Flashback

As promised, a few more of our favorites from Patty last Christmas:

So much can change in a year!  This picture was taken last December when we had barely begun construction on our latest greenhouse. (You can check out this blog post to see how the landscape has evolved:  A Transformation!)

All of the beautiful pictures in this post were taken by Patty O'Brien. Thanks so much for sharing these with us, Patty! 

Double Take

So Christmas-y!  Our growing greenhouse is just stuffed full of red poinsettias... or is it?

Can you see them?  Take a closer look on the right:

There they are!  These red begonias are being grown for a contract customer so we only have them for a short while.  So many begonias are an unusual sight for us in November (well, anything other than poinsettias, really!) but we can't complain.  Such a pretty sight in a sea of poinsettias- we just had to share it with you!

Check Your Mailbox...

It's time again for postcards!  

We're so excited about our postcard photo for this season!  Credit for the photo goes to Patty O'Brien.  She captured this image (and many more) inside our greenhouse last December.  There were so many great pictures to choose from- we may have to post some of our other favorites in the next few weeks!

Beautiful Berries!

Winter must be on its way- our berry bushes are becoming impossible to ignore!  The thick, red berries on our Winterberry are especially gorgeous against our autumn leaves.  

Not enough color for you?  Check out the Beautyberry cascading in front of our kitchen windows:

Too pretty for words... and what an appropriate name!  

2012 Christmas Retail

Well, our hours are set and the postcards are being printed!  Here's a sneak peek at our 2012 Christmas hours:

2012 Christmas Retail

November 17- December 22

(Excluding Thanksgiving Day)

Monday thru Friday 9-5:00

& Saturday mornings 8-12:00

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Annual Poinsettia Open House

Saturday, December 1

8-12:00

Join us for coffee, cookies and surprises!  

(And poinsettias, of course!)

Christmas is Coming...

We're only halfway through October and the poinsettias are happily growing in the greenhouses (and have been since mid-September). They've just begun to show color, but it's coming... after all, December is only six short weeks away!  

The Ice Punch poinsettias are starting to flush out, but you don't have to wait for them to color up to tell the differences between varieties:

The contrast between the rich, dark green foliage of the Red Glitter poinsettias makes the Snowcap White look almost chartreuse! Another fun little reminder from Mother Nature for us to "stop and smell the roses"... 

Sun Lovers

We're reeeally enjoying our vines this summer!  Marty planted a few thunbergia plants into the hot, barren landscape beneath the windmill and they could not be happier.  Take a look:

They're going crazy- who would have thought thunbergia would make such a fun groundcover?  And tucked into the sea of yellow flowers are some gorgeous passion vine.  These flowers are so unique and absolutely worth their wait:

What an incredible flower!  This particular vine is a passiflora caerulea, if you're curious.  Hope your flowers have been treating you well this summer!