Entries Tagged as 'Carolyn's Shade Garden'

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Hellebore Seminars for the Totally Obsessed

Where: Carolyn’s Shade Gardens
325 S Roberts Rd
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
610-525-4664
carolynsshadegardens@verizon.net
When: (Select One)
Saturday, March 20, from 10 to 11:30 am
Sunday, March 21, from 1 to 2:30 pm
Friday, [...]

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Galanthus and Other Winter Plants To Buy From Carolyn Walker’s Shade Garden

More Galanthus and other winter interest plants that you can buy from Carolyn Walker’s Shade Garden

Potter’s Prelude
Charles Cresson’s Heirloom Snowdrop Collection
New G. ‘Atkinsii’: In Snowdrops, Matt Bishop says that ‘Atkinsii’ has “elegant elongated flowers that suggest the drop-pearl earrings of Elizabeth I”—if that description doesn’t portray a true English classic, I don’t [...]

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

More On Galanthus To Buy From Carolyn Walker’s Shade Garden

More on Galanthus that you can buy from Carolyn Walker’s Shade Garden

Galanthus ‘Potter’s

Galanthus elwesii
Early January bloom, unique green markings, naturalizes

Galanthus nivalis
Bears many flowers, spreads rapidly

Galanthus nivalis ‘Flore Pleno’
Double flowers

Galanthus nivalis ‘Viridi-apice
Green markings on outer petals, substantial plants, my favorite

Galanthus ‘S. Arnott’
Heart-shaped green marking, rounded petals

Galanthus ‘White Dream’
Late-blooming, rare

Galanthus woronowii

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Galanthus Nivalis at Carolyn’s Shade Gardens

Calling all Galanthophiles
(That’s a British word for gardeners obsessed with snowdrops)

Galanthus nivalis at Carolyn’s Shade Gardens
Carolyn Walker of Carolyn’s Shade Gardens writes that ” buying snowdrops ‘in the green’ (as they say in the snowdrop world), rather than as bulbs in the fall, is the best way to insure vigorous healthy plants. You [...]

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Carolyn Walker’s Garden Catalog

Dear Readers, I am letting you read a letter I received from one of my favorite spring plant gardeners who also sells her plants and has a wonderful catalog – with Latin names – so you can order plants you want for your own home. This is Carolyn’s Shade Gardens.
If you live in or are [...]

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Oct 3 Open House for Carolyn’s Shade Garden

Carolyn is opening her shade garden to the public on Saturday, October 3, from 10 am to 2 pm, rain or shine (checks and cash only).  The following information about the open house is from Carolyn herself.
Please don’t arrive before 10 am. If you can’t come on Saturday, please feel free to schedule an [...]