Over the winter, the nursery has moved from Bristol, Quebec, to Eganville, Ontario. We plan to be open for business selling plants at the new location sometime in May, 2024. What with all the kerfuffle of moving, I have been very late in packaging seeds and there are somewhat fewer species for sale than in… Continue reading Seeds 2024
Tag: native plants
Wood Poppy (at last) and a new Plant Availability List
I finally have an ample supply of Wood Poppy. They are looking very nice and many are in flower or are in bud. Wood Poppy is unusual among native plants – its main bloom period is in late spring but it often blooms sporadically after that and, very often, has a second flush of blooms… Continue reading Wood Poppy (at last) and a new Plant Availability List
New Plant Availability List
Our next delivery of plant orders to Ottawa will be July 4th, late afternoon to early evening. The distribution point will be our usual Britannia condo parking lot. If you would like to have plants for pick up on July 4, please email your selections from this Availability List by Sunday evening, July 2nd. Email:… Continue reading New Plant Availability List
A Successful Sale
Thanks to all the wonderful customers who braved the heat (on Saturday) and the smoke (on Sunday) to make our two day sale event, Natives and Clay, a resounding success. Lis and I were so pleased by the response that we plan to do it again next year. Set amid Lis’s beautiful gardens, it was… Continue reading A Successful Sale
Sale Specials, some big plants, and a couple of shrubs
There will be some plants on sale at our exciting new event, Natives and Clay this coming week-end. Dwarf Arctic Iris has been lovely this relatively cool spring, but I have too much of it. Regularly $15 each, they will be offered at the sale event, 3 for the price of 2. I am discontinuing… Continue reading Sale Specials, some big plants, and a couple of shrubs
Natives & Clay
On June 24th and 25th, I will be teaming up with renowned potter Lis Allison for an innovative event we are calling Natives and Clay, a two-day sale of Lis’s beautiful hand-painted pottery and Beaux Arbres’ nursery-propagated native plants. Join us at Lis’s Pine Ridge Studio, just outside Carp, Ontario, for a terrific combination of… Continue reading Natives & Clay
New Plant Availability List
Several species are depleted from the Mothers’ Day Sale but some warm weather species are now up and on the list, notably Wild Senna (featured image), Wild Bergamot, and Culver’s Root. The Milkweeds are still very small but up enough to know which ones are alive, so they too are on the list. The Friends… Continue reading New Plant Availability List
Spring Flowers starting to bloom
The earliest spring blooms are opening in the south-facing Rock Garden and many flowers are starting to show buds in the hoop house. The earliest near-native in the Rock Garden is the lovely silvery-mauve Prairie Crocus. Most years it is much earlier than the related European Pasque Flower, but this year, with the strange fluctuations… Continue reading Spring Flowers starting to bloom
Updated Seed List
A new updated seed list is now available to download. A couple of species have been taken off and a handful new ones have been added (highlighted in red).
End of Season
Thanks to all the great customers who have supported us through some challenging time. I am always especially grateful to repeat customers – folks who took a chance on a prepaid order and then ordered again. This summer I worked myself to a state of heat exhaustion three times and I am going to have… Continue reading End of Season