No matter
what season, you are invited to walk through the gardens.
Lancaster County soil is the richest non-irrigated soil in the
country. That's why everyone grows flowers! When we moved to the inn, the
only flowers were on the lilac bushes. Now, after twelve years of planting and
growing - we are starting to develop into a gardener's delight.
We are also blessed to have so many local small nurseries - they
carry everything from the common red geranium to plants usually only available by mail
order. Whether it is a small Amish greenhouse or a large-scale commerical nursery
that grows tens of thousands of mums every year, we know them all! So be sure an ask
for our favorite nursery list.
The good news is that we have several black swallowtail
caterpillars munching on our dill and fennel. The bad news is - they haven't left
much for us. So it's off to the nursery to buy some more...
In bloom right now in our flower gardens:
Abutilon
Allium
Amsonia
Azaleas
Beard's Tongue
Begonias
Black Panther
Bacopa
Bridal Veil
Brunera
Campanula
Candytuft
Centura
Columbine
Coreopsis
Creeping Phlox (Mountain Pink)
Delphinium
Diamond Frost
Durante Repens
geraniums
Gerber Daisies
Guara
False Indigo
Flax
Flowering Dogwood Bush
Foxglove
Helebores
Heliotrope
Herman's Pride
Honeysuckle
Hydrangea
Impatiens
Incarvilla
Johnny-Jump-Ups
Larkspur
Lamium
Lantana
Love in a Mist
Mimulus
Morning Glory
Nasturtiums
Ornamental Black Pepper
Pansies
Perennial Geranium
Petunias
Purple Coneflower
Red Hot Pokers
Rhododendrum
Roses
Scotch Broom
Solomon's Seal
Speedwell
Spiderwort
Spurge
Stock
Summer Primrose
Sweet Potato Vine
Veronica George Blue
Verbena
Vinca
Violas
Violets
Woodland Phlox
and a few others that we can't rememer the names of!
In our Breakfast Herb Garden:
Apple Mint
Basil - sweet, variegated, cinnamon, marsielle, pesto perpetuo, red rubin, purple, osmin,
valentino
Borage
Celery Root Plant
Chives - regular and garlic
Chocolate Mint
Cilantro
Dill
Fennel - regular and Bronze
French Tarragon
Lemon Balm
Lemon Thyme
Lemongrass
Marjoram
Orange Mint
Oregano
Parlsey - Italian and curly
Sage - Tri-color, Purple, Pineapple
Spearmint
Stevia
Red Creeping Thyme
You are as welcome as the month of May
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it up, Dave Schell (a man of
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