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Hello Happy Gardeners!
We have an incredible selection of berries available—including our first planting of Strawberries! See below for some great information to help you choose between the varieties.
All the early hardy vegetables are stocked and ready, located on tables D17 - D20. We also have a good selection of Seed Potatoes and Onion Sets.
Enjoy the sea of early Spring blooms when you visit us.
We are looking forward to seeing you soon!
The Greenery Family
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Congratulations to this week's winner...
Jan Berry
Thank you for signing up for our e-newsletter! Next time you are in-store, please see our cashiers for your prize.
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Blooming Hyacinth smelling delightful! (Left)
Colourful Primula (Right)
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We've Got a Bunch of Berries
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A large assortment of Berries is available! Choose from Raspberries, Strawberries, Blueberries, Blackberries, Currants, Boysenberries, Loganberries, Jostaberries, Marionberries, Tayberries, Gojiberries, Haskap (Honeyberries) and Grapes. All Berries can be found on tables D14, D15 and D16. |
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Everbearing Raspberry
These varieties have early summer and fall crops of berries that are produced on new canes each year. The canes should be cut part-way or to the ground at the end of the season.
- Autumn Bliss - Large, mild-tasting red berries.
- Encore - Large, sweet, juicy, red berries. Nearly spineless canes.
- Fall Gold - Golden yellow, medium-sized, sweet berries.
- Heritage - Large, sweet, red berries. Producing high yields, no staking needed.
- Honey Queen - High yields of large, sweet yellow berries.
- Joan J - High yields of large, sweet, deep red berries.
- Nova - Medium, red berries with excellent flavour. Upright canes with light spines.
- Prelude - Early ripening, medium-sized red berries with excellent flavour.
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Summer Bearing Raspberry
These varieties have one crop of berries produced on last year's canes, while the fruiting canes should be pruned out at the end of the season.
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- Crimson Giant - Late-season ripening, sweet berries that are twice the size of most others.
- Killarney - Medium-sized, sweet, firm, red berries.
- SK Red Mammoth - Largest berries on record!
- Souris - Sweet, juicy, red medium-sized berries.
- Tulameen - Large, light red, firm, sweet berries.
- Black - Large, black-coloured berries with excellent flavour.
- Purple - Very large, purple-coloured berries with excellent flavour.
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Blackberries offer excellent hardiness in the garden and produce sweet, large, firm, dark berries. Black Satin, Chester and Triple Crown are all thornless and extremely productive varieties. Snowbank is a white Blackberry which produces large, sweet and juicy white fruits on second-year canes.
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Currants are rich in flavour and full of vitamins. The Black variety produces larger, black fruits with excellent tangy flavour, while the Red and White varieties produce slightly smaller fruits. Use currants to add flair to dinner dishes and desserts.
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Blueberries
When planting Blueberry plants, it is best to plant two different varieties for better pollination and a bigger harvest. Most soils are alkaline (have a high pH); since Blueberries like acidic conditions, add lots of plain peat moss or sprinkle granular sulphur over the growing area. Like all berries, add a balanced fertilizer at planting time.
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- Bluecrop - large, bright blue, sweet fruits.
- Chandler - the largest-size berries, some are said to reach cherry size!
- Duke - large, light blue fruits later bloom and ripen.
- Northland - medium-sized berries, tasting much like wild blueberries.
- Northcountry - high yields of full-sized berries on very hardy, medium-sized bushes that can be grown in containers or smaller spaces.
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Strawberries
The first planting of Strawberry plants is now available!
Choose from June-bearing varieties: Honeoye, Allstar, or Eclair; and Ever-bearing, day-neutral varieties: Albion, Seascape, Eversweet and Ozark Beauty.
These are in jumbo 6 packs on table D16.
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Tables D17 to D20 are stocked with Hardy Vegetable Plants ready to be planted in the garden (in most locations) for nice early, bug-free crops! Nothing beats picking the first crops of lettuce, broccoli, and kale, and it could only be a few weeks away!
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We planted our first crop of Broccoli on March 9th.
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We planted our first Romaine lettuce in the garden on March 9th. The little wire cages safely keep the quail from eating the tender fresh growth, so we still have a good harvest soon.
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Pretty Perennial Primulas
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We have a beautiful selection of double-flowering, perennial Primula! Choose from Baltic Blue, Candy Frost, Carmen, Lively Lilac, Spring Sun and Valentine all from the Belarina series. These little gems put on a fantastic show of colour each Spring with rich double blooms over bright green lettuce-like foliage.
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Belarina Candy Frost and Belarina Spring Sun (above), can all be found on tables C5 and C6 right now.
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Did you know that Kelowna has a Garden Club?
The Kelowna Garden Club is an active, friendly group of all ages, offering individual and family memberships. As well as sharing their experiences and gardening knowledge, there are flower shows garden tours, excursions, workshops, and more for members to enjoy.
Established in 1924, this club promotes interest in and knowledge of gardening, plants and flowers of all kinds through monthly meetings with speakers.
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