Perennials

Larry Denney

Karen — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 19:32:35 -0600

Contact Larry Denney at 336-384-2779.

James Wilkes

Karen — Mon, 08 May 2006 18:08:57 -0600

James Wilkes owns Faith Mountain Farm in Creston, NC.

He can be reached at:

489 Big Laurel Road

Creston, NC, 28615

336-385-3510

Alicia Breton

Karen — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:39:49 -0600

Alicia Breton is the owner of My Favorite Plants Nursery. Her love of plants has led her to almost ten years of growing annuals, perennials and flowering shrubs. She now has a greenhouse and 4 coldframes; she uses these to protect plants in winter and spring.

In addition to the Farmers' Market, Alicia can be found at her greenhouse from 10 AM to 2 PM on Monday through Thursday, and on Sunday from 10 AM to 4 PM. Call her at (336) 877-1155 or send an e-mail.

My Favorite Plants Nursery is located in Todd, North Carolina. From Boone, take Highway 194 North at New Market Center. Turn left at Three Top Road and continue for eight/tenths of a mile. The drive is on the left, there is a fencepost with the number 9570C.

Susan Graham

sagraham — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:34:42 -0600

Susan Graham enjoys going to the market even after more than 10 years of working long hours in her greenhouses. Her enthusiasm is made obvious by a trip to her greenhouse in Todd, NC. She takes meticulous care of her plants and is rewarded with outstanding blooms and foliage.

Susan grows perennials, amazing hanging baskets, and starts bedding plants from seed. You will find flats of petunias, French marigolds that grow to eight inches, and red, white and blue pansies. Susan also grows annual and perennial herbs, including bright and fragrant Pineapple Sage.

Susan Graham has won even more fans with her hand knitted and felted wool hats. Susan hand knits the hats from wool and wool/mohair blend yarn in a rainbow of colors and currently has three styles for you to choose from. One style features a rolled brim with fun fur trim, another has a narrow brim in solids and stripes with a braided hatband. A fashionable beret completes the collection. All of Susan's hats will fit an average adult's size head.

The hats can be hand washed in cool water with a mild detergent, then blocked over a form or bowl for drying to retain their shape.

E-mail Susan Allen Graham.

Mildred and Gene Greene

Karen — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:33:16 -0600

The Greenes have been a special part of the Watauga County Farmers' Market since 1995. Each week they present an abundant display of fresh produce, garden plants, and domestic items. Shoppers are quick to buy up their supply of fresh farm eggs each week, knowing the unrivaled quality of fresh farm eggs.

Gene's boundless garden yields a variety of vegetables throughout the growing season. Lettuce and other greens, strawberries, and broccoli usher in the season. An amazing variety of beans follow, Tenderette, White Half Runner, Pink Tip, Peanut, and October Bean are some of the choices.

Mid-July is the time to anticipate the sweet corn harvest, and home grown popcorn will also be available. Tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, blueberries, potatoes and sweet potatoes, and other staples are popular in season. Ultimately, pumpkins steal the show, and the Greenes have a large selection.

Dickie Jarrett

Karen — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:26:35 -0600

Dickie Jarrett grows an amazing collection of beautiful and unusual plants in his three greenhouses in Newland, North Carolina. He especially likes unusual ferns, and has a wide assortment of hardy and tropical ferns ranging in size from huge Boston Ferns to diminuative Table Ferns. He grows the uncommon Australian Woods fern from divisions each year, and keeps a supply of Japanese and Lady in Red ferns on hand as well.

Lovers of easy-care houseplants will be delighted with Dickie's begonia collection. He has perfectly grown pots of Iron Cross, Angel Wing, and the facinating Escargot Begonias along with Nonstop tuberous Begonias with their colorful blooms. Dickie prepares all kinds of hanging baskets as well, including baskets with the mid-blue blooming streptocarpus that will easily provide color all summer long.

Dickie also grows garden plants for the landscape, he has lots of colorful daylilies and around 4,000 boxwood liners.

Be sure to see Dickie's colorful and inventive birdhouses and wind chimes. He has unique birdhouses made from pine, cherry, oak, maple and black walnut, and wonderful mechanical hummingbirds and bluebirds for your porch or deck.

Contact Dickie by e-mail or visit Briarpatch Greenhouse in Newland from till 5 on Monday through Saturday.

Sissy Moore

Karen — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:14:29 -0600

Sissy Moore has been with Watauga County Farmers' Market since it opened in 1974. Still in high school at the time, she sold mostly house plants and cactus. She used her earnings to buy a 22x24 greenhouse, which enabled her to grow and sell enough plants to buy her first car. She now grows mainly hardy perennials, and specializes in unusual varieties. This often means plants too new to be readily available, but check for once popular heirlooms that have now become uncommon.

Sissy now has her own property and three smaller greenhouses. Her daughter Brandy uses the greenhouse at her grandmother's to start the hanging baskets that she brings to the Farmer's Market.

After the rush of the planting season calms, Sissy turns her attention to canning. She produces a large selection of jams and jellies. Raspberry, peach, strawberry and blackberry are most popular, but Sissy chooses pumpkin butter as her personal favorite.

email Sissy

Cheryl Piracci

Karen — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:10:07 -0600

Selections at Cheryl Piracci's Bella Rooster range from gourmet foods to handmade decorations to live plants. Cheryl specializes in Italian cuisine, so be sure to look for her sun-dried tomatoes, biscotti and chocolate-zucchini cake.

Cheryl makes many jams and jellies, along with pectin-free preserves.This traditional method of cooking down the preserves allows for less sugar in the recipe.

For low-calorie flavor combined with a visual treat, try herb vinegar in hand-painted vinegar bottles. Cheryl will take orders for hand painted bottles and any other items, especially for the holidays, and will also ship your order.

Also at Cheryl's booth are many handmade crafts, such as bark baskets from Tulip Poplar trees and mosaic flower pots made from crockery. She also brings garden plants and herbs, and will install custom landscaping.

Chris Teague

Karen — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:52:08 -0600

Chris Teague lives his wife Heather. They have an 18 month old son Daniel, who is the boss of the family. Chris started growing plants as a hobby and now has three greenhouses and a number of fields in different places around Boone. He has been selling plants to the general public for three years, and sold plants at wholesale for two years before that. Chris grows about 400 varieties of perennial plants, 800 varieties of daylilies, and a selection of flowering annuals and shrubs. Find out more at Hickory Lane Gardens and Landscape Center

Chris also does landscaping and maintenance within a 60 mile radius of Boone. He is available for landscape design, brush clearing, hedge trimming, leaf cleanup and yard winterization. His yard treatments include a soil analysis, fertilizer and weed control. Chris can be reached at (828) 265-4950 or by his cell phone at 964-6905