‘Viridapice’ snowdrops (photo sent to me by the amazing Joan L) Your comments on my last post, Trees and Shrubs for Early Color, click here to read, inspired me to write more with the goal of...
https://carolynsshadegardens.com/2020/04/01/bulbs-for-early-color/
The cover of The Garden Tourist by Jana Milbocker features the teacup garden at Chanticleer in Wayne, Pennsylvania, one of my favorite gardens. Nursery News: Carolyn’s Shade Gardens is a reta...
https://carolynsshadegardens.com/2019/06/08/the-garden-tourist/
Just a few days ago our woodland was empty, but now it is filled with flowers. We think that the winter garden at our nursery is gorgeous. But it is still sparse with lots of empty patches of b...
https://carolynsshadegardens.com/2019/04/15/whats-up-at-carolyns-shade-gardens/
The opening photo for John Anderson’s lecture on Saturday at Winterthur was quite arresting, and the remaining slides were equally as beautiful. On Saturday, Michael and I attended the annual B...
https://carolynsshadegardens.com/2019/03/12/winterthur-bank-to-bend-2019/
Snow crocus in the courtyard behind the house at Winterthur. If you are crazy about snowdrops and other winter-blooming plants like snowflakes (leucojum), snow crocus, winter aconite, adonis, and...
https://carolynsshadegardens.com/2016/03/05/winterthur-snowdrop-event/
Native Virginia bluebells, Mertensia virginica, and native Celandine poppies, Stylophorum diphyllum, are two of my favorite plants for spring and are wonderful combined with almost anything. Ve...
https://carolynsshadegardens.com/2015/04/27/pleasurable-pairings-for-spring-part-2/
Corydalis solida comes in many colors: in the right corner is ‘Purple Bird’, in the middle is pink ‘Beth Evans’, and in the left corner is brick red ‘George P. Baker’. As the hellebor...
https://carolynsshadegardens.com/2015/04/10/early-spring-ephemerals-light-up-the-garden/
Nursery News: Carolyn’s Shade Gardens is a retail nursery located in Bryn Mawr, PA, specializing in showy, colorful, and unusual plants for shade. The only plants that we ship are snowdrops a...
https://carolynsshadegardens.com/2014/04/10/letting-go-part-2-naturalizing-bulbs/
Carolyn’s Shade Gardens is a retail nursery located in Bryn Mawr, PA, specializing in showy, colorful, and unusual plants for shade. The only plants that we ship are snowdrops and miniature h...
https://carolynsshadegardens.com/2013/06/22/winterthur-part-1-late-winter-2013/
Carolyn’s Shade Gardens is a retail nursery located in Bryn Mawr, PA, specializing in showy, colorful, and unusual plants for shade. The only plants that we ship are snowdrops and miniature h...
https://carolynsshadegardens.com/2013/03/04/2013-winter-interest-plants/