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Fuchsia for Standard Training

Fuchsia x hybrida ‘Claudia’ (Sinton 2000) – This trailing fuchsia features fully double blooms of matching pale rose pink sepals and a ruffled corolla, emerging from white buds shaded pink on top and tipped in green. ‘Claudia’ is a prolific … Continue reading

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Wave Petunias / Petunia x hybrida

Petunia x hybrida EASY WAVE RED – The next generation of wave petunias, EASY WAVE grow a little more mounded and have a more controlled spread than the original. EASY WAVE RED features intense pure red blooms (2.5-3″ wide) that … Continue reading

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Hardy Fuchsia

Fuchsia hybrida ‘Santa Claus’ (Hazard 1988) – One of the more reliable hardy fuchsias with abundant small blooms with contrasting red sepals and white corollas – these are borne from early summer through to fall over deep green foliage with … Continue reading

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Fancy-Leaf Geraniums / Pelargonium

Pelargonium x hortorum ‘Wilhelm Langguth’ – This fancy-leaf geranium is a member of the Brocade Series and features prolific blooms of a deep scarlet-red that nicely compliment the the grey-green foliage, heavily bordered in cream. This plant attracts hummingbirds and … Continue reading

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Winter Pansies / Viola x wittrockiana

Viola x wittrockiana ‘Delta Premium Neon Violet’ – A heat tolerant winter pansy with intense violet blooms with dark purple wings, a purplish-black central blotch and a tiny yellow eye. This F1 hybrid is floriferous with short, sturdy stems and … Continue reading

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Gold-Leaved Accent Plants

Lamium maculatum ‘Gold Nuggets’ (syn. ‘Aureum’) – A hardy perennial often used in hanging baskets and containers. ‘Gold Nuggets’ is evergreen in coastal BC and has bright gold foliage with a central white stripe. It bears soft pink flowers from … Continue reading

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Sweet Potato Vine / Ipomoea batatas

Ipomoea batatas ‘Tricolor’ – A tender annual used as a foliar accent in window boxes and containers. The individual leaves of ‘Tricolor’ are quite irregular but the bright white and pink variegation (on green) creates a striking overall presentation. The … Continue reading

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Perennial Pansies / Viola cornuta

Viola cornuta SORBET ‘Sunny Royale’ – This cultivar has beautiful bicolor blooms of bright yellow with purple brush strokes and deep violet whiskers, backed by royal purple petals. Also known as Tufted Pansies or Horned Violets, these floriferous perennials bloom … Continue reading

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Abutilon / Flowering Maple

Abutilon x hybridum ‘Bella Mix’ – These seed-grown bedding plants have large (3″ wide) outward facing (instead of nodding) flowers that come in shades of white, yellow, orange, red and rose – with colours getting darker in cooler temperatures. The … Continue reading

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Drought Tolerant Annuals

Portulaca grandiflora – Moss Rose is a low growing (12″ spread) half hardy annual with succulent foliage – ideal for planting in those shallow containers that tend to dry out. Colours range from white, orange, yellow, pink, red or purple, … Continue reading

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