Fresh & Pretty Florist Fax

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Fresh & Pretty Florist Fax

Address:

1552 Maple Ave

City:

Hillside

State:

New Jersey

Zip Code:

07205

Phone number:

(973) 926-1773

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Henry Homeyer: The 'no work' garden - Concord Monitor

What other plants grow at this garden? She had a steep rocky hillside with gravelly, poor soil. Grass grew on it, but it was impossible to mow. Someone suggested a creeping sumac, and she had it installed. It is variously called skunkbush sumac, creeping three-leafed sumac, or Rhus trilobata “Autumn Amber.”The Autumn Amber sumac is a trademarked variety, and boasts of ”a profusion of small chartreuse-colored flowers that bloom in delicate clusters before new foliage appears.” In fall the leaves transform into “striking hues of ambers, yellows, oranges and/or reds before dropping for the winter”. I have only seen it but once before, even though it is hardy to Zone 4. It is supposed to be very good for tough, hot dry places. It is dense enough that I saw no grass growing through it.Each year my friend picks a theme for her garden by the kitchen door. This year she focused on birds: metal birds, colorful bird houses, hummingbird feeders. She likes to find flourishes for the plants at yard sales and thrift stores, trying to keep her purchases to under $5.I asked my friend how she would describe herself as a gardener. “I’m a lazy gardener who doesn’t like to weed. I love color and whimsy and like to re-purpose everyday objects.” Nothing wrong with that – it gives her more time to volunteer, and take walks on her woodland trails.Adblock test (Why?)...

After taking most of 2020 season off, Flower Fields set to bloom again - The San Diego Union-Tribune

But with the advent of Instagram and other social media platforms, business exploded. In 2019, the attraction drew nearly 300,000.The long sloping hillside, which stretches for one mile along Armada Drive from Cannon Road south to Palomar Airport Road, has been home to flowering plants since 1923, when Paul Ecke Sr. moved his family’s poinsettia-growing operation south from Los Angeles.When the Eckes transitioned from cut poinsettia flowers to potted poinsettia plants and moved their growing operations inside greenhouses, the Carlsbad fields were leased in 1965 to another local grower, Edwin Frazee. His family began farming ranunculus flowers in the 1930s and over time developed them into hardier plants with stronger stems and bigger flowers with more petals. When Frazee retired in 1993, the Eckes brought in a new grower, Mellano & Co., which has farmed the property ever since. Fred Clarke, general manager of The Flower Fields in Carlsbad, demonstrates a new selfie station in the artist gardens. The Flower Fields will reopen on March 1. (Eduardo Contreras/The San Diego Union-Tribune) To ensure multiple acres of flowers are always in bloom during the spring season, the fields are planted in sequence, four to five weeks apart, starting with the fields farthest north in early September. Those northern fields are just now coming into bloom. By Mother’s Day, the southernmost acres will be awash in color. Usually each spring, the Flower Fields hosts a busy calendar of events with multiple classes, festivals, art fairs and concerts. Many of those won’t be held this year, and all of the school field trips — which usually bring 7,000 children to the property — have been canceled.Almost all of the regular points of interest will be open to visitors, though some may be monitored to avoid overcrowding. Attractions include the Paul Ecke historic poinsettia display, the sweet pea maze, greenhouses, a playground and the gardens maintained by the San Diego County Master Gardeners. There are also plans for live outdoor music, though the auditorium-style seating has been replaced this year with widely spaced benches to allow family groups to sit together but away from other guests. This year, visitors will be able to visit a new pick-your-own blueberry patch, also located at the north end of the fields. Planted five years ago, the 1.5-acre patch opened for the first time last March. But when the fields closed, Clarke brought in a gleaning company to pick the blueberry crop and give the fruit away to the needy. There are five varieties of high-bush blueberries growing inside the patch, which is netted to keep out hungry birds. A basket is $5. Clarke said the patch should produce 20,000 pounds of berries this year.div class="enhance...

Why the Conejo Valley Botanic Garden is a magic mountain you must visit - OCRegister

The Conejo Valley Botanic Garden, a hillside and hilltop horticultural haven, is a community asset highly worth a visit. Rising above the surrounding city of Thousand Oaks, the soil on this modest-sized magic mountain has never been amended, and the plants that thrive there have never been fertilized.Three factors have contributed to the plants’ well-being. First, they are constantly mulched with tree trimmers’ wood chips. Second, the sloping terrain for the hillside plants and the granitic soil for the hilltop plants ensure that water drains completely away from roots – a critical factor since the least bit of standing water would be fatal to many of the dry climate species on display. Third, the devotion of volunteers to maintenance of the collections, which include plants from the five Mediterranean climate zones around the globe — California, Chile, the Mediterranean Basin, South Africa, and Australia — as well as a butterfly garden, a tranquility garden, a rare fruit orchard, a butterfly garden, an herb garden, a sa...

The Power of Flowers - North Forty News

So yes, flowers are mass-produced for the marketplace. But if you have ever seen a Rocky Mountain hillside covered with wildflowers, you know that the true power of flowers is much bigger than greenhouses. They are part of Nature’s bounty with or without human help. Still, humans have been fascinated with flowers forever and can’t help but give them special attention. According to an antique book from my shelf — “Floral Gift,” published in 1846 — flowers not only are beautiful but also have meaning. Roses, both pink and red, mean “love, ardent and sincere,” a rosebud is a “confession of love” and a rose, “full-blown,” means “you are beautiful.” To make ends meet at our family greenhouse, my parents not only grew geraniums, but they also did custom floral arrangements for so many special occasions — they knew the meaning of flowers on an everyday basis. Their cooler was stocked with fresh-cut flowers and I can still smell the cold sweetness of the carnations that would waft up whenever the door was opened. PHOTO BY TIM VAN SCHMIDT; Annual Flower Trial Garden Flowers have also been closely connected to art — quite literally. I had the good fortune to view the Milwaukee Museum of Art’s special exhibit “Art in Bloom” one year. It’s a special event where floral designers are challenged to interpret choice artworks with flowers, then the exhibit places the originals and the arrangements together. The flowers don’t last long — and the exhibit lasts for only three days — but the artistic thought that goes into the presentation is ageless. Very recently, I was impressed with the thought, care, and scientific know-how that have gone into The Annual Flower Trial Garden at CSU. It’s a no-brainer stop in Fort Collins if you love flowers — lo...

Coronavirus: Six beautiful flower places that are safe to visit. - Los Angeles Times

Southern California’s hillsides and deserts skipped the wildflower superbloom this season, but don’t despair. April still brings spring flowers to the area’s botanic gardens and nurseries. We’ve found places to visit where you can swoon over blooms while still practicing social distancing. Just remember: If you are sick or over 65, California’s governor asks you to stay home. The rest of you, enjoy!Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is having a good poppy season right now.(Santa Barbara Botanic Garden) The botanic garden’s meadow is popping with California poppies, purple sage, snapdragons and other native beauties. Stop by the pond where red-eared slider turtles hang out and walk one of the winding trails at the 78-acre site. . Advertisement Info: Adults, $14; students and military, $10; children 3 to 17, $8; younger than 3 free. 1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara; sbbg.orgFlower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch ...

How Azaleas Became the Signature Flowers of the South - HowStuffWorks

Château de Vaux le Vicomte and Palace of Versailles in France. Among its highlights: a stunning view of blooming azalea gardens covering the hillside beneath the trees that is said to take your breath away. Some other Southern spots to view these fabulous flowers: The gardens at Tryon Palace in New Bern, North Carolina, where azalea gardens can be found blooming in naturalized beds during the spring, along with thousands of tulip bulbs; Airlie Gardens in Wilmington, North Carolina, complete with 67 acres (27 hectares) boasting more than 100,000 azaleas; and Brookgreen Gardens, between Myrtle Beach and Pawleys Island in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, where you'll find a former rice plantation sporting one of the largest collections of outdoor sculptures in the U.S. on 551 acres (223 hectares) surrounded by azaleas, camellias and live oaks. So, why have azaleas become the signature flowers of the South? While these plants can be grown in many areas across the U.S., they prefer the moist, well-drained acidic soil and partial shade of the Southeastern U.S. "Due to their showiness and their adaptability to the climate — making them pretty easy to grow — they are popular in the region," explains Patricia Collins, who is now retired after serving 52 years as director of gardens, education and volunteers for Callaway Gardens. Azaleas tend to be popular in the Southern region as ornamentals due to their evergreen leaves, adds Scott Fanello, editor of Totalgardener.com. "They offer beautiful flowers in the spring and deep green leaves year-round," he says. "Plus, the flowers virtually cover the bush, adding more color in the spring than almost any other plant other than annuals, which you have to replant every year." Now, For the Basics ... Azaleas belong to the genus Rhododendron, while evergreen azaleas are in the subgenus Pentanthera and deciduous azaleas are in the subgenus Tsutsutsi. Azalea flowers generally have five stamens, and rhododendrons 10 or more. Azalea leaves exhibit hairs parallel to the leaf surface, usually along the midrib on the underside of the leaf, and tend to be thinner, softer ...