Bridging Spring & Summer: Flowers to Fill the Gap
Are the few weeks at the end of spring and beginning of summer a bot lean on your flower farm or in your garden?
Here are some plants that help us get through those weeks. Shoulder season crops are the key to maintaining our year round flower offerings.
lupine: seed sources Johnnys Selected Seeds (offers both big leaf, polyphyllus seeds and small leaf, perennis seeds) Order in the fall/winter.
allium: Ampersand Bulb Co. (wide range of wholesale cut flower allium bulbs) Pre-order in the spring and summer for fall shipping.
astrantia: Leo Berbee
bearded iris: Schreiners Iris (spring retail ordering), wholesale coming soon to Ampersand Bulb Co (Spring/summer wholesale pre-ordering)
Dutch Iris: Ampersand Bulb Co. (pre-order in the spring and summer for fall shipping)
camassia: Ampersand Bulb Co. (pre-order in the spring and summer for fall shipping)
trollius: Walter Gardens
peonies: Ampersand Bulb Co. (pre-order in the winter and spring for fall shipping)
lilies: (planted winter) Ampersand Bulb Co. (wholesale coming soon, pre-order in the fall for following growing season)
baptisia: We should have baptisia on this list, too! Walter Gardens
