Boy, it’s been beautiful weather lately, hasn’t it? Does anybody remember that they were wearing winter jackets up until the end of June? Well, I guess I do… regardless, with all this sunny weather I want to remind everybody to water those annual planters and baskets really well. By this point your planters are probably [...]
Checkout this great shade planter designed by Carren Charlotte Laird. Here’s what’s in it: 3 x Non-Stop Begonias Viola’ Princess Lavender & Yellow ‘ Carex siderosticha ‘Island Brocade’ Ligularia ‘Little Rocket’ Polemonium caeruleum ‘Snow & Sapphires’ Corydalis lutea Epimedium x perralchicum ‘ Frohnleiten’ Campanula ‘Dickson’s Gold’ Pasternakia ‘Shiso European’
The weather has changed and your plants are going to suffer if you don’t get them wrapped! Plants that are in pots that are not undercover or pretected by anything should be brought closer to the house or put in the garage. Palm trees, New Zealand flax, hardy bananas and roses are getting mulched and [...]
It cold, it’s rainy, the days are getting drastically shorter… Your outdoor plants need some attention before Winter really hits. Potters 192 is open right now and we have burlap and crop cover to help protect sensitive plants like Banana, New Zealand Flax (Phormium) and Palm Trees. Remember to save some leaves from your yard [...]
And stay away from my bulbs! Every fall I spend a small fortune on bulbs for the spring and I actually keep them over the Winter! I am going to share my secret with you on how I have come to actually enjoy them blooming in the spring. I plant all my bulbs in pots and [...]
The fall season is yet another enjoyable season for gardener’s in the Lower Mainland. Besides doing all those fun things like planting bulbs and raking leaves (!), you can also take care of some of your pruning needs in the yard. Keep in mind that pruning is very plant-specific and not everything in your yard [...]
Suggestions for winterizing hardy bananas: Pile leaf mulch around the base and put a layer of mushroom manure on top to keep the leaf mulch down. This helps fertilize and hold water in the spring. Depending on the stalk height, after the first real frost, break leaves down around the stalk and a place plastic garbage bag [...]
I’m Scott Pasternak and I LOVE coffee. I’m here to tell you that free coffee grounds are everywhere. They can be found at home, the local coffee shop or any office tower. And rather than it all ending up in the local landfill, gardeners who wish to follow a green approach to fertilizing can use [...]
Walking to work the other day I noticed a lot of damage in the trees…as in caterpillar damage. The best solution is called BTK. This is a product that you spray on your trees, and when those little pests start eating it takes care of them! It will be their last meal! Oh, that [...]
We have been waiting patiently and it has paid off! Mr. Sun is finally here to stay. All the plants are loving it and need to be watered everyday here at the store… boy, is that a full time job! Don’t forget to water your trees and shrubs, not just your annuals at home. Be [...]
