Elizabethan GardensPosts

Toad Lilies have made themselves happy in a few different places in the Garden. It is an easy to care for perennial for the shade. The deeply detailed flowers look like a tiny orchid. We love this plant for our shady plantings because the variegated foliage is distinctive all year and the flower is always worth the wait. We sell this plant in our nursery and offer two other cultivars that have different colored flowers and a little different habit. Toad lilies work well in any place you might find a Hosta. A great perennial that flowers consistently, we love Toad Lilies!

You can beat the heat on our shady paths. We have had a lovely breeze off the sound and the dappled light provides a welcome respite. The bigleaf hydrangea are finishing their summer season, giving way to Panicle hydrangea and a host of other perennials and shrubs. Come take a walk in the woods and see 16th, 19th, and 2oth century sculpture in a special woodland setting.

The sun came out today and guess who came out, too? Our rose garden is kicking out the jams with fresh buds and blooms. They are fed and prune, and ready to make a show this spring. Our nursery propagates many roses from our collection and shares the new starts each spring (while they last). Some are more fragrant, some more shrubby and wild. Some, like Queen Elizabeth Rose, are very proper and tidy in appearance. A rose for any landscape can be found within our walled rose garden. A great spot to soak in the sun on a blustery day. Just ask these gorgeous flowers.