Mother’s Day is here! I know that over the years, many of you have enjoyed the annual pilgrimage to our farm with your Mom / Granny / kids to pick up plants for Mother’s Day. Even though things are very different this year – there is no tea, coffee or cookies, no ‘plant your own pansy for Mom’ – our plants are as gorgeous as ever and greenhouses are bursting with colour.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the hard working Moms out there. We hope you can take some time to enjoy selecting some goodies for your garden!

Our plants are posted on our website home page and divided into categories. Use these pages as a tool to plan your purchases from home. Bring your list with you when you come to shop. Plan to be flexible with your choices. Since we grow our own plants, once we sell out of an item, it will not be restocked. If we don't have what you would like, we will be happy to find a suitable alternative.

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We grow over 600 hanging baskets each year. Designs are planned in the fall and winter as we visit grower open houses, do our research and gain inspiration for our combinations. What you see in our greenhouses in the spring is a combination of 10 months of planning.

Our baskets are grown to last! Combinations are carefully planned to include plants that will complement each other both in looks and also in growth habit. This means that with good care, your baskets will last well into the fall, providing months of colour and beauty. All baskets are marked with sun / shade requirements to make shopping easy. Whether you are looking for a basket of colourful Petunias for sun or a unique and contemporary foliage basket, come on out and take a look at our huge selection!

Perennials with interesting foliage have always appealed to me and when designing gardens, I always think about foliage colour and form. I am excited to be growing this lovely new variety of Penstemon or Beardtongue. Plants form a sturdy clump of deep burgundy-purple foliage, which really stands out and is a great contrast to other foliage. When the flowers grow in early to mid summer, the overall effect is stunning. Flowers are rich lavender-purple with pure white interiors and are absolutely gorgeous. This superior selection of Penstemon boasts a fuller, more refined habit, more vibrant flower colour and a more consistent flowering performance than other older varieties. Plant in full sun and watch as hummingbirds and bees visit to feed. 

For the best choice of annuals, it is ideal to be at the flower farm and purchase as soon as possible in the spring. However, most years the weather is not yet reliably warm, even by Victoria Day weekend. It’s safer to harden off your new annual plants before you put them directly outside.

If you wait until later, there are no guarantees that you will get the plants you wanted! It’s a catch 22! Here's what I suggest...

Raspberries are one of the best fruits for home gardeners to grow as they do not keep or ship well and are very expensive in stores. If you have a patch of ground in full sun, then maybe a raspberry patch is in your future? Boyne is a very reliable variety which fruits in July. It produces glowing red berries with a wonderfully sweet flavour. After harvest in the summer, cut down to the base all stems (canes) that have fruited, leaving the new growth to produce berries the following year. Heritage is a vigorous everbearing variety that will produce a summer crop in July and a fall crop in September. In the fall, cut down all fall fruiting canes after frost and they’ll be back next year with a bountiful crop.

Raspberries should be grown in a sunny location in narrow rows. Canes grow vigorously and may need to be supported with stakes and string. Raspberries can be eaten fresh, made into jam or try freezing some for winter treats (my family’s favourite!)

Drop by the farm and we’d be happy to help you out with your raspberry patch!