Featuring Iris this week

This week our featured perennial is the Iris. This beautiful large flower has so many unique colors and patterns. It stands so stately tall in your garden, and add life early in June when many of the early flowers, and spring bulbs have faded and the summer flowers have not yet started to flower. Check out the selection of colors we have, all on sale for $4.99

Thankful!

So much to be thankful for this morning.....a beautiful long weekend (for the most part), lots of people here getting their garden supplies, a good 'tired' feeling if there is such a thing. Thankful that we are spared the rough weather that so many around us are getting. The loud thunderstorm and torrential rains of yesterday afternoon pale in comparison to what the folks in Joplin, Missouri experienced this weekend. Our grass is so green, the strawberry patch is white with blossoms, as are the apple trees. When the sunshine returns this afternoon, the bees will be busy polinating the fruit blossoms to give us an abundance of fresh fruit this summer .....something else to be thankful for.

New Perennial of the Week

Pulmonaria Majeste. also known as Lungwort although that name doesn't sound particularly appealing to me.

Mine has been blooming in a garden under a big maple tree, for several weeks now. The flower is so unusual, pink, blue & mauve all on the same flower. It grows well in a woodland area, only gets about 12" tall and spreads 18-24" over time. It is frost hardy and overall tough plant. When the flowers are finished blooming later in June, the dotted foliage still adds an interesting contrast in the garden. In 1 gal. pots, it is regularly priced at $7.99 until May 26th it is $5.99

And the Winner Is:

Announcing the winner of the Door Prize at our Annual Spring Open House - Barbie Ward of Grand Bend won a $50 Gift Certificate which she is thrilled to use filling the gardens & containers she & Ron have around their home in Grand Cove Estates.

Tempted to Complain

Yet again, we have a rainy day, and I am tempted to complain. However, after watching CBC news this morning and seeing what the folks in southern Manitoba are dealing with, we have nothing, really, to complain about. So we'll carry on, sneak out to the garden, between the showers, and enjoy the green leaves that are emerging with all the rain. It's helping the perennials come through the soil, so we can see what made it through the cold winter and what spaces need to be filled. Speaking of perennials, we've chosen a unique plant for this week's feature. Convallaria, commonly known as Lily of the Valley, but what's unique about this one is that it has a delicate blush pink flower instead of the common white flower. You can learn more about this flower at the link I've posted. And when it's raining, you can always come to the greenhouse and dream up ideas and get the plants you want to put in when the sun comes out.

New Perennial of the Week

This week's Perennial of the Week if Auriana - Basket of Gold. This plant was commonly known as Perennial Alyssum. It has bright yellow blooms during the month of May. Plant growth stays within 30cm high and spreads out about 30 - 40 cm. It grows best in full sun. We have it in 1 gal. size pots regularly priced at $6.99. The sale price from May 6 - 12 is $4.99.

Perennial of the Week

Until Thursday night at 8 pm, our Perennial of the week is Primula (aka Primrose.) These sweet little plants come in bright colours, growing every year when planted in a shady area. (a perennial plant is one that survives the winter and comes back bigger and better in the spring)

The new perennial of the week will start every Friday for the months of May and June.