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What the Hellebore?

It’s almost Halloween, so you know what that means – it’s time to get ready for the holiday season! While you’re stocking up on Twix and Snickers bars for the neighborhood kids, most of Corporate America is already glittering with multi-colored string lights, sparkling tree ornaments, and jolly ol’ yuletide merriment. We figure if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. After all, the holidays will be here before we know it, so the least we can do is get you prepared for all of your winter projects with our massive stock of hellebores.

By Kate Irvine Deer Resistant · Evergreen · Perennials · Winter Bloom · Read More

The Ethereal Epimedium

Huddled together in the shade of the early morning, our collection of Epimedium greets the cool air with its upright, misty sprays of spidery looking flowers. This somewhat diminutive, slow-spreading groundcover is a plant collector’s dream. Under the Epimedium umbrella exists approximately 58 species, with the heart or arrow shaped leaves and ghostly blooms presenting themselves in an array of colors, shapes, and sizes. One could enthusiastically collect Epimedium varieties over the course of a lifetime and fill a shade garden with an impressive assemblage. Our ever-expanding selection of Epimedium here at the Nursery is simply the tip of the Epimedium iceberg.

By Kate Irvine Deer Resistant · Evergreen · Full Shade · Groundcover · Pollinators · Read More
Calibrachoa Aloha Nani Cherry Cartwheel

The History of Hellebores & Hamamelis

While we continue to trudge through what’s left of “winter” (loosely termed here due to the lack of, well, wintry weather), we’d like to fill your inbox with the pops of color and growth that pepper the nursery throughout the remaining dreary, grey months. While you’re likely not planting much right now, here’s some food for thought (plants for thought?) going into Spring 2023 – this week, we’re taking a look at the historical angle of two genus’ known for their ornamental uses in both the past as well as modernity.

By Kate Irvine Evergreen · Hellebore · Helleborus · Medicinal · Pollinator · Winter bloom · Witchhazel · Read More