Poppies!

Posted: June 11, 2009, 13:06:23 pm by Jen

Meconopsis betonifcifolia

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Grapes Down East

Posted: May 31, 2009, 11:05:18 am by Jen

Contenders:

1. Baco Noir
2. Cabernet Franc
3. Castel
4. Cayuga
5. Chardonnay
6. De Chaunac
7. Geisenheim
8. L'Acadie Blanc
9. Leon Millot
10. Lucie Kuhlmann
11. Marechal Foch
12. Michurinetz
13. New York Muscat
14. Ortega
15. Perle of Csaba
16. Pinot Gris / Grigio
17. Pinot Noir
18. Pollux
19. Riesling
20. Seyval Blanc
21. Siegfried
22. St. Laurent
23. Vidal Blanc

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Heirloom Maine Apple Trees

Posted: May 23, 2009, 16:05:42 pm by Jen

1. Milden
2. Hurlbut
3. Grimes Golden
4. Wolf River
5. Lady Apple
6. Duchess of Oldenburg
7. Rhode Island Green
8. Northern Spy

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notes on october bloomers

Posted: April 18, 2009, 23:04:25 pm by Jen

1. Franklinia alatamaha

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notes on nurseries

Posted: April 18, 2009, 23:04:13 pm by Jen

1. Maine Heritage Orchard at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners farm (MOFGA) in Unity
2. Five Star Nursery and Orchard, North Brooklin, ME
3. North Creek Farm, Maine
4. Evermay Nursery, Old Town, ME - Meconopsis betonifcifolia

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notes on september bloomers

Posted: April 18, 2009, 22:04:31 pm by Jen

1. Angelica
2. Cimicifuga
3. Aster
4. Nepeta
5. Astrantia
6. Veronica
7. Veronicastrum
8. Anemone
9. Clematis
10. Rose
11. Coreopsis
12. Eupatorium
13. Russian sage
14. Aconitum
15. Hydrangea 'Endless Summer'

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notes on august bloomers

Posted: April 18, 2009, 22:04:06 pm by Jen

Nepeta
Miscanthus
Rudbeckia
Sedum
Chelone
Astrantia
Cimicifuga
Water lily
Daylily
Hosta
Clematis
Rose
Delphinium
Russian Sage
Hydrangea 'Endless Summer'

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notes on july bloomers

Posted: April 18, 2009, 22:04:47 pm by Jen

Campanula
Hosta
Astilbe
Hydrangea
Spirea
Clethra/Summersweet
Rogersia
Rose
Delphinium
Lavender
Geranium 'Roseanne'
Water lily
Japanese Iris
Veronica
Daylily
Clematis

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notes on june bloomers

Posted: April 18, 2009, 22:04:23 pm by Jen

Rhododendron
Azalea
Cornus kousa
Cornus sericea/redtwig
Viburnum
Geranium macrorhizum
Iris ensata
Iris siberica
Rose
Trillium
Lady's Slipper

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notes on may bloomers

Posted: April 18, 2009, 22:04:03 pm by Jen

Asarum europium/European ginger Tiarella cordifolia/foam flower Narcissus/daffodil Viburnum Magnolia Enkianthus/Redvein Rhododendron Azalea

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notes on april bloomers

Posted: April 18, 2009, 22:04:40 pm by Jen

Spring ephemerals

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notes on winter bloomers

Posted: April 18, 2009, 22:04:00 pm by Jen

Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick
Witch hazel
Acer sangokaku

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newly found titles

Posted: April 18, 2009, 21:04:12 pm by Jen

1. gardening for love: the market bulletins (duke)
2. the book of abigail and john (harvard)
3. great flower books, 1700-1900 (collins)
4. gardens in winter (harper)
5. Not Far From the Tree: A Brief History of the Apples and the Orchards of Palermo, Maine, 1804-2004 (by John Bunker)

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notes on perennials

Posted: April 16, 2009, 16:04:18 pm by Jen

joe-pye weed
pickerel rush
Echinacea purpurea 'Rubinstern'

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notes on clematis

Posted: April 16, 2009, 16:04:40 pm by Jen

clematis 'mme baron veillard'

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notes on rosa rugosa

Posted: April 16, 2009, 10:04:10 am by Jen

rosa rugosa 'polar ice'
rosa rugosa 'lillian gibson'

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notes on visit: filoli, sat 4 april 2009

Posted: April 4, 2009, 20:04:37 pm by Jen

• Tulip 'Queen of Night'
• Tulip 'Mrs. John Scheepers'
• Magnolia 'Elizabeth'
• Elm 'Camperdown'
• Pear 'Beurre Bosc'
• Apple 'Winter Banana'
• Pear 'Louise Bonne d'Avranches'
• Pear 'Winter Nelis'
• Pear 'White Doyenne'
• Apple 'Siberian Crab'
• Apple 'Sierra Beauty'
• Pear 'Beurre Giffard'
• Iris 'Eleanor Roosevelt'

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