Happy Market Friday! Today, I'm returning to Valley View Farms! My husband and I are on a mission to find a particular tree so lets get to it!
My husband has tried to transplant a Mimosa tree in our yard three times now and all three times they didn't make it. So we set off to Valley View Farms to see if we could find one and have better luck with a potted tree. Valley View Farms is located at 11035 York Road in Cockeysville, Maryland and if they don't have it then I don't know who else would.
We set out early in the morning and arrived as they were opening. There were only a couple of other customers there so it was nice that it wasn't crowded. They had lots and lots of beautiful trees, shrubs and bushes to see.
In one area they had a lot of Hydrangeas and I was very much tempted to purchase a couple but maybe next year.
I got to see some gorgeous trees and shrubs as we continued looked for a Mimosa tree.
We did finally find some but they were the wrong kind. We found something called a Chocolate Mimosa which, honestly, I had never heard of before. It was nice but my husband said he would prefer the green Mimosa. I did mention that I wondered if the blossoms smell like chocolate! My husband and son did not find my joke funny at all...womp womp! Oh well, after talking with an employee we were told that those were the only Mimosa trees that they had...womp womp!
Maybe this nice fellow will find my joke more amusing! I also love the reflection of the tree on the bench in this photo.
Now you know that I'm not going to go to Valley View Farms and not visit the Koi ponds right?! That is exactly what I did!
I was surprised by how high the water was in the big pond!
It was so full that it was much harder to see the Koi fish but the water lilies were amazingly beautiful.
There was a lot of Milkweed around the big pond which was attracting lots of butterflies. Quite a few had rough looking wings. I guess it is getting late in the season for them and soon they will be gone.
I took this last photo on our way out and again did not get to stop into this particular building. Oh well, maybe next time!
We did decide to stop at a smaller farm in the area to see what they had. They did not have any Mimosa trees either but the gentleman did tell us that most farms and garden centers don't carry them. Turns out they have a tap root which makes them hard to transplant. I thought it was nice that he took the time to explain a little about them though. My husband did order some seeds to plant. I also read that they can become invasive although my mom had them in her yard when I was growing up and we never seemed to have a problem with them. You know what I do know that is highly invasive and that is Porcelain Berry vines but that is a story and post for another time! 😉
Thank you @dswigle aka Denise for #marketfriday!!
