end with the arrival of first frost, typically early October, and this is when we turn to dried flowers.
Winter
We typically close up the farm for a period in October-November, after our first frost, while we clean up the farm, dig dahlia tubers, and plant bulbs for the following spring. As we approach the holidays, we open back up with potted amaryllis and paperwhites, dried flowers, and wreaths. We also force thousands of tulips in our root cellar and basement over the winter, with those starting to bloom in late January. We also plan for a big tulip harvest for Valentine's Day!
