Burning bush is starting to change colour nowadays!  They are green all summer long and as soon as the days get shorter, the leaves change to bright orange/red.  They look like they are burning!  I’ve have a few people asking me what these lovely bushes are.  The latin name is Euonymus Alatus. I highly suggest [...]

    I love this little perennial. I’ve never had any problem with them and when things are starting to look rough in the garden , it seems to pop up just in time. I have it under the canopy of a Acer japonicum sp. and in between a pair of mouse ears hosta.

Our cute little chinese lantern or as some call them pumpkin plants have just arrived and the are all dressed up and ready for your harvest display.  These little classics make a perfect gift for any autumn occasion. Well maybe not all occassions… my 1 year old daughter didn’t really appreciate the one I gave her for her [...]

  The Echinacea are starting to come out in full force. They are so dependable and just seem to know when their bright cheery colour is needed in the garden. With endless available colours and forms the coneflower is an easy fit for any sunny spot. I love to place them in huge masses along [...]

I recently purchased a relatively new Acanthus variety called ‘White water’. It has a heavily lobed… spikey,green and cream variegated leaf ( maybe not variegated maybe more like sprayed cream and green leaf )with a cream /pink tinged flower spike. It’s presence in my dark shaded garden is quite apparent and I would definitely recommend it to everyone.

Pelargoniums (aka Martha Washingons) are extremely popular garden plants, grown as annuals in temperate climates.  My mom buys 3 every year and plants them in her 3 little pots on the front walkway.  They get full sun and she makes sure to water them well so they don’t dry out. They are also known as [...]

It’s a great time to come in and check out the varieties of clematis  available at all of our Potter’s locations . Some are in full bloom and look absolutely fabulous and are just waiting to find an arbour or pergola to climb . 

Potters 152 just received a great little spreading water plant that is quite unique. It is called Gunnera magellanica and is basically a teenie tiny version of the Giant Gunnera that you see everywhere. It loves wet feet and would do perfectly stream side.

Helwingia isn’t a show stoppoer, it isn’t a prize winner and it’s not even a 1.00 off coupon…. but what it is , is unique…. in that it is one of the few genus of plants that flowers off its leaf and not its stem . This event is called epiphylly, and when used in a conversation with friends [...]

The 2011 perennial of the year ,Amsonia hubrichtii has arrived and is out in our perennial house ready for everyone to take home to enjoy its feathery,rich ,golden fall colouring.