Sunday, June 21, 2009

Telly's on Good Mornig America

Posted by Eric
Many of you know we do alot of work with Urban Farming, a non-profit organization which sponsers gardens in urban areas to provide food for those in need. We believe this to be a truly worthy cause, and we invite you to become involved! http://www.urbanfarming.org/
This Wednesday, Good Morning America will be featuring the Kettering High School Urban Garden, one of the many local gardens we support. Be sure to catch it! (The press release is availble at http://www.detroit.k12.mi.us/news/article/1769/) Get involved!

Monday, June 15, 2009

Garden Lilies For Color and Fragrance

posted by Mike H

Now that the lilies are starting to bloom, the perennial department is loaded with tons of color and sweet scent. Tellys' lily selection is better than ever in 2009..... Asiatic, Oriental, OT and LA hybrid lilies to satisfy everyone from the lily novice to collector.


Here are some samples of the earliest of our lilies to open up, with many more on the way.





Grand Cru - Asiatic








Mona Lisa - Oriental









Vermeer - Asiatic






Monte Negro - Asiatic

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Shh! - Mum's the word!


Posted by Eric
Well, spring has been crazy, to be sure, but in addition to all the things that go on at the greenhouse in any given day, we are always working several months ahead. Behind the scenes, we've already begun growing our (always incredible) crops of fall mums! We produce more than 10,000 pots of mums spread across seven different plantings to ensure we have just the right colors & sizes for you - when you need them! Our first crop is already well under way (these are grown under shade to "trick" them into blooming early) and should be ready for August planting. With six more plantings to follow, we will be well stocked right through fall! (Our poinsettia crop will begin taking root just one month from now!) - Whew!