English
Garden Centre, Gift Shop & Cafe
829 Old State Road, Clarks Summit PA.
Phone 570 586 5493
Cafe 570 585 2038 GARDEN CENTER & GIFT SHOP
Garden Center and Gift Shop 7 Days 10am - 6pm CLOSED MONDAY MAY 5th CAFE Tuesday thru Sunday
11am-3pm E mail
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Number of visitors since
April 1st 2002
The Ladybells are a reliable but
underused perennial. We always have lots of seedlings around and they
do keep throwing up flower spikes
31st July
At the top we have Astrantia or the
Masterwort. It's a lovely plant with healthy foliage. This is the red
flowering variety. The white one is quite desirable too.
31st July 00
Here is a picture of the Aconitum or
monkshood. It is a poisonous plant so the deer leave it alone. This is
the early flowering variety.The late form flowers in August/september
This is the Hypericum calycicum...It
spreads all over the ground and has these gorgeous flowers. I always
remember these flowers from my childhood in England. They do equally
well here
July 31st 00
Daylilies can give you color all through
August. Choose late blooming varieties like August Flame and Autumn
minaret
The native Lizard's Tail...interesting
plant for wet area's It does seem to spread easily.
29th July 00
Stoke's Aster- has the most interesting
flowers. They are easy to grow in well drained area's. We have several
on our cafe's Terrace
Crocosmia Lucifer. Lovely iris like
foliage and freesia like red flowers. A winning combination. We
have had this clump for more than 5 years..it's a good perennial too!
Helianthus 'Loddon Gold' I always
like these sunflowers. They are a good perennial and can quickly fill
up a bed
Here's a cooling patio fountain.
The hand cast bronze fish is expensive. However, we have a lot of
other ideas that don't stretch the budget so much.
Saturday 22nd July
The lovely blue globe thistle (Echinops)
The blue balls seem to be floating in the garden. This plant is
wonderful for butterflies and bees
A small shasta daisy. It's only about a
foot tall
Our trumpet vines are starting to bloom
right now. It's amazing how they attract the humming birds
Saturday 22nd July
The lady's Mantle after a shower is a
sight to behold. This plant is the bank bone of a lot of English style
gardens. It is easy to grow
The hibiscus syriacus or Rose of Sharon
will be in flower very soon, Bluebird on the left is a popular variety
but newer ones like the red centered one have great flowers too
Here is a picture of my shade garden at
home. You see lots of hosta, ferns, houytonia, master wort and the
purple blue flowers of Aconitum
15 July 00
The wood Hydrangea 'Annabelle' a gem for
any woodland garden. It flowers every year at this time without fail
14th July 00
Malva fastigata at its best at the
moment. This perennial seeds profusely and will fill a flower bed very
quickly. We have our cafe terrace covered nicely at the moment.
The japanese Clethra has been a little
slow to establish at the Graden center But now it is one of my
favorite flowering shrubs.
The butterfly bushes are in flower now.
They flower the rest of the summer. They look great next to
contrasting colors like the bright yellow Indian Summer
14th July
Echinacea or Cone flowers in flower.
These are easy to grow perennials that spread nicely in your garden.
Available in pin/purple and white forms 13th July.
Frisia Locust and Tamarix. a strange but
wonderful combination. The tamarix can be a bit of a nuisance in
warmer and drier conditions
13th July
Cool Containers- whites, silvers and
blacks give an interesting combination
Hosta 'Sum & Substance.' One of the
biggest hosta available. We have some wonderful ones available at the
Garden center
13th July
Our cafe wall rack is full of
perennials and makes a great display well into fall. The plants
go back into the garden by the end of October. This year we have a
golden hops climbing up the back trellis!
Nepeta's are such useful plants. The deer
leave them well alone and they flower all summer long. They are
incredibly drought resistant.
Heliopsis or false sun flower. These gems
flower for many weeks. They are healthy easy to grow perennials
that need to be given a little room.
3rd July 00
Goldflame Honeysuckle flowers all summer
and has a lovely fragrance in the evening. This variety is easy to
grow and will spiral its way up all kinds of lattice/
trellis 3rdJuly00
Sedum "frosty Morning has proven
itself a wonderful new addition to the taller sedums. The foliage is
attractive all summer long
july 3rd 00
Strange foliage for your shade garden.
Foliage can sometimes be more colorful than flowers. This is
particularly true in the shade garden
Asclepias tuberosa.....or the butterfly
weed. A native perennial with electrifying orange colors. It is doing
very well on our dry sunny bank
