| Store Hours for the Week of April 20 - April 26 | Sunday
10am-5pm | Monday
10am-5pm | Tuesday
10am-5pm | Wednesday
10am-5pm | Thursday
10am-6pm | Friday
10am-6pm | Saturday
10am-5pm |
 | Venus Fly Trap
(Photo by Webbaliah/Flickr) |
Good News!
Hi there, We were able to get in some more hardy figs, multiplier onions, blackberries and speciality seed potatoes like Russian Blue and French Fingerling which had all sold out a little early for some people. Also for something a little different, we have a shipment of Venus Fly Trap plants available! Looking forward to seeing you soon! The Greenery Family |
Unique Vines & Tropical Plants
The trend of growing unique plants in containers continues to grow, which is why we are pleased to have a complete set up (on table A10 North) of specialty tropical plants and vines available for this weekend.
 | | Mandevilla 'Red Fury' |
The most popular of these are Mandevilla vines, where we have the Sun Parasol series. This series is a completely new collection of Mandevilla hybrids including the first genuine crimson that stays true to colour. They are known for ease of growing, continuous blooms, and disease resistance. |
 | | Purple Trailing Bougainvillea |
Bougainvillea
For a second season, we have really good numbers of Bougainvillea plants available, in 4.5" square pots for $5.99.
Not only do we carry the deep purple trailing variety, but also a new more compact, bush type series. This Vara series comes in 4 colours, purple, white, coral, and pink. These would be ideal for smaller planters, rather than hanging baskets. |
|  | | Vara 'Coral' Bougainvillea |
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 | | Vara 'Purple' Bougainvillea |
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|  | | Vara 'Pink' Bougainvillea |
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 | | Vara 'White' Bougainvillea |
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| | You may also want to check out the Purple Iochroma which offers clusters of deep purple tubular flowers and dark velvety green leaves, and will grow to a substantial bush by the end of the season. It blooms all summer and is greet for attracting hummingbirds. |
Basket Stuffers
 | | Nasturtium 'Flamethrower Burgundy' |
As we complete the set-up of our retail section on tables A5 to A8 North and South, a few notable changes have been made to our Basket Stuffers. Bacopa has been moved to its new permanent location at C4, but we've kept a small selection inside on A5 North. As well, Lantana which was located along our south wall of Selling Section 'A' is now in its new location of A7 North.
 | | Nasturtium 'Aloha Cream Red' |
Some noteworthy additions to our Basket Stuffer section include Acalypha Tiki Series, Angelonia's both upright and trailing, Gomphrena, Gypsy White Gypsophillia, Nasturtium Flamethrower, Pentas Starcluster, and several new Salvia's, Coreopsis, and Phygelis.
From growing interest in the Acalypha's, the new Tiki series includes 'Jungle Cloak', 'Island Sunrise', ' Peach Whirl', and 'Tahitian Halo' all with extraordinary colors that hold up well in half-day sun, half-day shade.
In response to a growing popularity in butterfly and hummingbird attractants we now have 4 new upright Angelonia's (Archangel Series) , 4 trailing Angelonia's (Angelwings), and 4 new Pentas' all with tubular shaped flowers that bring the beauty of mother nature to your patio or sun-deck. Gomphrena used to be a wild and leggy looking weedy plant, but now with Gomphrena Pinball Series, these nice mounding plants add a little "punch" to any mixed planter in full sun, and are even drought tolerant. |
Premium Basket Stuffers
To note as well, we have fully set-up our Premium Basket Stuffer selection on D3 and D4. Here we have combined those popular tender perennial varieties and some tougher annuals to give you taller, distinctive planter options that are sure to attract Butterflies, Honeybees, and even Hummingbirds.
 | | Hebe 'Strawberries and Cream' |
|  | | Salvia 'Black and Blue' |
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Check out our full array of Agastache, Coreopsis, Phygelius, Hebe, Kniphofia, and Salvias. Such stand-out performers from previous years are Salvia 'Black and Blue', Salvia 'Amistad', Coreopsis 'Jive', Agastache 'Blue Fortune',Gaura 'Petite Passionate Rainbow', Hebe 'Strawberries and Cream' as well as the Popsicle series of Kniphofia. |
|  | | Agastache 'Grape Nectar' |
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|  | | Coreopsis 'Jive' |
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|  | | Gaura 'Petite Passionate Rainbow' |
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|  | | Juliet Collector Tomatoes |
Despite the coolish weather, we will still be bringing out the first planting of our collector tomatoes into location on Friday afternoon--with over 100 varieties.
Again this year we have divided up our collection into three categories due to the ever increasing numbers of new varieties. Besides our general selection, we will have a Heirloom section, and a section where many of the new hanging basket varieties will be available in 2.5" pots for easy planting, all located on both sides of the aisle of A17 north.
A few newer tomato varieties of note: - Big Mama - an unusually large paste type
- Big Daddy - a large disease resistant slicing variety with fruits reaching over 1 lb.
- Mortgage Lifter - a meaty beefsteak heirloom variety with few seeds that is a consistent taste test winner.
- Orange Wellington - a prolific plant that bears nearly seedless, meaty orange fruits.
- Tasty Lee - has superior sweet flavour and 40% more Lycopene.
- Topsy Tom - similar to Tumbler, but with with more pliable stems. Good for hanging baskets and upside down planters.
We will also have a few plants available of Puden's "Purple", an early "pinkish" Brandywine type (potato leaf) which we received some extra seeds from one of our customers who really likes it's huge early production. |
Get Advice from Master Gardeners
Some of the Kelowna Master Gardeners will be set up at The Greenery this Saturday, April 26th from 10am to 3pm.
They will be ready to answer your questions and offer advice for your landscape and planting plans for this season. |
Congratulations to our Weekly Winner! |
Donna G., enjoy your Garden Essentials Gift Basket! (Please come in and pick it up at The Greenery anytime we're open.) About the Contest Each week we have a draw in our garden centre for everyone that filled out a ballot during that week. Ballots are available in-store only, although you may want to check our Facebook page in the near future for special goodies for our Facebook friends! |
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