Fern & Feather Flowers & Gifts

Business name:

Fern & Feather Flowers & Gifts

Address:

403 South Main Street

City:

Stuttgart

State:

Arkansas

Zip Code:

72160

Phone number:

(870) 673-2656

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Gardens run the gamut: 2018 tour features exotics and natives, commercial displays and private retreats

His new garden features the dark-red leaves of Wyoming cannas and the variegated foliage of Stuttgart cannas as well as many unique plants like Ismene (Peruvian daffodil), snaggletooth, pineapple lily, King Tut grass, datura, foxtail lilies, and a double yellow tree peony.Perry uses his cutting garden to create floral bouquets that he shares with others. He added a Montreal rose and a Quebec rose to his rose garden this year. One of his favorite flowers, the Mexican petunia, is flanked by Mexican heather and Mexican hat flowers. Beyond the cutting garden is a deck and terraced steps. The fast-growing "sem" spirea line the steps going to the lower yard and lakeshore. Watch for these potted plants: bougainvillea, gardenia, trumpet flower and voodoo lilies.Bill and Jessie Blanchard1016 Fillmore St.AlexandriaNestled behind a white picket fence, Bill and Jessie have created a retreat filled with native perennials to attract butterflies, hummingbirds and bees. Benary giant zinnias greet visitors on the right as they enter the yard. Some plants are seedlings and may not be blooming yet. Bill and Jessie are participating in the Great Sunflower Project by planting Lemon Queen sunflowers; they then track the number of bees that visit to shed light on the effects of pesticides on pollinators.A new garden area in the backyard includes many pollinator-friendly plants, such as compass plants, royal catchfly, late figwort, sweet black-eyed Susan and giant purple hyssop, as well as coneflowers, lobelia, lupines and several types of native liatris that rabbits and deer won't touch. They have a bee balm garden, a surprise garden and whimsical yard art.Alexandria Golf Club2300 N. Nokomis NEAlexandriaThe Alexandria Golf Club welcomes the public to view its golf course. The club takes great pride in its well-maintained greens, bentgrass fairways, colorful flower beds and lake views. Club members will take visitors out in golf carts to share the beauty of the grounds. The terraced landscaping and flowers by the clubhouse, patio and first tee-box are a "must-see." The clubhouse will be open to anyone interested in buying refreshments or food during the tour.

Flowers, flowers everywhere on her trip to Germany

Switzerland. I saw my share of them recently while on an impromptu road-trip with a college friend who now lives in Germany. Heading south from Stuttgart, we drove to Switzerland in search of lakes to swim in, mountains to climb and magnificent scenery to imbibe. The quick trip did not disappoint. Ever on the lookout for unique horticulture, we happened upon Erlenbach, a stereotypical picturesque town along Lake Zurich’s north coast. Next to the soaring church spire a cemetery sprouted gravestones right down to the water’s edge, each gravesite like a tiny garden. Typical of many European cemeteries the care of such sites is a serious matter undertaken by family members who visit weekly to tend the flowers planted atop the graves. On this Sunday morning the sprinklers sprayed the plantings as locals attended service and some women set up refreshments on a broad terrace overlooking the water. We walked down a path lined with flower-mounded graves and soaring trees and headed to the water where an older gentleman repeatedly tossed a rubber ball into the lake for his tail-wagging dog. Benches throughout the cemetery suggested that it functions as a park-like setting, a place of beauty and respite. Moving on from the tiny town, we zig-zagged up and over a mountain with spectacular views around each hairpin curve as the towns spread out below us and the craggy, rocky Alpine peaks jutted into an impossibly blue sky. Speed limits fluctuate madly al... (The News Journal)