We now have Grandpa Ott, Heavenly Blue, Milky Way and other colorful Morning Glory plants in pots as well as Begonia, Cleome, Balsam, Gaillardia, Basil, Chives, Sage, Giant Pumpkin plants and Elliot blueberry bushes in pots.  Also tomato plants, Giant Pumpkin seeds w/planting info, popcorn, dried gourds and bundles of campfire wood. Coming soon: broccoli, Sugar Snap and Snow Peas, strawberries, zucchini and more.  

Technically, annual flowers are flowers that last for only one year and do not come back. However, the word annual is often used to describe flowers that are tropical or not hardy to your specific zone. We prefer to call these non-hardy flowers tender perennials.  

One of our favorite annual flowers are the Morning Glories (6-10 foot twining vines that love full sun to part shade) and this year we went all out and planted close to 20 different varieties in all different colors. You will be able to purchase Morning Glory plants in individual 4-inch black pots. Some of the varieties we will be selling include: Grandpa Ott (an heirloom morning glory with vibrant blue petals and a reddish heart), Heavenly Blue (light blue in color), Milky Way (white with a purple star), Scarlet O'Hara (bright red), Wine and Roses (deep pink), Star of Yelta (dark purple with a pinkish heart), Carnival (striped pink and purple), and Black Knight (deep burgundy with a red/white heart). We have a full-color picture of all the different varieties so you can see them in bloom before you buy.

The other flowers will all be sold in 6-inch decorative pots.  We chose these pots so that you would not have to transplant the flowers into your garden, but rather decorate your garden, porch, deck, or patio with these cute faux clay pots.

We will be also selling non-stop tuberous begonias, a tender perennial perfect for pots. These flowers seem to never stop blooming. They make great houseplants over the winter and may even bloom for you in time for Christmas and Easter. (Tuberous Begonias are quite different from the usual begonias you find at nurseries and flower centers. Tuberous begonias are long-lived and can be easily propagated by clippings.)  

Other annual flower plants include (alphabetical order):  

• Alyssum - a sweet, little mounding groundcover that loves to cascade over the edges of pots and rock gardens. We will have a few of these with purple and white blooms.
• Angel's Trumpet (white and purple Ballerina varieties) - a tender perennial plant that is known for its fragrant and prolific blooms. It looks and smells like a tropical. The plant is quite compact in containers, reaching only about a foot high and 3 feet wide. In the garden, it forms a dense, well-branched shrub 3 feet tall and slightly wider. BE AWARE  that every part of this plant is poisonous if eaten.  
• California Poppy - who doesn't love the papery, graceful blooms of the poppy? We grow the "White Linen" variety.
• Celosia "Flamingo Feather" - a tall upright plant with soft feathery foxtail like plumes held high above the plant that will last the entire season. The flowers dry well for use in dried flower arrangements.
• Cleome "Apple Blossom" - a perfect flower to add height to your garden. They are commonly called Spider Flowers because of their delicate spider-like blossoms in a pretty light pink shade. 
• Cosmos in pinks and oranges. They are tall and playful flowers. They look like a daisy and zinnia put together. Very pretty.
• Balsam Impatiens - tall and elegant plants that love part shade and plenty of water. They will bloom all along the stalk and will self-seed freely. Put your pots in your garden and you will find balsam impatiens popping up there next spring.
• Gaillardia (also called Blanket Flower in reference to the brightly patterned blankets made by native Americans.) will brighten anyone's garden with its bright red and yellow daisy-like blooms.
• Nasturtium - large, tropical looking plants with round, scalloped leaves and bright orange, sweet smelling blooms.
• Tithonia "Torch" - an heirloom Mexican sunflower with fiery, orange-red to red, daisy like petals radiating from yellow centers. Held on swelling, trumpet like stems, the vivid blooms of these towering annuals are a wonderful choice for your garden. Bold, heart-shaped foliage adds texture to the border.
• Red Salvia - a staple in many gardens with its tall spikes of deep red blooms that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. One way to know if a particular flower will attract hummingbirds, bees, butterflies, or other insects is by studying the shape, color and fragrance of the bloom itself. Pendant and bell shaped blooms often attract hummingbirds and bumble bees, yellow flowers often attract honey bees, and butterflies love sweet smelling flowers with bright colors. 
• Zinnias - one of the most colorful summer flowers. Our plants producewhite, orange and red  blloms.  

Last but not least we have a couple pots each of good old' petunias and pansies.   

Welcome to our first issue of the Magicland Farms Newsletter! 

Several things have changed at Magicland Farms this year and we will be mentioning them in future newsletters.  One thing has changed from last year is that we are looking forward this year to a great apple and peach crop!  While we are removing many old apple trees from the original orchard at the north end of the farm, we have planted a new orchard in the east part of the farm in a place it is almost impossible to see from Gordon Ave. This new orchard contains all our peaches and our disease resistant apple varieties. Also we have expanded our electric deer fence to cover most of the south half of the farm.  Now to "walk the fence" one has to walk over a mile! In addition to her gourd crafted art, my oldest daughter Bernadette is now selling many types of potted flower plants.  She has more to say about this in the Our Colorful Blooms section of this newsletter.

This week we will be selling herbs in pots, flower plants, tomato plants, giant pumpkin plants, giant pumpkin seeds with instructions, Elliot Blueberry bushes in containers all set to plant, both hulless yellow and Ruby Red popcorn in pint jars, campfire wood, dried gourds and some early broccoli and a little lettuce.  By next weekend we should have some strawberries ready. Our peas, zucchini and early red potatoes should start in about two weeks.  Notice that for this week our open hours will be restricted to 10AM to Noon and 2PM to 5PM.

We accept both WIC and Senior Project Fresh Coupons and the Bridge Card (EPT/SNAP card).  With the Bridge Card you can purchase vegetable plants, blueberry bushes and herbs.  However, these cannot be purchased with Project Fresh Coupons.