Update 5/7/2009: Open house at Bluegrass Lane Sat. May 9
This was so well received last weekend...we're doing it again!
What: Stroll our blooming bulb labyrinth and see our pansies. The labyrinth features 15,000 daffodils, tulips and grape hyacinths. It measures 60 feet across! We also have over 75 cultivars of pansies in bloom!
When: Saturday May 9, 2009; 10am - 2pm
Where: Bluegrass Lane Turf & Landscape Research Center. (From Warren Road, turn onto Bluegrass Lane, make second left on a dirt road and drive to the end.) View Google map.
Contact: Melissa Kitchen mjb239@cornell.edu for more details.
Original article:
At Bluegrass Lane, early-season flowers a welcome sign of spring
From Melissa Kitchen, who coordinates flower research at Bluegrass Lane. For more information or to arrange a visit, contact her at: mjb239@cornell.edu.
At the Turf & Landscape Research Center, fondly know as Bluegrass Lane, pansies and violas have been blooming since mid-March. To achieve this rainbow of color so early in the season, plant them in the fall and mulch with straw. That's all it takes! Some fair better than others, so come visit us to see your best bets.
And while you're there, be sure to walk our bulb labyrinth! The classical Cretan design is planted with daffodils, tulips and grape hyacinths. (Read about it's construction last fall.) Daffodils are blooming now, and tulips will begin later in May. Be sure to bring your camera.
Later in the summer, plan to visit us to see our annual and perennial trials. New this year: Ornamental vegetables from Burpee!
Come on out and treat yourself to some horticulture therapy! You deserve it! Contact Melissa Kitchen mjb239@cornell.edu for more details.
Flower bulb labyrinth
Pansy trials