Half Price Seed Sale It is not too late to order native seeds for those species that require no cold pretreatment. These seeds are often tiny things that we sow on the surface of a pot of seed-sedstarting mix and give moisture and warmth. Many species in the Pea Family germinate well with hot water… Continue reading Seed Sale
Category: Nursery
Ottawa East-end pick-up location.
We have had an offer of a driveway in the east end of Ottawa to use as a pick-up location for pre-paid orders. If you planning your native plant order for May, and are better served by an east-end Ottawa pick-up, please let us know. (And get your friends and neighbours interested, too!) Instructions for… Continue reading Ottawa East-end pick-up location.
Looks Promising!
Things are looking good for getting our plants to Ottawa customers after May 11th.* We are looking at a prepaid order / minimal-contact pick-up arrangement in a west-end parking lot (near Britannia Park). I promised a new Availability List for May 1st and here it is. This is still not the last word in what… Continue reading Looks Promising!
More pics from the hoop house
Spring flowers are flourishing in the hoop house. And we have some blooms outdoors in the rock garden:
Pics from the Hoop House
We do not have a heated greenhouse. The hoop house gives a little advance on the season and a nice working environment on sunny days, but nights are still pretty cold. We are grateful for small indications of spring. Last year, spring was so dismal through April, even tiny Arctic flowers such as the little… Continue reading Pics from the Hoop House
Good News
Horticultural business are going to be allowed to re-open in Quebec as of April 15th. Whoop! We are cautiously optimistic that we will be able to deliver pre-orders to customers in Ontario and to Chelsea and Aylmer. I had been frantically trying to scale up the web site and create a pre-order pick-up system when… Continue reading Good News
Working on ways to pre-order plants
We are currently working on ways to offer pre-ordering and pick-up services to our customers. We are beta-testing the pre-order page among a few of our customers right now. When we are happy that our instructions are clear and we have incorporated our beta-testers suggestions, we will have our Ordering Plants Page up and accessible.… Continue reading Working on ways to pre-order plants
Ordering Plants
We think gardening and nature appreciation are going to be big this year. Perhaps this is the right year to add lots of native plants to your garden. So, until we can help you in person at our ususal venues, we are exploring ways to to help you get nursery-propagated native plants, while respecting guidelines… Continue reading Ordering Plants
First signs of Spring
There are signs of green in the hoop house. Prairie Smoke is one of the most cheerful in early spring. The flowering stalks will be visible very soon. Some of the little Arctic plants I grow for use in troughs look very happy at these temperatures — little Drabas and Saxifrages. Young leaves of Heuchera… Continue reading First signs of Spring
Seeds through the Mail
With the rescheduled Ottawa Seedy Saturday now cancelled, and diverse Horticultural Society events in question, Canada Post is the most reliable way to get your wildflower seeds. Beaux Arbres has nearly all the species we prepared for Ottawa Seedy Saturday (March 6th) still in stock. We sold out of a couple at a very busy… Continue reading Seeds through the Mail
