Iris siberica "Charming Billy"
Iris siberica "Charming Billy"
If you love “How Audacious” you are going to love this one too. Very similar in coloring, Billy’s styles are a lovely contrasting lavender blue, the standards are a violet pink and the falls are a darker purple with the same yellow signal. Exquisitely lovey!! “Charming ‘Billy” makes the same large clumps of tall strong sword shaped leaves that look good all summer and are resistant to deer. But these flowers are large with wide falls shading from red-violet to deep violet, splashed with bright yellow, highlighted with white and completed by an oh so delicate wire edge along the slight ruffling. Those slender stems carry 2-5 flowers each to extend the bloom. Impossible not to admire them.
30 inches tall and will spread 2 - 3 feet
Siberians thrive in wet areas but do well in average soil .. full sun to part shade. Too much shade will affect flowering.
Please note that we also make vases and stainless steel hand tools - these are available in our “Home and Garden” section
This vase is made with a single, solid piece of walnut hardwood from a tree that was cut to avoid power line interference in Colts Neck, NJ. It was turned on a wood lathe with the grain oriented lengthwise - one of the photos shows the vase on the lathe before completion.
The vase design is relatively tall (9 inch) by 2-1/4 inch diameter and includes a 60mL capacity fixed glass insert. (Glass insert means you can put a little water in the vase). It’s simple, minimalist design comprises a series of delicate line carvings approximately 1/3 distance from the bottom of the vase set off by two circular lines. The base is set off by a small circular groove to give a sense of solidity in an otherwise slim and light design. Because the vase is rather tall compared to its base, it’s capacity to hold multiple flowers will depend on the size and weight of the flowers and how evenly they are distributed around the vase, but as you can see from the photo, the vase is stable with a large peony flower and a bud.
The vase is finished with a polyurethane coating that is water resistant - after adding water, just wipe the vase with a cloth to avoid staining.
This sturdy half round trowel has a sharpened tip and edges to cut through small roots and penetrates your soil with ease.
Offer your favorite home gardener a hand-crafted transplanting trowel to help with planting annuals.
Great for small planting and general garden work especially when a full-size spade is too big.
Select between locally sourced solid Ash or Cherry hardwood handles.
hand crafted hardwood handle
ergonomically shaped handle to make it easier for planting
solid stainless steel blade
well-shaped edge to make planting easier
some have a leather cord for hanging tool
very reasonably priced compared to similar quality imported hand tools
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Offer your favorite home gardener a hand-crafted three tine cultivator tool to help in the garden.
This cultivator is intended for for quick aerating and cultivating jobs in hard to reach, tight places like containers or smaller flower beds where a longer, full size tool is awkward to use.
. Great for weeding, cultivating or mixing in soil amendments.
Handle made from locally sourced solid Ash or Cherry hardwood and cultivator from round stainless steel rake tines.
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