Ivy Hill Farm greenhouses open for business approximately April 15 and operate through July 15. We specialize in spring vegetable and bedding plants, herbs, perennials, hanging baskets and patio pots.
 
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Garden vegetables–
Available for planting in 2012: 20 varieties of tomatoes including classic varieties of tomatoes for table use and canning:
- Better Boy
- Big Boy
- Early Girl
- Celebrity
- Mountain Spring
- Big Beef
- Fabulous
- Roma
- Grape
- Sweet 100
- Lemon Boy
Heirloom Tomatoes including:
- Brandywine Red
- Brandywine Pink
- Cherokee Purple
- Mister Stripey
- Old German
- Old German Head
- Black Krim
- Big Rainbow
- Delicious
- Abe Lincoln
Peppers – sweet and hot varieties
- Jupiter – sweet bell peper
- Sweet Banana
- Cayenne
- Habanero
- Hot Banana
- Jalapeno
- Hungarian Wax
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Bedding plants — annuals
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Large selection of annuals, to include many varieties and colors of:
- geraniums
- begonias, wax and dragon wing
- impatiens
- snapdragons
- marigolds
- petunias
- wave petunias
- calibrachoa
- dahlias
- coleus
- vinca
- salvia
- alyssum
- ageratum
- portulaca
- verbena
- bacopa
- miniature roses
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A large selection of perennials
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Herbs
Large selection of
culinary and ornamental herbs including:
- 9 varieties of mint
- 7 varieties of thyme
- stevia
- basil
- curry
- lemon verbena
- cilantro
- eucolyptus
- rosemary
- pineaple sage
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Hanging baskets and pouches
Special selection of unique flowering wall pouches of lobelia, impatiens and begonias
Hanging baskets – impatiens, verbena, Wave petunias, combination baskets and many others |
Patio pots and baskets–
planted with a lovely assortment of flowering annuals or herbs – extremely popular for Mother’s Day gift giving |
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Fall Flowers
Beautiful mums in autumn
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Pansies for Spring planting
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Home Gardening Advice:
Michael J. Raupp, Ph.D., Professor of Entomology, University of Maryland has a Bug of the Week feature on his website
http://www.bugoftheweek.com/
May 7, 2012 Aphids
April 30, 2012 Boxwood leafminer