The Fair features heritage perennials from members’ gardens, specialty annuals, nursery-grown native plants as well as hearty locally-grown annuals, perennials, veggies in our grocery garden, herbs and shrubs.
A partial list of our 2012 plants
Annuals: Agastache (blue); alyssum; begonia; browalia (purple and blue); cosmos; geranium; Iceland poppies; ivy geranium; marigolds; new guinea impatiens; petunias; salvia – blue & purple; snapdragons; Tagetes – Aztec marigold: lemon gem; zinnia.
Perennials: Amsonia; anemone; astilbe – several varieties; bleeding heart; campanula persicifolia; clemantis; digitalis; epimedium; erigeron ; festuca; heuchera – many kinds; hostas; iris; monarda – petite wonder; nepeta – catmint; peonies; sedum; stokesia; varigated iris; verbena; white echinacea
Grocery Garden: Basil in 6-paks; cucumbers; peppers (cubanelle; garden salsa; jalapeno; rainbow mix; red beauty); rhubarb; Squash (hubbard; summer squash; zucchini); swiss chard pots; Tomatoes (Better Boy; Big Boy; Early Girl; grape; heirloom mix; roma plum; sweet 100 cherry)
Herbs: Common rosemary; common sage; lavender, both pink-blossomed and provence; silver-edged thyme.
Woodland plants: Bloodroot and trillium
And Hanging baskets; Buddleia – Attraction and Black Knight; Kousa dogwood
EXPERTS WILL BE ON HAND
Marty Schafer and Jan Sacks of Joe Pye Weed’s garden in Carlisle, Jean Balfour, Wendell Smith, Joan Bowen and a host of experienced First Parish gardeners eager to ‘talk plants’ with you. Meighan Matthews of Growing for Good will also be with us to answer your vegetable gardening questions.
Check out the plants at last year’s fair
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