Victoria Gardens

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Put down seeds in mid-September, and harvest kale and arugula through New Years! We'll show you how.

Fall Seeding Class with Barbara Bash
Sunday August 19th 11am

(right after Coffee in the Garden)
Reservations necessary - $10 per person.
Call 845-658-9007 to register.

(We still have a few open spots, call to reserve today!)

Our special guest speaker, Barbara Bash (artist and gardener extraordinaire!) will talk about her adventures with winter hoop houses -successes, trials and tribulations, and lessons learned!
This class was very popular last year, so we are bringing it to you again! If you have a vegetable garden, don't let your bounty end with the summer. Barbara will show you how to extend your season with super easy, temporary, winter hoop house - as small or as large as you like!

Barbara will provide a source list for all the materials necessary to extend your vegetable harvest through the snowy season!

We have cool weather vegetable seeds in stock.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Summer Bloomers - Toadlilies, Crocosmia, and more

Toadlilies in bloom

Tricyrtis is a fall bloom shade plant with lovely orchid-like flowers.

Lychnis 'Orange Gnome' is a stunning late blooming, deer resistant perennial with bright orange flowers contrasting with the dark purple-green foliage.

Another great orange flower and purple foliage combination is the Crocosmia 'Burnt Umber' - stunning! And deer resistant as well!

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Luna Pink Swirl Hardy Hibiscus - Hibiscus moscheutos 'Luna Pink Swirl'

Zone 4

Grow in full sun.

Grows 3ft. tall and 2 ft. wide.

Yes this tropical-looking beauty is very cold hardy! The spectacular blooms, which are bigger than my outstretched hand, attract humming birds and stop anyone passing by in their tracks.

Monday, July 23, 2012

Helenium 'Mardi Gras' is a party in a pot.

Helenium 'Mardi Gras'

Zone 4

Grow in full sun.

Grows 36 inches tall and wide.

Helenium 'Mardi Gras' is a party in pot. From early summer to late summer they boast outrageous blooms in bright and blended colors. Heleniums are native perennials that can tolerate heavy clay soils and moist spots in your garden. Spectacular in a large stand, Helenium 'Mardi Gras' can also be planted as part of a spirited perennial border with 'Salsa Red Sombrero' Echinacea and Crocosmia ‘Burnt Umber’.

Friday, July 20, 2012

Join us on the Street at the Rosendale Street Festival

This weekend, Saturday July 21st & Sunday July 22nd is the 34th annual Rosendale Street Festival -Two days of music, food, and shopping fun to boost the local economy and further community interaction. Any profits go to music scholarship programs in local schools.

The Rosendale Street Festival benefits not only the town of Rosendale, but the Mid-Hudson Valley as a whole. The festival celebrates “our community”, which has all the benefits of a small town, but flows over the boundaries of town lines and can’t be defined by one zip code.