Notes from the Farm

I'm taking time today to share my absolute favorite garden catalog from White Flower Farm. It is such a gorgeous and classy catalog, I actually used last years' spring and fall circulars for dressing up my cute recipe stand on my kitchen counter. C'mon now, stop drooling over that gorgeous Firedance Begonia! The covers are beautiful, and not to mention the gorgeous and wide variety of plants. The plant descriptions read like a dreamy vacation...

New Shades of Pink Dahlia Collection, Spring 2009, pg. 2, "...they will light up the summer in ways you can scarcely imagine."

A favorite splashy color combination (similiar to my bridal bouquet) is pictured on pg. 3 entitled New Just by Chance, is the Orienpet Lily 'Yelloween' backed by a pair of Hydrangea 'Preziosa.'

It reads:

"Their shapes and textures could not be more different but in bloom, the combination of their sunny and sultry personalities is almost too good to believe."

I must say I agree... and then I hear Elaine Benis recalling a description of mens' clothing item...

The actual White Flower Farm which is pictured throughout the catalog is quite stunning. My favorites was a page I clipped from the Spring 2008 catalog. Located in Connecticut, you may have seen their ads in Martha Stewart Living magazine. This may be a little dramatic, but viewing those tall beautiful Dahlias blooming alongside the grassy pathways really blows my mind. I am truly amazed at the beauty that our Creator has created for us to enjoy and be surrounded by. There is something simple and wonderful about walking or even driving through a neighborhood while cheery, graceful flowers greet you.

I'm trying to muster up some courage to devote to planting a few Dahlia tubers this year. Most are not hardy to zone 5, so they will have to be dug up and stored indoors in the fall. I would especially like to grow them for cut flowers for indoor arrangements. I'm a little nervous about digging and storing them, since I don't want them to die in my basment later, but one of the benefits is being able to then divide them for more plants for free, and to pass along to friends.

So go ahead, order yourself a free catalog, and curl up on the sofa with a nice cup of lemon water and give your eyes a treat.