Every day I stroll through my container garden, to see what’s newly emerging, blooming, or to search for pests. Yesterday I saw APHIDS!! Argh. Two seconds after my initial frustration, I spotted a Ladybug. Yeah! 3 points for the red team. Go Ladies Go! I had purchased a bag of Ladybugs two Summers ago and [...]
Did you know that Potters can pot your planters for you? You can select a pot or container from our inventory or bring in your own favorite container(s) each Spring to be done over and over and over. Here are a few that we have done for around the store:
You really have to see this to believe it. An idea so simple, yet so useful! All I can say is… “Why didn’t I think of that?” No tools required, easy to install brackets for planters, hanging baskets or anything you can think of! They use the weight of the item to snug the bracket [...]
Here at the Ocean Park loction gardeners go crazy for white! So I was looking at some sites that could inspire you to put some color into you life. Proven winners has a website that I find is amazing at giving people ideas. This link here take you right to their catalouges for brillant ideas! [...]
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 [...]
