Annabelle Hydrangea 

Annabelles are very hardy and beautiful in the landscape. They prefer dappled sunlight or early morning sun with afternoon shade.. The latin root word for water is hyd – so that’s a big clue  that they like a drink pretty often. A great cut flower – It’s green or white blossoms are beautiful in table flowers and bridal bouquets.  In the late summer, when the flowers start to feel “papery” you can begin harvesting the lime green blooms to dry. Wait until after the frost, and the blooms will turn a beautiful caramel brown. The dried blooms will last for years!!

Hops

You will love this beautiful, decorative vine!  It can be used in many interesting ways, and grows easily in our zone.  Hops look great in a garden, is a wonderful fresh cut flower, and a perfect flower for drying.  Create ambience in your garden:  The vine grows well and needs a sturdy structure such as an arbor, trellis, pergola or fence.  It looks incredible outside of a screened-in porch!  Just cut it down to the ground in the fall or spring and it will grow abundantly the next season.

Wild Clematis

Wild Clematis is a favorite hardy climbing vine that grows all over Camrose Hill farm. Cindie remembers this vine from her travels in England and it's nickname, "Old Man's Beard".  You may have heard it called Belly Wind or even Love Entangled.  This vine is full of clusters of tiny white flowers and it makes a beautiful addition to a cut flower arrangement.

Toward late summer, the flowers fade and a really fun, fluffy seed head forms.  Try winding it around a mirror or chandelier ...the fluffy seed heads will last very well as a dried flower.  We hope you will enjoy it as much as we do!