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By Miles Hunter, November 25, 2011

November 25th, 2011

Decorate your home for the Holidays!

We carry everything you need to turn your home into a Holiday wonderland. For inside your home we carry cut and live Christmas trees, decorations,  and cut greens. To add festive colour to your home we have a selection of poinsettias, paperwhites, and Amaryllis. If you prefer fresh cut flowers our Florist Shop can put together a beautiful bouquet, arrangement, or table centerpiece.

For outdoor decorations we carry wreaths, door swags, and porch pots. You can buy them pre-made, choose one of ours to add decorations to them, or purchase the supplies to make them yourself.

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By Miles Hunter, November 24, 2011

November 24th, 2011

Fresh Cut BC Grown Christmas Trees!

There is nothing more enjoyable that the look, feel, and smell of a fresh cut Christmas tree. You can bring the scents of the season home with one of our Douglas Fir trees. The Douglas Fir is the most popular Christmas tree. You can choose from a naturally grown tree or a trimmed (cultured) tree that has been pruned to give them the perfect Christmas tree shape.

For information about the types of trees we have this year and how to care for them to ensure that they last the longest click here.

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By Miles Hunter, November 23, 2011

November 25th, 2011

Add Colour to Your Holiday Season!

Poinsettias make a great addition to any home during the Holiday season. This beautiful plant comes in a variety of colours but the most popular are red, white, and pink. Associated with Christmas since the 16th century these plants have been bred and cultivated to produce the huge red leaves that we are used to today. For information about how to care for your Poinsettia click here.

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By Miles Hunter, November 3, 2011

November 7th, 2011

Start your Amaryllis now for Christmas Blooms!

If you are looking for some beautiful flowers to bloom in your home for the holidays look no further than Amaryllis. These bulbs provide your with weeks of colour through the holiday season, often blooming well into January. Taking about 6 to 8 weeks from the time you plant them they can produce multiple flowers stems with 3 to 6 blooms per stem. For 2011 we have 10 varieties to choose from including:

• Apple Blossom
• Charisma
• Exposure
• Minerva
• Mont Blanc
• Nymph
• Orange Sovereign
• Papillio
• Red Lion
• Red Pearl

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By Miles Hunter,

November 3rd, 2011

It is time to Start your Paperwhites for Christmas Blooms!

Paperwhites is the name given to these easy-to-grow Daffodils, also known as Narcissus. Paperwhites grow and bloom indoors very easily. They require little care but reward you with a long period of fragrant indoor flowers. They are great near an entrance way to greet your guests or in your living or dining room to add a sweet fragrance.

Paperwhites can be grown in a pot with soil, but do just as well in rocks with water. To grow them in soil find a suitable pot and plant the bulb so that the top third of the bulb is visible above the soil. Water them until the soil is evenly moist. To grown them in water place an inch or two of rocks or glass beads in the bottom of a vase. Place the bulbs on top of the rocks an fill the vase with water until it touches the base of the bulb. Place the pot or vase in a bright sunny window to encourage the bulbs to grow. Regularly check the pot or vase adding water as needed. It is best if you plant the bulbs in the soil or rocks and place them in a cool room for 2 to 3 weeks to let them develop roots. Then move them indoors where it should take 4 to 6 weeks to bloom.

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By Miles Hunter, October 20, 2011

October 12th, 2011

Try these Great Colourful Combinations!

Spring flowering bulbs look their best when planted in combinations. If you are not sure what to plant together our bulbs suppliers have done the work for you. You can choose from a great selection of Colourful Combinations for your garden. This year the selection of Colourful Companions includes the Apple Basket Blend, Prince Trio, Wind and Tide, and Strawberries N Cream.

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By Miles Hunter, October 7, 2011

October 7th, 2011

Field Grown Winter Pansies have Arrived!

Don’t miss out on the best pansies you can grow. When these pansies are grown in the field they develop greater tolerance to the cold temperatures that winter brings. Their extra strength ensures that they produce the biggest and best blooms that any Pansy produce. Their cold hardiness ensures that they bloom all winter long and well into the spring. They may even continue to bloom through the following summer.

Plant you spring bulbs underneath them and the bulbs grow through them in the spring. Colour coordinating your bulbs with the pansies ensures a strong impact in your garden next spring. Try Purple Pansies with Yellow Daffodils, or Yellow Pansies with purple crocus, or white pansies with red tulips. There are many great combinations to try.

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By Miles Hunter, October 6, 2011

October 6th, 2011

Bigger Bulbs Produce Better Flowers!

When it comes to bulbs size matters. Bigger bulbs produce more flowers and at David Hunter Garden Centers you can find the largest Allium, Tulip, and Daffodil bulbs. Our selection of bulbs for 2011 include the Jumbo Allium ‘Large and Purple’, three varieties of Jumbo Tulips; Red Impression, Maureen, and Big Smile and the Jumbo King Alfred Daffodils.

For the Tulips Red Impression is a deep red, Maureen is a clean white, and Big Smile is a bright yellow. The flowers on these Tulips are produced on a strong sturdy stem and will be the size of a large hand. These bulbs will bloom in May and June and each flower can last for weeks. Be sure to add Evergro Bulb Food (3-15-8) to the soil when you plant and again in the spring when the bulbs begin to emerge.

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By Miles Hunter, October 5, 2011

October 5th, 2011

Celebrate the Beauty of Spring – Plant Dazzling Daffodils!

Daffodil bulbs, also known as Narcissus, are one of the most spectacular bulb to plant in your garden. They have cheerful yellow blooms in spring, they are perfect to grow in pots or on your garden, and they are squirrel and rabbit resistent. A group of Daffodils can bloom repeatedly in your garden for months in the spring. If you plant them in a sunny location with well drained soil Daffodils will return to bloom again for many years. Our selection still includes over 30 varieties of Daffodils for you to choose from.

The most popular daffodil has to be the King Alfred Daffodil. This variety is indeed the King as it has one of the largest blooms. Growing to between 12 and 16 inches (30 to 40 cm) tall they will produce an abundant grouping of flowers in mid spring (March and April).

Here is a complete list of Daffodils that you can choose from right now:

• Avalon
• Bridal Crown
• Canaliculatis
• Cool Flame
• Double Campernelle
• Double Poets
• February Gold
• Flowerdrift
• Fortissimo
• Full House
• Gigantic Star
• Golden Ducat
• Ice Follies
• Irene Copeland
• Jack Snipe
• King Alfred
• Lancaster
• Las Vegas
• Little Gem (Mini King Alfred)
• Mount Hood
• Pacific Coast
• Pink Parasol
• Pipit
• Poeticus Recurvus
• Precocious
• Quail
• Rynveld Early Sensation
• Sailboat
• Tahiti
• Tete a Tete
• Yellow Cheerfulness

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By Miles Hunter, September 16, 2011

September 16th, 2011

Planting Bulbs is as easy as “Dig, Drop, Done”!

If you have avoided growing spring flowering bulbs in the past because you thought they were to much work you might be surprised to fin out just how easy they are to grow. All you have to do is Dig a small hole, Drop the bulb into the hole, and you’re Done! Your bulbs will grow a root system during the winter and sprout next spring. Different bulbs bloom at different times and if you plant a variety of bulbs you can have colourful blooms from February right through June. Some of the most popular varieties include Snowdrops, Crocus, Daffodils, and Tulips. But you can also choose from Alliums, Anemone, Chionodoxa, Hyacinths, Iris, Muscari, and Scilla.

The best time to plant the spring flowering bulbs is during September and October. Although it is not recommended you can plant your bulbs here on the west coast as late as January and still have them flower the following spring. 

For more information about planting bulbs visit www.digdropdone.com. Here you will find handy tips and videos to help you.