David Hunter Garden Center is a full service garden center that specializes in providing you with the best quality plants. We have plants for indoors and outdoors. We carry trees, shrubs, roses, annuals, perennials, fruit trees and berries, as well as herbs and vegetables. We also carry pots, pottery, soils, fertilizers, garden tools and anything else that you need for your garden.
We are open seven days a week . Click here for store hours. We are open to the public and all customers are welcome. Every Wednesday is Gardeners day where all customers receive 10% off all regular priced merchandise.
Our store is located on the corner of 152nd Street and 72nd Avenue in Surrey (Click here for a map). Our address is 15175 – 72nd Avenue, Surrey, BC.
Our store at 2084 West Broadway in Vancouver has closed (Click here for more information).
July 22nd, 2010
Add warmth to your garden with Echinacea!
Echinacea, or Coneflower, are one of the most popular perennials. Every garden should have at least one variety. Echinacea love full sun and lots of heat. They have large, showy flower heads, blooming from early to late summer. Many varieties bloom until frosts in the fall. Some varieties can be used for herbal or medicinal purposes. They work well at attracting butterflies to your garden. There are many varieties for you to choose from including:
purpurea
This is the most common form of Echinacea which has large purple flowers and grows to 24 to 36 inches high. Click here for more information.
purpurea ‘Magnus’
This is a classic purple coneflower. Beautiful rose-pink ray petals with a coppery-brown, spiky central cone comprise the huge, flat flower heads. They flower from midsummer thru fall. Click here for more information.
purpurea ‘Ruby Star’
This variety has larger, more vibrantly coloured flowers than the regular purpurea species. From a central brown cone the deep carmine-pink petals are held flat, rather than drooping. Click here for more information.
purpurea ‘Coconut Lime’
This variety is the first ever double-flowered, white Echinacea. The flower heads feature a ring of white petals surrounding a large pom-pom of pale green florets. These blooms are big, but the stems are strong enough to hold them. ‘Coconut Lime’ not only looks great in the border but also is a distinctive and very long-lasting cut flower. It’s as easy to grow as any traditional Coneflower. Click here for more information.
‘Pixie Meadowbrite’
This hybrid is a vast improvement over other dwarf Coneflowers on the market. Flowers are midsized, with flat medium-pink petals surrounding a cone that begins greenish-pink, maturing to deep crimson. Deadhead regularly for continual blooming into the autumn. Click here for more information.
‘Maui Sunshine’
This variety has large bright yellow flowers, that are sweetly scented. This variety is well-branched with strong, upright stems. Showy orange cones with green backgrounds (great for cutting and drying). Click here for more information.
‘Tomato Soup’
This variety has warm, tomato-red flowers that grow to 6″ wide. It grows to 32” tall and nearly as wide. Flowers cover the plant till frost. Plants are well branched and show excellent vigor. Click here for more information.
‘Big Sky’ – series
There are many new varieties including a group of new Echinaceas that belong to the Big Sky™ series. The Big Sky™ series currently has five members, all of which are sweetly scented. The varieties include; ‘Sunrise’, ‘Sunset’, ‘Twilight’, ‘Matthew Saul’ (Harvest Moon™), and ‘Evan Saul’ (Sundown™). These varieties all have large green leaves, strong branching stems, wide flower petals, and profuse blooming tendencies.
All photos courtesy of www.perennials.com.
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purpurea
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‘Magnus’
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‘Ruby Star’
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‘Coconut Lime’
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‘Pixie Meadowbrite’
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‘Maui Sunshine’
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‘Tomato Soup’
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‘Sunset’
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‘Sunrise’
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‘Sundown’
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‘Harvest Moon’
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‘Twilight’
July 7th, 2010
Plant the best! Plant Proven Winners!
A better garden starts with a better plant. Why are Proven Winners Plants Better? Once a Proven Winner plant makes it to your house, you’ll fall in love because Proven Winners plants are:
- Easy to grow and care for
- Covered with blooms
- Bright and colorful
- All-season bloomers
- Disease resistant
- Trialed and tested
Our selection of Proven Winners includes many great plants including varieties of Ageratum, Argyranthemum (Daisy), Bacopa, Coleus, Fuchsia, Ipomoea (Sweet Potato Vine), Lobularia, Nemesia, Petunias, Salvia, and Verbena.
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Ageratum ‘Artist Blue’
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Ageratum ‘Artist Purple’
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Argyranthemum ‘Butterfly’
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Argyranthemum ‘Molimba Pink’
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Bacopa ‘Snowstorm Blue’
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Bacopa ‘Snowstorm Giant Snowflake’
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Coleus ‘Dipt in Wine’
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Coleus ‘Freckles’
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Coleus ‘Kingswood Torch’
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Coleus ‘Ruffles Bordeaux’
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Fuchsia ‘Shadow Dancer Cherry’
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Fuchsia ‘Shadow Dancer Marcia’
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Ipomoea ‘Illusion Emerald Lace’
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Ipomoea ‘Illusion Midnight Lace’
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Lobularia ‘Snow Princess’
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Nemesia ‘Safari White’
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Petunia ‘Pretty Much Picasso’
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Salvia ‘Wendy’s Wish’
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Supertunia ‘Bordeaux’
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Supertunia ‘Citrus’
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Supertunia ‘Cotton Candy’
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Verbena ‘Tukana Rasberry’
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Verbena ‘Tukana Scarlet’
June 7th, 2010
Try Something Unique – Grow a Mountain Laurel !
The Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia), also known as Spoonwood, is a beautiful evergreen shrub that flowers every spring. The unique star shaped flowers form in a tight cluster and bloom from early June through July. They can grow well in a sunny or shady location. They keep their leaves all year which makes an excellent backdrop in a winter garden. Our store has a great selection with more than 15 varieties to choose from:
Kalmia ‘Bullseye’
Kalmia ‘Carol’
Kalmia ‘Carousel’
Kalmia ‘Elf’
Kalmia ‘Galaxy
Kalmia ‘Heart of Fire’
Kalmia ‘Kaleidoscope’
Kalmia ‘Little Linda’
Kalmia ‘Minuet’
Kalmia ‘Olympic Fire’
Kalmia ‘Ostbo Red’
Kalmia ‘Pink Charm’
Kalmia ‘Pinwheel’
Kalmia ‘Raspberry Glow’
Kalmia ‘Sarah’
Kalmia ‘Tiddlywinks’
Kalmia ‘Tinkerbell’
June 1st, 2010
Delight Your Senses with Lavender
Lavender (Lavandula) is a romantic flower and every gardener should have at least one in their garden. They love a sunny location with good drainage. Two of the hardiest and best know varieties are ‘Hidcote’ and ‘Munstead’. Both produce wonderfully fragrant blue-lavender coloured flowers during the summer. Lavender is extremely drought tolerant once it is established but should be watered regularly when young.
Another newer variety of Lavender is the Spanish Lavender variety ‘Anouk’. This variety produces a consistent display of flowers from June through September. To encourage them to repeatedly bloom is it best to cut them back after they produce their first set of flowers to encourage the second bloom.
You can choose from ‘Hidcote’, ‘Munstead’, ‘Anouk’, and many other varieties to add that extra fragrance to your garden this summer.
