Courtesy of the The Perennial Plant Association website.       Announcing…   The 2021 Perennial Plant of the Year® Calamintha nepeta subsp. nepeta Catmint, Lesser Catmint Photo credit: Stonehouse Nursery Like a cloud of confetti, tiny white flowers (sometimes touched with pale blue) appear from early summer to fall. Undemanding and dependable, calamint provides […]

Here’s what we consider on of the BEST articles anywhere online about how and when to prune Clematis, the Queen of vines!! Author Lee Reich is amazing. Hosted by Fine Gardening Magazine.   Click here to read more … and Raymond Evison Clematis also offers pruning tips for Clematis and they should know with 50 […]

Each year, members of the Perennial Plant Association from all across North America vote on their choice for Perennial Plant of the Year™ Their pick for 2020 is Aralia cordata ‘Sun King’. It had been nominated again and again over the past years and finally came out on top – persistence pays off!  BEHOLD, THE SUN […]

              The latest edition of ‘Out of the Blue’ has arrived!  If you are not receiving a copy don’t miss out.  Sign up today.  http://www.perennials.com/content/subscribe/ This month the writer discusses “Native Love”.  He goes on to say: “It’s one of the questions we get asked most often. Do you […]

Advice on digging and storing tender bulbs (such as Canna, Calla, Dahlia, Gladiolus, etc.) has been provided by Mary H. Meyer, Extension Horticulturist, Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota. She includes information on digging, cleaning, curing, pest management & proper storing of bulbs. Click here to read more …   Ron Cornwell, University of […]

Herb gardening has become a very popular past time with youtube videos available to newbies and a host of websites educating visitors on their history and importance, to offering advice on how to grow, how to care for, how to use for culinary, spiritual and medicinal applications. For our purposes, we’re going to focus on […]

Hellebore – Move over Hosta … Don’t say we didn’t warn you – pay close attention to this group!  There is an explosion in availability and interest for all things Hellebore now and there will be for years to come. Remember when Hosta suddenly had so many wonderful and amazing varieties you were greeted by […]

Like superheroes, Mighty ‘Mato grafted tomatoes are stronger, faster, more able to fend off foes than regular tomato plants – and their harvests are bigger! Mighty ‘Mato goes above and beyond the call of duty, defending against pests, diseases, temperature extremes, and poor soils while producing long, abundant harvests of tasty fruit! Grafting joins the […]

Both our British Columbia and Ontario nurseries are licensed growers of Raymond Evison Clematis from the Island of Guernsey. Raymond Evison has 50 years of experience in developing the best flowering Clematis for today’s homes and gardens.  An excellent number of varieties are available to landscapers, municipalities and garden centres throughout the Canadian West and […]

When only the very best will do! We are so excited about these amazing plants.  They are herbaceous, so they die back to the ground every year, their foliage looks similar to a tree peony but the flowers, oh the flowers.  They are similar to those of tree peonies with ENORMOUS single, semi-double and double […]