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Welcome to Farm Fresh Living! Enjoy our ongoing journal of life on a farm in Eastern Oregon. Visit our sustainable, pesticide-free plant nursery online at Stargazer Perennials.com and our other passion, fly fishing at The Fly Fishing Place.com . To read more about the new healthy, organic rural lifestyle, visit my website Farm Fresh Living.com. Enjoy!
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Pink Perfection Clematis
Just the softest shade of shell-pink imaginable, graces the lovely flowers of this vigorous Clematis vine. Almost a pink porcelain color, this vigorous montana Clematis vine is also pleasingly fragrant. Plant on a garden trellis, cover a fence, allow to drape over a wall or plant on an arbor.BLOOM TIME: May - August
MATURE SIZE: 15 feet tall , a vigorous grower
USDA HARDINESS: Zone 5 - 9
GROWS BEST IN: Full sun to light shade
PRUNING GROUP 1: Pink Perfection Clematis flowers in the spring on old wood, or the previous season's growth. Very little pruning is needed except for occasional light shaping which can be done immediately after the main bloom is finished.
Shop for Pink Perfection Clematis at Farm Fresh Living online plant nursery. We grow and ship this lovely Clematis in a 1 gallon container, and of course we grow all of our Clematis organically, and pesticide-free.
Black Krim Heirloom Tomato Plants
Black Krim Heirloom Tomato (also known as Black Crim) supposedly originated on the Isle of Krim in the Black Sea off the coast of Crimea in the former Soviet Union. Beautiful, exotic 3-4" reddish-purple beefsteak-type fruits are rich in flavor, somewhat unusual tangy-salty flavor. Perfect for those on a low-salt diet: It tastes lightly pre-salted! Indeterminate vigorous vine needs to be staked, but is suitable for a larger patio container. Shop for organically grown Black Krim tomato plants at Farm Fresh Living online plant nursery.
Cuthbert Grant Rose
A Parkland Series rose, bred in Canada for extra hardiness and vigor, Cuthbert Grant produces lovely award winning flowers all summer long. Often compared to a hybrid tea rose for the perfectly formed velvet-red buds that open to full, true rose shaped flowers. Cuthbert grant has a pleasing strong spicy fragrance in the garden. A larger rose that grows to 5-6 feet tall and 5-6 feet wide, plant several together to create a flowering hedge, or use as a specimen in the garden. Hardy for USDA gardening zone 3 - 9, Cuthbert Grant requires no winter protection.
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Bloomerang Lilac Reblooming Lilac!
This hardy floriferous, reblooming lilac has become one of our favorite plants at our farm and nursery. The compact size, it only grows to 4 feet tall and as wide, allows Bloomerang to be added to almost any flowering shrub border, perennial garden bed, or we have even planted it in a whiskey barrel to create a flowering centerpiece on the patio. Bloomerang starts out early in the spring producing very fragrant, lilac flowers that almost completely cover a mature plant. Come summer the glossy green, compact foliage is attractive and tidy. As the weather starts to cool in late summer , Bloomerang once again starts producing fragrant floral spikes that last for several months.
Gardening Zones: 3 - 9
Mature Size: 4 feet wide x 4 feet high
Wildlife: Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds and is deer resistant
Shop online for Bloomerang Reblooming Lilac plants
Salmon Patties, A Quick and Healthy Dinner
Make this quick dinner recipe using fresh or canned salmon. Kids love this quick dinner recipe! Serve with lemon wedges or place several salmon patties on a bed of wilted fresh greens and drizzle with a oil and vinegar salad dressing. Cook the salmon patties in smaller cakes and serve as an appetizer.1 (14.75 ounce) can salmon
3 tablespoons butter
8 scallions finely chopped
2/3 cup fresh bread crumbs
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Drain the salmon, reserving 3/4 cup of the liquid. Flake the salmon meat into a glass bowl.
In a medium bowl, combine the scallions with the reserved salmon liquid, 1/3 of the bread crumbs, eggs, parsley, mustard and salmon. Mix until well blended, then shape into six patties. Coat patties in remaining cracker crumbs.
Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook salmon patties until browned, then carefully turn and brown on the other side.
Bela Lugosi Designer Daylily
Frighteningly beautiful, Bela Lugosi Daylily produces smoky purple-black six inch flowers with shocking lime-green throat. Hemerocallis Society's Honorable Mention 1998, Award of Merit 2001. A Designer Daylily introduction that deserves a spot in your garden! Bela Lugosi is rabbit resistant, and attracts hummingbirds and butterflies into your garden.Quick facts About Bela Lugosi Daylily:
Bloom time: July, August and September
Size: Grows to 34 inches tall and 30 inches wide
Gardening Zones: Thrives in USDA zones 3-9, heat and humidity tolerant
Grows Best In: Like all Daylilies, plant in full sun and well-drained soil.
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Aubrieta Axcent Blue with Eye
New! This hardy, floriferous Aubrieta, also know as Rock Cress, fires up the garden in early spring with electric blue flowers that have high contrast lemon yellow eyes. The Axcent Series is a new long blooming collection of Aubrieta that produce more vibrant flowers, that do not fade in the sun. Growing tips for Aubrieta:- Plant in well-drained soils with moderate fertility. If the soil is too wet, Rock Cress will have trouble getting established, and may fizzle out after the first year.
- These tough perennial plants like it hot! For best results provide at least seven hours of direct sun.
- Shear back after they are finished blooming to promote new growth and clean-up spent blooms. Deer resistant!
- Plant on top of walls, in rock gardens, border edgings, in container or adjacent to walkways.
Vampire Dianthus
Stunning, blood-red flowers cover the tight, mat forming bright green foliage of this new Dianthus! This carefree Maiden Pinks blooms in a true red which can be difficult to find in the garden. At only 6 inches tall and 8 inches wide, plant Vampire along walkways, in container gardens, or as an edging plant in the mixed perennial border.
Leptinella Platt's Black Brass Buttons ground cover
A soft ferny ground cover or lawn substitute with enchanting deep mauve, silver, and green coloring. A favorite at our farm and nursery, we like to plant Platt's Black along walkways where the soft foliage can drape over stonework to soften edges, in container gardens, and around the base of shrubs in the woodland garden setting. Leptinella Platt's Black grows to only 1 inch tall and spreads out to about 10 inches in diameter. A tough little ground cover that will tolerate moderate foot traffic, and grows well in sun to a part sun exposure. Hardy for gardening zones 5 - 10. Shop for Leptinella Platt's Black online.
Marionberry Plants
Marionberry plants are sometimes referred to as the 'Cabernet of Blackberries' for their rich, complex flavor. Marionberries are a cross between blackberries and raspberries, resulting in a jet-black berry that is firm to the touch yet sweet with a slightly acidic top note. Over 90% of all Marionberries are grown in Oregon, where the hardy plants thrive in the rich soil and abundant rain. Marionberries are medium to large in size and conical in shape. Ideal for fresh eating just off the vine, or for use in home canning, freezing, pies, ice cream flavoring, jams, and jellies.Marionberries are almost impossible to find, unless you pick-up a freshly picked basket at a farm stand in Oregon, the best way to enjoy Marionberries is to grow your own. Easy to grow, plant 2-3 Marionberries to ensure an ample crop that you enjoy all summer long. Shop for Marionberry plants at Farm Fresh Living online plant nursery.