Springing into New Plants for 2007 !

Spring is finally here ! Can you dig it? !

I'm potting up plants and bulbs as fast as I can. Barring any of those last minute snow storms I hope to have the nursery open by May 3rd. Due to road maintenance we'll be open Thursday through Friday 12 to 6pm until June 9th. After that look for me at the Palmer Friday Flings in June and July, or by appointment if the road's passable!


Don't forget to stop by our booth at the Alaska Botanical Gardens Fair June 23-24 and the Garden and Art Festival at the State Fair grounds July 21.

While we do have some new introductions this year, we are part of the state's Alaska Grown program that promotes hardy perennials that are wintered over to enhance your perennial's ability to survive our extreme growing conditions. Most of our stock will barely be up and at 'em in May unlike the shipped in plants you'll find in most greenhouses. So, remember, Alaska Grown Perennials are worth waiting for and will be available in late May through July.

New Plants for 2007

Red Hot Chili Mix Asiatic Lilies - Whew! A mix of hot deep wine reds
and almost black lilies ranging in height from 28 to 50 inches.

'Blackout' 'Lanzarote' ' Marrakech' 'Landini'

New Clematis flowered Columbines !

'Clematis Red and Blue'

New Zealand Hybrid Delphiniums -
Shorter English types with three to four foot stout stems!

'Misty Mauves' 'Blushing Brides'

Veronica 'Sonja' -
Archie would've loved
this tall willowy number!

Viola 'Painted Porcelain' -
Pretty fragrant little viola that will go to seed

and have a large happy family.

Lamium 'Anne Greenaway' - She's back by popular demand, our bright yellow and green creeper from the English countryside.



Annuals - I will have a limited amount of tall cut-flower varieties this year and I'll try to hunt down some photos on my next post for you. I have several types of Cosmos in white, pink, and crimson with bi-colors as well, including 'Double Click Mixed' which look like Zinnias! Black Ball batchelor's button, Striped Marvel marigold with maroon and gold stripes in a 30 inch tall French style, and several Sunflowers in gold, deep merlot red, bi-colored, and lemon. I might even have a few Nasturtiums left over! And, if they will hurry up . . . Shoe-Fly plants with some variegated ones. These turn into great bushy plants with periwinkle blue and white flowers followed by seed pods that resemble paper lanterns!

Okay . . . back to the greenhouse! Work, work, work. . .Brooke