A trip to Glover Perennials
Continuing on with our tour of the North Fork plant growers, Andrea and I had a very pleasant visit at Glover Perennials in Cutchogue, New York. Glover Perennials is a family owned and operated wholesale nursery, nestled on a very pretty 23 acres. We were met by Jim Glover, who has been on my television show four times. Jim explained that they are a leading supplier of groundcovers, perennials, and vines to landscapers and garden centers in the greater New York area. Andrea and I were impressed by the great variety of plant material and by the good condition of the inventory. We discussed the possibility of having Jim back on the show talking about fall blooming perennials, of which he grows 60 different varieties. Enjoy!
1 Jim Glover, me, and Andrea
2 The Glover Perennials logo
3 Because it was so hot, Jim took me around his nursery in a golf cart.
4 Jim was pleased to show me this Formosa Lily - it is one of the tallest of all the lilies, easily reaching 6-7 ft (2 m) in height.
5 This nursery is an especially attractive one. The surrounding area is quite beautiful.
6 I loved the pink edges of this sedum or stonecrop - I would like an entire hillside planted with it.
7 Here I am choosing plants with pen in mouth.
8 With notepad and Canon G10 - this is where plant material is readied for shipping.
9 This great assortment of perennials is an order that will be neatly packed onto a truck and transported.
10 This ground cover is called Mezus and is thick like a carpet.
11 Glover's has a large assortment of unusual ferns.
12 This is an Arachnoides standishii - upside down fern - light green finely textured fronds.
13 The fern on the right is Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum' or Japanese Painted Fern.
14 This bushy small fern is one of more than 30 unusual varieties of ferns grown at the nursery.
15 My eye was drawn to these fragrant bouquet hostas.
16 Jim's shade houses are filled with amazing specimens.
17 Sigina subulata - Irish moss - a very soft ground cover
18 The plant in the foreground is lysimachia or creeping Jenny. I use this in many places.
19 Jim has a beautiful selection of ornamental grasses.
20 This pretty ground cover is Indigofera.
21 Across the field is the Polish Catholic church, which rings its bells throughout the day.
I love going to the nursery - I'm always inspired by the beautiful plants I see. I rarely go home empty handed. Who can resist a blooming fall mum?
Posted by: Lynn from For Love or Funny | August 21st, 2009 at 7:20 am
It is great fun going through the green houses and nurseries and pottery shops with you. We are winding down for the season so your tours are stimulating without putting me in a panic to go out and find plants. Right now I have to decide what plants I will over winter in a house with little room and few windows.
Posted by: Margie | August 21st, 2009 at 10:08 am
Hi Martha,
The aerial view of this nursery, Glover Perennials, is spectacular and your close-up shots really show the pleasantness of the area. When I see these kinds of photos I wonder why I ever moved to Florida! I'm from Michigan originally.
Anyway, I’m just in love with that ground cover in picture #10 but it is not listed in Florida plants. Actually, the only thing that came up in my search in lieu of Mezus was Mazus but that plant had flowers. Your/this blog showed up in the list though with your caption about Mezus. I also like the Irish moss and think it would look nice to just leave in the planters, like little green puff balls and I could stick a gnome in the middle, or not.
It’s always great to see your garden friends on the show so I look forward to seeing Jim Glover again to hear about his fall blooming perennials. Hopefully, I will be shopping around for ferns this weekend but probably won’t find anything like what you showed us today. Thanks again, Martha. Trish
Posted by: Trish | August 21st, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Such an amazing perennial nursery and the surrounding area is so lovely. Love perennials but i will be moving to a home with a charming 'boutique garden' in the Fall and will have to leave my beloved perennial garden behind. However, my new garden will be filled many boxwood and i certainly do love those.
Posted by: sherey | August 21st, 2009 at 1:04 pm
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Hello There Notepad Shopper!
Referencing Photo 8-----
As an artist I've observed that you have the PERFECT PROFILE!
Has anyone in your modeling career made specific comment to that?!
"For my face, I don't mind it, for I am behind it......."
AJS
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Posted by: http://andyjspencer.blogspot.com/ | August 21st, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Hi Martha!
Love Jim's logo! Very clean and simple but detailed with explanation, just like his nursery. What a great place!
Loved the pic of you with the pen in mouth! And why the black shirt? Wasn't it hot? Or is it a dark navy? Oh well.
I can certainly see that hill of sedum you invisioned. I can see it starting at a stone wall and tabogoning down the hill. I love the Mezusa? That bright green ground cover with the footprints mashed into it, like a foam rubber mattress.
I really love ground covers. I am fortunate to have a real beauty in my garden but don't know the name. I can tell you that the foliage is fern-like and the blooms are pink, fuzzy epcots. And they smell, too!
Missed some of your blog entries so I must go back and read. So nice to have them available.
Hope you're having a nice summer break. Really missed you though. Looking forward to your new season on "Martha".
PS. Seems like you really enjoyed Montana! Ted Turner is so cool! Also: At a cyber cafe kind of place - a bit sleezy - with no spell check! Sorry for the misses! I know how you hate that!
Posted by: tinay | August 21st, 2009 at 1:22 pm
All us nursery folks love Jim and Joanne and it's great to see them get the recognition they deserve. Every load of plants we get from them to sell at our nursery is always perfect. They are both incredible growers and super nice people to boot! We are lucky to have them out here.
Oh and the mazus is one of our best sellers, both with the blue flowers and the white.
Great blog Martha, and lovely to see local people getting recognition!
Paige
Posted by: paige patterson | August 21st, 2009 at 7:50 pm
A beautiful place- thank you for sharing. I can hear the bells in the background. It is a strange Saturday in Massachusetts - hot, humid, sun and downpours of rain from Tropical Storm Bill. Keeping my evening plans local - even rescheduling dinner from Boston to home 17 miles west. There are expected flash flooding! How will the two gardens react?
Posted by: Teresa Touey | August 22nd, 2009 at 3:41 pm
hmm i like your website you doing good job i realy like this.
Posted by: jibran | August 23rd, 2009 at 6:39 am
Hi Martha, I love all of the nurseries you visited on the North Fork of Long Island. The beautiful nursery that Jim Glover has is absolutely stunning. Your photos are breath taking. I look forward to seeing Jim on your show again soon. The more blogging you do, the more reasons I have for coming to the beautiful North East. Hope all is well on Mt Desert Island after Hurricane Bill passed that area. Jan
Posted by: Jan Erickson | August 23rd, 2009 at 7:05 pm
I read your morning blog with my cup of coffee, dreaming of how I could spend my days with you...they are right up my alley. Just a question or I guess comment. In the second to last picture you show a groundcover, Indigofera, but to me it looks just like clematis, Mrs. Robert Brydon, a non-climbing clematis that I have in a front border.
Posted by: Karen Kramer | August 24th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Just love your beautiful tours of all gardens! I was wondering on picture #9, the name of the perennial with the violet blue flowers is because I have them growing in my front perennial bed and we have recently moved here but I haven't been able to find out the name of this perennial. I thought that it might be a autumn crocus of some type? Could anyone help me with this? Thanks.
Posted by: Sandy Karac | August 25th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Thank you so much for sharing your gardening shopping with us. I adore the beautiful pictures of your gardens in your magazines and on the internet, and, would like to include some of those plants in my own garden. Now I can add these nurseries to my garden shopping wish list!
Posted by: Linda | August 26th, 2009 at 9:13 am