Carolyn’s Shade Garden in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania TheGardenLady recently wrote  a post answering a question about the the types of plants she would recommend planting near a graveside.  You can read it here.   She then received the following letter from Carolyn Walker of the famous  Carolyn’s Shade Gardens in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, which  was about [...]

Large Hosta by WxMom TheGardenLady is a big fan of hostas in the garden. They add such pizazz to any garden landscape. Mine are planted around trees to decorate the feet of the trees for a finishing touch. So in my garden, instead of just seeing a mound of mulch at the bottom of the [...]

On Monday’s post, TheGardenLady answered a question about using compost for potting soil, in which she suggested that this was fine to do.  Recently, she received a response to her answer from Carolyn of the famous Carolyn Shade Gardens in Bryn Mawr, a garden which TheGardenLady has written about in the past (see here).  Here’s [...]

Italian Arum – 20070804-vs-7131 by Made in Madeira Carolyn of Carolyn’s Shade Gardens says that her unusual bulbs and wildflowers seem to peak between her first two open houses, so she is scheduling her fifth annual “bulb and wildflower day”. Anyone who is interested in purchasing the plants listed below is invited to stop by [...]

Carolyn’s Shade Gardens Nursery is having its first spring open house on Saturday, March 27, from 10 to 3, rain or shine (checks and cash only). Directions are attached. For the convenience of her neighbors, please park on the right side of Robinhood Rd only and do not block mailboxes and driveways. Feel free to [...]

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, April 2, from 10 to 11:30 am Saturday, April 3, from 10 to 11:30 am Cost: $25 per person Attendance is [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]