What's Blooming in the Palmer Garden?: 2010

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Week of August 2, 2010

The Palmer Garden is located on the grounds of the Palmer Museum of History and Art and Visitor Center at 723 South Valley Way.

The large garden (inside the pole fence) features mainly perennial plants and grasses common to our growing zone, as well as local vegetables and fruits.

We also maintain other garden plots and plantings on the Museum grounds, featuring both perennial and annual plants.

1. Garden Highlights

The large garden plots are getting very colorful.

Various Grasses with Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)

The hanging baskets are filling in nicely

Another colorful garden plot on the property.

Small plot in front of the log cabin visitor center.

Raised garden beds in the main garden.

2. Plants of The Week

Valerian: Valeriana officinalis

Ornamental Onion: Allium spp.

Asiatic Lily: Lilium spp.

Common Tansy: Tanacetum vulgare

Alpine Sea Holly "Superbum": Eryngium alpinum

Primula, Giant Cowslip: Primula florindae

"Azure Fairy": Erigeron

Peony Poppy: Papaver somniferum

Mouse Garlic: Allium angulosum

Sea Holly "Miss Wilmot's Ghost": Eryngium giganteum

Echinacea: Echinacea purpurea

Asiatic Lily: Lilium spp.

Dianthus: Diathus spp.

Delphinium: Delphinium elatum

Asiatic Lily: Lilium spp.

Costmary: Tanacetum balsamita

Asiatic Lily: Lilium spp.

Borage: Borago officinalis

3. Looking ahead to next week.

The Yarrow will be coming on strong next week and I will post some photos of the myriad of colors that we grow.

The lilies should be staying strong for another week or so.

The OS Cross Cabbages are beginning to head up so I'll begin to track those and see which one will be the largest in the garden this year!

General Information regarding our Gardens:

The gardens are open to the public all day, every day. We ask to you please respect certain guidelines:

1. No Dogs

2. No Running

3. Look but don't touch, NO PICKING OR SEED HARVESTING

4. Young children MUST be supervised at all times while in the Garden

2010 Garden Supporters:

Alaska Rock Garden Society
The Alpine Garden Nursery
Little Susitna Farms
Vanderweele Farms
Woolwood Studio and Gardens

Thank you for your Support!

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Week of July 19, 2010

The Palmer Garden is located on the grounds of the Palmer Museum of History and Art and Visitor Center at 723 South Valley Way.

The large garden (inside the pole fence) features mainly perennial plants and grasses common to our growing zone, as well as local vegetables and fruits.

We also maintain other garden plots and plantings on the Museum grounds, featuring both perennial and annual plants.

1. Plants of the week.

Too much is going on this week to choose just one plant of the week.

Maltese Cross: Lychnis chalcedonica

Shasta Daisy: Leucanthemum superbum

Motherwort: Leonurus cardiaca

Knautia macedonica

Sunflower "Giant Sungold": Helianthus annuus

Geranium "Johnson's Blue"

Foxglove "Foxy": Digitalis purpurea

Delphinium: Delphinium elatum

Knapweed: Centaurea nervosa

Knapweed: Centaurea dealbata

Monkshood: Aconitum spp.

2. Looking ahead to next week.

Looks like we will be waiting until next week for the majority of the lilies to bloom. Below are a few that showed up last week, but most are biding their time. I do not know the species of these two Asiatic specimens.

Asiatic Lily: Lilium spp.

We have nearly 20 different colors of common Yarrow and some are beginning to bloom. There will be more colors appearing next week.

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Yarrow "Paprika": Achillea millefolium

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

4. What's happening in the Rock Garden?

The overview of the garden doesn't do justice to the small plants that are putting on their show.

If you look closer there is a lot of activity in the Rock Garden this week. Here are a few highlights.

Mainden Pink: Dianthus deltoides

Slipperwort: Calceolaria flabellata

Speedwell: Veronica spicata

Dwarf Meadow Rue: Thalictrum kuisianum

Moss Campion: Silene acaulis