This year the Master Gardeners are expanding their fall fundraiser! They are selling Certified Organic Music Garlic that everyone loves in addition to some flowering bulbs.
Curbside pick-up will be on Saturday October 7th from 10am-12 noon at the back door of our office at 232 Plaza Road, Kingston.
For those who have ordered alliums in the past from us online the Master Gardeners are returning to the famous Garlic Festival in Saugerties on September 30th and October 1st and will be having their allium fundraiser in person at the Master Gardener booth!
Music Garlic ½ LB FOR $11.00
Music Garlic is a very popular selection derived from German Extra Hardy. It is prized for its jumbo cloves, long storage potential, and strong field performance in cold climates. Skins are very thick and tightly wrapped, with creamy white color. Expect 4–5 cloves per head. A stiff hardneck type.
Snake's Head Fritillaria- SOLD OUT
Fritillaria meleagris
Pointed buds open to maroon (occasionally white), bell-shaped blooms. Snake’s Head looks like a wildflower and is best used as such — in a meadow, under trees, around shrubs. Happiest in part shade and evenly moist soil.
Deer Resistant
Note: Snake’s Head is resistant to deer, but rodents such as voles and gophers may eat the bulbs.
Height”10—12 inches
Sunlight: Part (3-4 hours sun per day)
Soil: Evenly moist
Flower Color: Maroon and White
Bloom Time: Early-Mid
Package of 10 for $4.00
Daffodil- Cornish King
A Dutch daffodil that has English roots and offers excellent landscape performance in the United States. Its large flowers have white petals and a big yellow trumpet.
Deer and Rodent Proof
Height: 16—18 inches
Sunlight: Full (6+ hours sun per day)
Soil: Well drained
Flower Color: White with Yellow Center
Bloom Time: Early
Package of 10 for $13.00
Striped Squill
Puschkinia scilloides var. libanotica
A bright little bulb with white flowers traced with lines of blue. Striped squill is easy and reliable in a sunny location. Blooms early, and with a little afternoon shade can last a long time. Where conditions suit it, it may self-sow.
Height: 5—7 inches
Sunlight: Full or Part
Soil: Well drained
Flower Color: White with Blue
Bloom Time: Early
Package of 20 for $5
Camassia
Camassia leichtlinii ‘Caerulea’
Starry, purplish blue flowers rise in loose spikes on tall stems. Camassia is most effective when planted in clusters in a shrub border or grassy area, where it looks perfectly natural. It needs full sun and thrives in moist, or even wet, soil.
Deer Resistant
Note: Camassia is resistant to deer, but rodents such as voles and gophers may eat the bulbs.
Height: 34—38 inches
Sunlight: Full (6+ hours sun per day)
Soil: Average to wet
Flower Color: Purplish Blue
Bloom Time: Late
Package of 5 for $8.00
Glory Of The Snow
Chionodoxa luciliae
An early bloomer with starry, lavender-blue flowers that shade to white in the center. When massed, the plants look like a summer sky fallen to earth. Grow in sun or light shade. Capable of spreading by seed.
Deer and Rodent Resistant
Height; 3—5 inches
Sunlight: Full or Part
Soil: Well drained
Flower Color: Lavender-Blue with White
Bloom Time: Early
(sorry no refunds)
Courtney Churchill
Master Gardener Coordinator/ Agriculture Program Assistant
cmc534@cornell.edu
845-340-3990 ext. 335
CCE Ulster
232 Plaza Road (Hannaford Plaza)
Kingston, New York 12401
Last updated October 5, 2023