I'll write a full post soon about the 1st annual
California State Flower and Garden Show but I felt the need to post a confession. Yeah, remember how I said I was going to buy less plants this year and concentrate on hardscape and irrigation? Well, I continue to ignore that New Year's resolution. First it started with a two orders from
Annie's Annuals and Perennials. I blame their catalog for my lack of willpower, it really is like garden porn. And then yesterday I went with my friend
Chuck to the CA Flower and Garden show and I came across the
Morningsun Herb Farm display. I knew they were going to be there, and I KNEW I was going to be bad- but I wasn't expecting to go home with a box of plants on Saturday, AND another box of plants on Sunday. Geez, am I weak or what? They just had an amazing selection of plants for a garden show. Every salvia you could possibly want (ahem..."I" could possibly want), a large selection of scented geraniums, not to mention tons of veggie and herb starts. In my defense,
Kristi also had a hard time staying away from their booth (I'm happy to know I wasn't the only weak one).
The good part: if I hadn't spent so much time at their booth this weekend I probably wouldn't have heard about their 15th annual Open House coming up! The event is Saturday, May 8th from 9am until 5pm. Lots of free talks and demonstrations, crafts, you name it. Plus- all moms will get a complimentary dill plant! Alex and I are totally going- and you should too!
Here's the info (and you're welcome):
Morningsun Herb Farm
6137 Pleasants Valley Road
Vacaville CA 95688
Hope to see you there!
Update: Folks want to know what I bought, so here it goes. Since I don't think it's possible to have too much Salvia- I picked up a
Limelight, Tangerine Sage,
Wendy's Wish, Black & Blue, and El Cielo Blue salvia. I also picked up a
Black Lace Elderberry and Aloe Polyphylla. Since Alex gets to pick out one plant whenever I drag her to a nursery or garden function, she picked out a Polemonium Bressingham Purple, simply because it was one of the only plants there that had flowers on it. The
colocasia in the picture belongs to Chuck!
You need to come over here and help clean out the "Farmer Fred Orphanage of Unwanted Plants".
ReplyDeleteHaha! You just let me know when Fred! I will gladly take some of those unloved plants off your hands!
ReplyDeleteOooh! Ahhh! Sorry I missed you guys but it helped me avoid too much temptation. Managed to get Wicked Plants autographed and leave without buying the $5000 greenhouse. A triumph!
ReplyDeleteThat booth was dangerous all of those healthy plants were just begging to jump in the basket and be taken home. I took Amy there and she bought four plants and I bought a second one. I think my trip to the actual Morningsun farm will be trouble.
ReplyDeleteDon't buy it Carri. Fred's been telling me for years about this supposed "orphanage." I think he's hoarding everything for himself!
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ReplyDeletewow you can visit annies annuals and then morningside all in one day...scary i can't pass up anything also that just shouts at me "take me home now"...i'm soooo weak too :)
oh my gosh that is funny. We have the same buying habits. We always have a queue of plant waiting to get into the garden...
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