Wednesday 8 May 2013

Flower Carpet Roses

This extremely disease resistant ground cover rose is ideal for garden, containers or mass plantings. No spraying or fancy pruning required! They flower June through late Fall. Available in bold pink, red, white, soft yellow (butter coloured) and apricot, there is a colour for everyone. I have 'Pink Supreme' in my yard and I can attest to ground cover roses being tough as nails and reliable performers. I under plant them with bright blue annuals and the combination is
eye-popping! Grows 24 to 32 inches tall.

Chef Alert!

To all grill masters and kitchen divas, please know that we stock 12 varieties of rosemary ready for you plant, grow, snip and harvest to add that fresh real herb flavour to your culinary creations! Choose from Arp, Tuscan Blue, Madalene Hill, Barbecue, Garden Blue, Salem, Spice Island, Foxtail, Sissinghurst Blue, Roman Beauty, Garden Pink and Irene. Plants start at $4.99

Growing Veggies Is Now Easier

Join the hot new trend of growing your own food with this easy to use product, Grow Beds. They are easy to assemble 3 square meter plastic
boxes designed to be set up anywhere for an instant herb or vegetable garden. No digging required, they can be used on hard surfaces and an enclosed growing area guards against disease, pests and weeds. Less bending is required from the gardener during tending and it will pack
flat at the end of the season for easy storage. Reg. $49.99, now sale priced at $39.97

Tuesday 30 April 2013

Peek at these Perennials

Our perennial department is absolutely glorious right now with so much colour bursting forward! Our heuchera selection has just been supplemented with fresh stock recently arriving from a reputable grower. The limes and bronzes and marmalades are popping out ready to be tucked into planters. Did you know how many different types of bleeding hearts we carry? Come and see the variety as early spring is when these hardy perennials shine! Oh, and the bergenias! They are also approaching their prime with tall spikes of pink blooms. I feel every West Coast garden needs at least some bergenia as they are very tough, evergreen, they bloom, they provide winter colour, they are drought and shade tolerant, etc. I could go on but you get the idea. Each year try to add a few perennials to your outdoor space as they will last you many years and only improve with age!

Berry Bonanza

Make this the year you try your hand at growing your own fresh berries. Here on the coast we are lucky to be able to successfully grow many wonderful varieties of plump, flavorful berries. Here’s a listing of what we stock to tempt you!

Grapes
Red Currants
Blackberries
Saskatoons
Gooseberries
Sea Berries
Cranberries
Josta Berry
Boysenberry
Gooseberries
Black Currants
Raspberries
Strawberries
Blueberries
Honey Berries
Elderberries
Tayberry
Goji Berry

Basket Stuffers Have Arrived

We now have in a great selection of basket stuffers ready for you to create your own hanging baskets. We are very particular as to the growers we deal with and these starter sized hanging basket plants are from a local quality grower who has a long history of supplying our stock. We carry Proven Winner and Tried and True starters as they are the best quality on the market. Keep these little guys warm at night until mid May. We recommend storing them in garages or greenhouses during nights.

Listen to our Windchimes

Come and see our new display of windchimes and be surprised at the assortment! There are some unique chimes (like the one with the hanging moose) that will add character to your own spaces or make great gifts for the hard-to-buy –for people we all know. Right beside the windchime display is the new bird section with many brand new products for the bird lover such as bird call whistles (wouldn’t that be fun at a party?) and coir bird houses. This is some really unusual stuff you won’t see just anywhere!