Things are really starting to look nice around the garden. I took a few pictures of today’s favorites to share with you. Two weeks ago, the daffodils were really taking center stage but today the parrot tulips are stealing the show. I planted them in October, layering them with other bulbs and then topped the [...]
So you are a busy person and you don’t have time to plant up your ceramic pots. (Or maybe you just don’t want to?) Well, we would love to! So we have made “Potters Planter Inserts”. We have used the least expensive plastic pot and filled it will annuals or perennials. All you have to [...]
For those who love the rustic country look of a wooden planter full of flowers, all the Potter’s locations have good supplies of half wine barrels. There’s nothing quite like the look and feel of a wooden oak barrel and customers have been enjoying these planters for years. Probably the greatest thing about half barrels [...]
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! [...]
I remember my grandmother filling the bottom of her already very heavy pots with rocks making them almost impossible to move. Gone are the days of heavy pots! There are products out there that still allow you to fill the bottom of your pot to save on soil or help with drainage and add NO [...]
So many people have come in asking “Is it time?” They are referring to, of course, the time to plant our annuals safely… and I say it is. The rule of thumb is normally May long weekend and that time of year is here! So I say, “Plant away, get your hands dirty, let the [...]
It’s Spring! Time for excellent colour in the garden and on your deck. All of our Potters locations have superb hanging baskets and designer planters already done up for you!
It’s hanging basket time at all our Potter’s stores! All the stores have loads of baskets from fuchsias to mixed baskets to cedar baskets… we’ve got lots. As you probably know, Potter’s baskets will flower all summer long and give you great colour almost into the fall. Remember to get some hanging basket food while [...]
Wow it was hot last week, but now it’s starting to feel like fall. We have mums, kale and bulbs galore! Also ornamental peppers to spice up your planters, and millet with the seed heads all popped up. My favourite perennial right now is the Japanese Anenome, September Charm. Cute pink, poppy like flowers that appear [...]
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 [...]
