My friend Martha Bergland calls it “plant porn,” that is, melt-your-heart, feed-your-soul flower pictures. As abundant as a garden in June, horticultural illustrations and photographs wait in cyberspace for the clicking. Do not be dissuaded by books in Latin or foreign languages. Pictures are a universal language. Yes, you can google a plant name then […]
More »We are now open our regular hours- Tuesday – Saturday 9am-5pm Feel free to stop in and shop, no need to order ahead. We look forward to seeing you!
More »We’re going to play like a restaurant during the stay-at-home order. Although you are free to look around we will NOT help you. Stay at least 6’ away from us or others who come with you. If you want to buy something: Email us 24 hours in advance with your name, list of plants and […]
More »In 46 BC Julius Caesar created the 1st leap year to correct for the fact that a year is 365 days plus 6ish hours or ¼ of a day. So every four years the calendar makers add a day. This is the year and the 29th is the day. Viola tricolor, Johnny jump up (sorta like leaping) has […]
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IF WINTER’S HERE CAN SPRING BE FAR BEHIND? Three perennial flowers that brave EARLY spring. Darmera peltata, Umbrella plant Z 5-8 Well before its dramatic leaves appear, leafless red stems shoot up from the earth, as if from nowhere, then a sphere shaped by many pink flowers tops it all. […]
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The heat’s gone, mostly – cooler evenings and shorter days. Yellows predominate in gardens with Rudbeckias and their cousins. But the best blooms for this transition include pinks, purples, blues and waving grass plumes. Angelica gigas Giant angelica. One of our very most favorites with its deep purple-magenta umbels and purple stems. Angelica sylvestris Wild […]
More »Sugar magnolia, a magic musical song, does not exist in the plant world. Someone should create it. But it’s time to deadhead in the garden to make more flowers and keep your garden looking fresh. Deadheading means cutting back after flowers have gone by. It encourages plants to flower again. Cut back the stem below […]
More »The Milwaukee Sketch Club painted at Heritage Flower Farm.
More »As two customers left last week one said to the other, “oh, this is an education.” YES gardening is an education. We don’t just grow a pretty garden. Gardeners discover bees, bugs, butterflies, birds, soil type, ecology, ebb and flow of seasons, in short, nature and nurture. At Heritage Flower Farm we tell you this […]
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