June 6th, 2011
Enjoy the Sweet Fragrance of Lilacs!
Aside from Roses, there are no flowers as beautiful and aromatic as Lilacs. Lilacs have a strong fragrance that you can enjoy throughout your garden. Unfortunately, Lilacs bloom for only a few weeks in the late spring.
Weather has a lot to do with how long your blooms last. Cool dry weather helps your flowers last longer if only we could control that. Once the blooms have finished, you still have a nice shade bush, but you have to wait until next year to enjoy the blooms again.
You can choose from a variety of Lilacs including:
- Syringa patula ‘Miss Kim’ (Korean Lilac)
- Syringa vulgaris ‘Katherine Havemeyer’
- Syringa vulgaris ‘Charles Joly’
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‘Miss Kim’
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‘Charles Joly’
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‘Katherine Havemeyer’
June 1st, 2011
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. Lavender is extremely drought tolerant once it is established but should be watered regularly when young. Two of the hardiest and best know varieties are ‘Hidcote’ and ‘Munstead’. These varieties of English Lavender produce wonderfully fragrant blue-lavender coloured flowers during the summer. There are several new varieties of English lavender that you can choose from this year including ‘Lodden Blue’ and ‘Melissa Lilac’. These new varieties are compact bushy varieties of English Lavender.
Another variety of Lavender is the Spanish Lavender ‘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. Two new varieties of Spanish Lavender include ‘Silver Anouk’ (Aka Silver Summer) and ‘Green Summer’. The Green Summer is a compact version of the ‘Anouk’ while the ‘Silver Anouk’ has beautiful silver foliage.
May 25th, 2011
Grow the “Perfect Peony”
Peonies are beautiful sun-loving perennials which can be very long-lived in your garden. They are extremely hardy, easy to grow, and easy to maintain. They do their best when grown near the middle or back of full sun borders or beds. There are two main types of Peonies, herbaceous peonies and tree peonies. The more common herbaceous type die back to the ground every fall and come up again every spring. The tree type peonies leave a woody stem exposed during the winter months.
There are many beautiful varieties to choose from with a rainbow of colour choices. Come in today to see these beautiful plants in bloom.
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‘Bowl of Beauty’
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‘Do Tell’
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‘Glowing Candles’
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‘Red Charm’
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(Tree) ‘Kinshi’
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(Tree) ‘Shimadaijin’
May 17th, 2011
Make Your Summer Bloom!
If you want your summer to burst into bloom try the Supertunia ‘Priscilla’. This beautiful petunia has a double lavender flower with striking purple veins. The flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds to your garden. Unlike the traditional petunias the supertunias do not require deadheading (removing dead flowers) which means that they can bloom continuously all summer long. The flowers are fragrant and heat tolerant. They make a great landscape plant but are also great in hanging baskets and window boxes.
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Supertunia ‘Priscilla’
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Supertunia ‘Priscilla’
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Supertunia ‘Priscilla’
April 15th, 2011
New Raymond Evison Clematis Varieties!
In the past few years there have been some exciting new introductions in the world of vines. None are more exciting than the new varieties of Clematis being bred by Raymond Evison. These new varieties are bred for their comapct size, disease resistent foliage, and beautiful bloms. For 2011 you can choose from the following varieties:
Click here for more information.
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‘Avante Garde’
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‘Bourbon’
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‘Cezanne’
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‘Chantilly’
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‘Diamantina’
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‘Fleuri’
October 7th, 2010
Fall Colour with Vines!
One of the most colourful vines for fall is the Boston Ivy. This is the plant after which the Ivy League schools get their name. The Boston Ivy, or Parthenocissus, is a great climbing vine that can climb many stories up the sides of building. They are self clinging so they do not require staking or a trellis. Plant one against the side of your house and within a few year you will be enjoying the stunning fall colour as the leaves turn a brilliant red. There are several varieties the most common being the Parthenocissus tricuspidata with smaller leaves or the larger leaved Parthenocissus tricuspidata ‘Veitchii’. Both provide a beutiful show of colour in the fall.
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Parthenocissus tricuspidata
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Parthenocissus tricuspidata ‘Veitchii’
October 7th, 2010
Add colour to your Perennial Garden with Fall Blooming Heather!
One of the most prolific flowering Perennials for fall is Heather. There are many types of Hether but the most common Fall Blooming varieties belong to the Calluna genus. Often classified as summer blooming varieties the Calluna vulgaris varieties will start blooming in late August and will often bloom until December or January. You can choose from a number of different varieties. Most have either white, pink, or red flowers.
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Calluna vulgaris ‘Larissa’
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Calluna vulgaris ‘Sandy’
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Calluna vulgaris ‘Theresa’
September 6th, 2010
Plant Fall Flowering Bulbs for Blooms Every Year!
Did you know that there are bulbs that flower in the Fall? There are several varieties of Crocus as well as other bulbs that can be planted in the fall and will flower in the fall. You can plant these bulbs from late August to October and every year they will produce an excellent show of flowers. Varieties that we carry include:
- Crocus Cartwrightianus
- Crocus Sativus (Saffron Crocus)
- Crocus Speciosus
- Crocus Zonatus
- Colchicum Album
- Colchicum The Giant
- Colchicum Waterlily
- Sternbergia Lutea
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Colchicum Album
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Colchicum The Giant
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Colchicum Water Lily
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Crocus Cartwrightianus
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Crocus Sativus
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Sternbergia Lutea
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