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HARVEST FESTIVAL 2024
VINEYARD GARDENS HARVEST FESTIVAL
SATURDAY, 0CTOBER 12, 2024 // 10am - 2pm
Bring the entire family and join us in a day of autumnal bliss.
Enjoy fall plants, treats, music and crafts in our beautiful botanical atmosphere.
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LIVE MUSIC
Princess Poo-poo-ly Ukelele Band
12:00 to 1:00pm
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NATURE PROJECTS
Little Jack Pumpkin Bouquets, Pinecone Bird Feeders & Planting Paper Whites
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FOOD
BBQ Hot Dogs & Chili & Pumpkin Pies [free lunch!]
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SALE
50% OFF EVERYTHING [one day only sale!]
**except pumpkins, fall blooming mums, kales, cabbages, bagged goods and hard goods (fertilizers, tools & bulbs)
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FREE!
This is our way of saying THANK YOU to our wonderful community!
END OF SEASON SALE!
Filipendula
END OF SEASON SALE
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50% OFF
All perennial herbs
All Perennials
ALL GRASSES
SELECT POTTERY *
*some pottery marked as low as $5
select SHRUBS
Smokebush, Hydrangea macrophylla, Hydrangea paniculata, Buddleia, Viburnum, Lilacs, Rhododendrons, Andromeda, Spirea, Clethra, & Winterberry
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$10 Tree & Shrub area
New items being added daily!
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The Harvest Festival is fast approaching with a blow out, one day only sale!
50% off everything except pumpkins, fall blooming mums, kales, cabbages, bagged goods and hard goods (fertilizers, tools & bulbs)
Beautyberry & Winterberry
Hydrangea paniculata
Ornamental Kale & Cabbage
SEPTEMBER SALE SERIES : 50% Off All Perennials
Filipendula
SEPTEMBER SALE SERIES
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STARTING SEPTEMBER 27th
50% off All perennials!
30% off All trees & shrubs!
Clematis Sweet Autumn
Betty Corning Clematis
Lobelia Starship Deep Rose, Scarlet Bronze Leaf
ODE TO AUTUMN
a season of transitions
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What a glorious time of year, a season for the senses. The mysteries and magic in nature are in their transition states, quietly entering new phases of life. The meadow is dancing with asters and goldenrods. Birds and bees are singing and buzzing their way from flower to flower and seed to seed. Squirrels and chipmunks are busily searching for as many acorns as possible preparing for winter. The sound of the first fallen leaves crunching underfoot. Maples and oaks will soon brighten the canopy with vibrant oranges, reds and yellows. And as I am writing, I am experiencing one of the most miraculous transitions; a monarch chrysalis in her final stage of transformation. I think it will be minutes until the monarch emerges, now visible through the transparent chrysalis. The ‘super’ monarch that emerges this time of year will be preparing for her great migration south to Michoacan, Mexico.
Autumn is truly an atmospheric time of year, teetering between life and death. As you walk through your garden you may have the urge to cut back plants and rake up the leaves, but in each of those seed pods a meal is to be had or a home to be occupied. Seed pods of echinaceas, sunflowers and many other flowers are a valuable food source for wildlife during the long winter months ahead. Long pithy stemmed flowers like Joe-Pye Weed are homes to native bees. Not only is this necessary for wildlife, they can also be an ornamental part of your landscape. The various shapes and shades of brown bring texture to your garden. Letting leaves and organic matter decompose in your garden bed helps regenerate the soil, insulates roots, stores carbon and protects habitats through the winter months. Many species of moths and butterflies pupate and overwinter in our leaves and emerge in spring, like the Luna Moth.
New England Asters & Goldenrod
Black Swallowtail catepillar
Monarch chrysalis in final stage
newly emerged monarch
At Vineyard Gardens, the same bustling and excitement is happening. We’re soaking up the remaining warmth of summer days and enjoying cool nights, knowing this is the best time to plant trees, bushes and perennials so they can set root before the ground freezes over. We’re excited about the upcoming Harvest Festival to celebrate another wonderful season on Martha’s Vineyard. We have incredible sales going on to give you some incentive to fill any holes in your garden in anticipation for next year.
Ornamental peppers
Mums
As I walk through my garden, holes are becoming more evident as the early and mid-summer perennials have faded away. I contemplate what to grow there. What will be a colorful and beneficial addition for our native species during this transition time? How about some late blooming flowers that give a flash of hope as we head into winter? Or a bush or tree that transitions to that brilliant autumn glow of dazzling ambers, reds and yellows? It is too late now to plant annual season extenders, which should have been planted a month or so ago, but I am reminded to think ahead in early summer about the autumn garden. Planted early enough though, Dalhias, Salvias and grasses are wonderful season extenders, adding color, texture and movement to your landscape.
Shrubs help create the bones of the garden, adding structure even if fillers are needed. They are aesthetically valuable, providing blooms at more than one level, as well as offering height that contributes to layering. Shrubs are also extremely beneficial as a habitat and food for wildlife. Native shrubs, like Viburnums, Buttonbush and Winterberry provide berries, seed and protection throughout the winter months. Crape Myrtles (Lagerstroemia indica), offer taller blooms and beautiful exfoliating bark. Clerodendron trichotomum’s fragrant white flowers bloom throughout August and September and form purple and red seed pods that hang on into fall. Panicle hydrangeas are starting to fade from white to pink, and many are still blooming profusely. Hydrangea macrophyllas are reaching the end of their summer show but are transitioning to a burgundy color to match the fall pallette. Oak Leaf Hydrangea flowers have faded to burnt copper and compliment the bright yellow Helianthus Lemon Queen that can reach over six feet tall. The berries on Hollies are ripening and their evergreen leaves add structure within the winter garden.
Winterberry
Panicle Hydrangeas
Clerodendrum trichotomum
Late season spent flowers of Hydrangea macrophylla
Buttonbush
Hollies
A great option for autumn color in your garden is to add potted plants. Potted grasses will bring some height and texture. Mums, gourds and pumpkins near the front of your garden bed will add color and enhance the autumnal season palette. Place Brugmansia, Angels Trumpet, a wonderfully fragrant tropical plant, in a pot on your patio, and its nighttime fragrance will fill the fall air.
As summer fades, there is a lingering warmth and some colorful life that is still at its peak. Colchium, Autumn Crocus, emerges and is that bit of pink hope reminding us of summer blooms. African Blue Basil is particularly gorgeous this time of year with its purple hues and abundant blooms, a magnet for pollinators. This is the time of year that Pineapple Sage (Salvia elegans), with its red flower spikes, and Mexican sage (Salvia leucantha) are putting on their best show. Salvia guaranitica and uliginosa’s blue tubular flowers contrast the toned down hues of the autumn landscape. Grasses are very showy and sway to the rhythm of the wind. Purple, pink and white asters and yellow goldenrods vibrate in meadows, helping monarchs find their way south.
I just love this time of year, lightly bundled up walking through orchards, the smell of ripening and decaying apples and pumpkins perfuming the air, shrubs and trees transitioning into their autumn fashion, the pace of life begins to slow and a moment for reflection is found. This transition between the bright excitement of summer and the dark quiet calm of winter captivates my nostalgic heart. As I finish writing this ode to autumn, my monarch has emerged and is ready for her next phase.
Colchium
Goldenrod & Asters
Brugmansia, Angels Trumpet
Harvest vignette
Salvia guaranitica
Goldenrod and newly emerged Monarch
SEPTEMBER SALE SERIES : Hydrangea macrophylla, Rudbeckia & Tricyrtis
Rudbeckia
SEPTEMBER SALE SERIES
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STARTING SEPTEMBER 23rd
Hydrangea macrophylla 50% off, Rudbeckia 50% off and Tricyrtis 30% off
Rudbeckia Cherokee Sunset Mix
Hydrangea macrophylla
Tricyrtis Samauri
SEPTEMBER SALE SERIES : Perennial Mums & Winterberry
SEPTEMBER SALE SERIES
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STARTING SEPTEMBER 20th
Perennial Mums 30% off & Winterberry 50% off
Ilex, a Winterberry bush loaded with green berries
Ilex berries ripening
Ilex with it’s iconic scarlet berries
SEPTEMBER SALE SERIES : Grasses, Liriope & Clethra
SEPTEMBER SALE SERIES
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STARTING SEPTEMBER 16th
Clethra 50% off, Grasses 30% off and Liriope 30% off
Clethra
Pennisetum Moudry, Black Fountain Grass blooms in late summer
Pennisetum hameln
SEPTEMBER SALE SERIES : Nepeta & Spirea
SEPTEMBER SALE SERIES
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STARTING SEPTEMBER 13th
Nepeta 50% off & Spirea 50% off
Nepeta
Nepeta
Spirea Bridal Wreath
Spirea Double Play Big Bang
SEPTEMBER SALE SERIES : Guara & Polmonaria
SEPTEMBER SALE SERIES
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STARTING SEPTEMBER 9th
Gaura 50% off & Polmonaria 30% off
Guara
Guara Belliza
Guara
AUTUMN GARDEN
Cornus kousa fruit at Polly Hill Arboretum
AUTUMN GARDEN
by Keith Kurman
Martha's Vineyard has a long, warm and languorous autumn season that can often drift nearly to Christmas. Planning ahead is a key element to success in the late-season garden. With insightful planning you can time-out the garden to be full and flowery from the high summer season through the first frost and possibly beyond. Some plants are not going to start flowering until Labor Day so space must be allotted for them to perform that late in the growing year. Yielding space in the middle and back of your borders can provide strong foliage and substance to set-off the earlier flowering annuals and grow into space left vacant by the May-June perennial displays. Take this space into consideration when planning your garden beds. Distribute your late flowering plants evenly through the border and stagger height and depth, allowing space for earlier flowers.
Challenges these late blooming plants are faced with:
STAKING or HEADING BACK: Perennial mums, Asters, Phlox paniculata and other late-season stalwarts need pinching back before July 4th. It’s important to provide support for some of the tall growing perennials early in the season to allow them to grow into your staking system. Bamboo stakes and jute twine are probably the most straightforward approach but Peony hoops and tomato cages can be very effective as well. Staking may seem a little fussy and early in the season but we are always glad it was done when it comes to these late September weather “events” like Hurricane Josè.
DROUGHT: Irrigation requires constant monitoring and very often requires supplemental water during long dry spells. Over the course of the gardening year any number of things can happen to disturb a basic irrigation system including plant blockage or punctured lines.
DEER: Plants may require a regular application of Bobex or other repellent, plant caging or possibly companion planting
CATEPILLARS (and other pests): Plants may require regular applications of sprays like Safer Soap, Neem Oil or any of the Pyrethrum derivatives.
Lespedeza thunbergii and Pycnanthemum (Mountain Mint) at Polly Hill Arboretum
September Border with Crepe Myrtles, Vitex, Rudbeckia and Hibiscus
PLANTS THAT ARE LOOKING FANTASTIC IN THE GARDENS RIGHT NOW
PERENNIALS:
Asters, Mums (the hardy types), Agastashe, Phlox, Japanese Anemone’s, Tricyrtis, late
flowering Hosta, Helianthus, Hibiscus moscheutos, Rudbeckia, Kirengeshoma palmata,
Aconitum (Monkshood) Chelone, Patrinia scabiosifolia, Pycnanthemum (Mountain Mint)
Physostegia (careful, its invasive!), Solidago’s and the ultra-violet flowers of the late to emerge
ground cover, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Autumn Crocus (Colchicum "Waterlily")
annual Rudbeckia variety
Chrysanthemum x Clara Curtis
Kirengeshoma palmata, Marginal Fern and Tricyrtis
Symphyotrichum novae-anglia or what we call, New England Aster
Patrinia scabiosifolia
Hedychium coronarium
Japanese Anemone and Impatiens balfourii
ANNUALS:
Salvias, Dahlias, Cosmos, Marigolds, Rudbeckia, Tithonia, Arctotis, Petunias, Celosia,
Browallia, Ricinus, Coleus, Ginger… and oh so many more!
Petunia and Coleus
Coleus and Tithonia "Torch"
Dahlias and Salvia gaurinitica "Black and Blue"
Petunia violacea
FLOWERING SHRUBS:
Hydrangea p.g. “Tardiva”, some of the Buddleia and Spirea’s (if they had been being dead-
headed through the season), Caryopteris, Lespedeza thunbergii, Crepe Myrtle, Vitex, Abelia x
grandiflora, Clethra, Camellia sasanqua varieties
A yellow-leafed selection of Bluebeard or Caryopteris x clandonensis "Aurea"
late season spent flowers of Hydrangea macrophylla
Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora "Tardiva" and (front) Hydrangea "Annabelle"
Abelia x grandiflora
PLANTS for FOLIAGE:
Fothergilla, Itea japonica, the mop-headed Hydrangea’s, scented Geranium’s, Virginia Creeper
(Parthenocissus quinquefolia), Sumac’s, Witch Hazel’s (Hamamelis and Parrotia)
Viburnum dilatatum "Michael Dodge" and Virginia Creeper
Quaking Oat Grass Chasmanthium latifolium
PLANTS for FRUIT:
Viburnum, Winterberry (Ilex verticillata), Beauty Berry (Callicarpa dichotoma), Roses,
Crabapples, Porcelain Berry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata “Variegata”)
miniature Roses will continue flowering well past first frost
Beauty Berry (Callicarpa dichotoma)
This list is just a starting point, there are so many more wonderful plants to choose, from the ferns and grasses to the autumn flowering bulbs. For the most part, these should be planted out in the spring so take a look at your garden now and plan where you might need some color or height next year.
Autumn tones in the display gardens at Vineyard Gardens
FALL TREES & SHRUBS
September Border at Vineyard Gardens. Crape Myrtles & Vitex [photo credit: keith kurman]
FALL TREES & SHRUBS
Fall is a great time to plant trees and shrubs! The combination of the weather cooling down and fall rain allows plants to establish their roots. Planting in the fall also gives trees and shrubs an extra growing season before the stress of summer heat and drought.
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TREES
Franklinia alatamaha (Franklin Tree): Native to US. Typically grows to 15’x10’. Showy fragrant white flowers in August. Great fall color! Plant in full sun with light shade in moist soil.
Lagerstroemia indica crape myrtle: Multi stemmed trees with beautiful late season color. Blooms late summer into fall. Exfoliating bark which continues to be showy into winter. Great diversity available.
Maple Trees: Known for their fall color. {10 best Maples for fall color}
Acer palmatum: Japanese maples are easy to grow, cold hardy and remarkable adaptable. Their green leaf forms have the best fall color!
Acer ginnala: This smaller maple can be used as small specimen, patio tree and even works well in a container. It has a particularly fabulous fall color!
Myrica pensylvanica (Bayberry): Native to Martha’s Vineyard. Typically grows to 10’ x 8’. Plant in full sun. It tolerates drought once established. Deer resistant.
Nysa sylvatica (Beetlebung Tree): An island native that grows where there is quite a bit of water. Often found growing in low points and bogs on the island. Has beautiful fall color and a distinguished shape. We have some young beauties for sale at the nursery.
Osmanthus heterophyllus (False Holly): An evergreen shrub that typically grows to 10’ x 10’. Blooms late fall into the winter (Oct-Nov) with small fragrant white flowers. Shade tolerant and deer resistant.
Oxydendron arboreum: Native tree known for its fall color.
Nyssa sylvatica fsll color
Hydrangea paniculata "‘Quickfire’
Vaccinium corymbosum_ highbush blueberry
Clerodendron trichotomum in fall
SHRUBS
Callicarpa dichotoma: Beauty Bush with beautiful lavender berries.
Early Amethyst: A smaller variety
Pearl Glam: A new Proven Winner cultivar, with dark foliage.
Callicarpa japonica Leucocarpa: An upright beauty berry with white berries. Pale pink-white flowers in summer.
Clerodendron trichotomum: Once the fragrant white flowers have passed the red calyces and purple berry are a showy season extender.
Fothergilla: A native shrub known for its fall color. It blooms in June and later lights up your yard with red and purple fall color. If you need a large shrub the species to get is major. There is a dwarf species available called gardenii, for a smaller shrub.
Hamamelis (Witch Hazel): Large native shrubs known for their fall color.
Hamamelis virginiana: A fall yellow bloomer
Hamamelis vernalis: Blooms in February
Hydrangeas: Many of the panicle hydrangeas fade to pink and hold the dried blooms way into the fall. There are some late summer bloomers that bloom into fall.
Symphoricarpos (Snow Berry): A season extender. This shrub has large white berries.
Vaccinium Corymbosum (High bush blueberry): Native to Martha’s Vineyard. Typically grows to 8’x 6’. Great fall color! Plant in full sun. Deer resistant.
Viburnums: There are many which have fabulous fall color and berries.
Viburnum dentatum (arrowwood viburnum): Native to Martha’s Vineyard. Non-fragrant flat-topped white flowers appear in late spring. Flowers give way to blue-black, berries which are quite attractive to birds and wildlife. Tolerates light shade.
Viburnum dilatatum: Known for their drooping berries. We carry Cardinal Candy with red berries and Michael Dodge with yellow berries.
Viburnum plicatums: These are Chris Wiley’s favorite Viburnum in flower.
Viburnum dilatatum Michael Dodge and some Virginia Creeper
late season spent flowers of Hydrangea macrophylla
Callicarpa dichotoma Beauty Berry
SEPTEMBER SALE SERIES : Hibiscus & Hosta
Jazzy Jewel Ruby Hibiscus (Tropcial Hibiscus)
Hibiscus Too Hot To Handle
Hibiscus Brilliant
Hosta
Hosta
SEPTEMBER SALE : ALL TREES & SHRUBS 30%OFF
Cercis canadensis Pendula, Red Bud
SEPTEMBER SALE
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THE ENTIRE MONTH OF SEPTEMER
(September 1st - September 30th)
ALL TREES & SHRUBS 30% OFF
Fig Tree
Ginger Wine Ninebark
White Snowberry
SUMMER SALE SERIES - Geum, Heuchera & Platycodon
Heuchera Berry Smoothie
SUMMER SALE SERIES
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STARTING MONDAY AUGUST 26th
Geum 30% off
Heuchera 30% off
Platycodon 30% off
Platycodon
Heuchera
Heuchera americana ‘Dales Strain’, the one we do from seed.
SUMMER SALE SERIES - Agastache & Monarda
Monarda
SUMMER SALE SERIES
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STARTING FRIDAY AUGUST 23rd
Agastache 50% off
Monarda 30% off
SUMMER SALE SERIES - Lobelia & Inkberry
Lobelia, Cardinal Flower
SUMMER SALE SERIES
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STARTING MONDAY, AUGUST 19th
Lobelia 30% off
Inkberry 30% off
Lobelia, Cardinal Flower
Inkberry
Native Great Blue Lobelia
SUMMER SALE SERIES - Roses & Daylilies
Daylily
SUMMER SALE SERIES
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Roses 50% off
Daylillies 30% off
AUGUST GARDENING TIPS
(L to R) Coreopsis, Rudbeckia, Agastache & Allium
AUGUST GARDENING TIPS
Some perrennials are winding down but there are many other late blooming shrubs and perennials that can flourish into the fall.
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Annuals & Containers: Reinvigorate your annuals and container plants by deadheading and pruning. Add a weak solution of liquid plant food when watering your container plants.
Trees, Shrubs & Perennials: You can fertilize until the end of August especially trees and shrubs. Do not fertilize past the end of August for shrubs, trees and perennials.
Garden Maintenance: Cut back your spent perennials, you may even get a second flush of leaves and flowers. Deadhead blooming perennials to keep them fresh. Stake plants that are fallen over from bloom weight or rains.
Vegetable Gardens: Keep picking your warm weather vegetables, they will produce more and prevents them from going to seed. It’s also time to start planting your cool weather veggies, like lettuce, spinach, arugula, carrots, beets, beans, kale, and peas to be planted now for fall harvest.
Weeding: Make sure to stay on top of the weeding. Crab grass and blackberry like the warmth and can spread quietly and quickly.
ENJOY WATCHING ALL THE LATE SUMMER POLLINATORS BUSILY MOVING FROM BLOOM TO BLOOM!
SUMMER SALE SERIES - Viburnums, Iris & Clematis
Viburnum burkwoodi
SUMMER SALE SERIES
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