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E-Newsletter: The Hellebore Hurrah!
The Phoenix Perennials E-Newsletter
The Hellebore Hurrah!
Hello
from Phoenix Perennials!
As I've said before: Friends don't let friends miss the Hellebore Hurrah! Since I'm quite fond of all of you, my fellow gardeners, here is your reminder. Also, you're going to need something to get you through the post-Olympic blues. So lift up your spirits and celebrate our favourite harbinger of spring. And don't miss our free Hellebore workshops on Friday and Saturday!
We have been setting up for the Hurrah! over these past few weeks, we have been preparing the hellebores that we have grown ourselves and we have been receiving shipments from multiple sources including plants direct from top breeder Marietta O'Byrne. The 2010 Hellebore Hurrah! is going to be one fantastic mind-blowing weekend. I'm so proud of the collection we've brought together and I hope you'll come down and see it. For a few sneak peaks of the Hurrah!, you can check out our new Facebook Fan Page.
New Facebook Fan Page Follow new plants, events and happenings in real time with regularly posted images and notes from the nursery.
Rare Bulb Sale: Our packaged dry bulbs as well as those from Japan will be available at the Hurrah! Our bulbs from India will be arriving the week after the Hurrah! There will be lots of Arisaema, uncommon dahlias, lilies, Zephyranthes, Pleione, Acidanthera, Babiana, Ismene, Dichelostemma and much more! Once the Indian bulbs arrive we'll have more Arisaema plus Cardiocrinum, Cautleya, Clivia, Crinum, Hedychium, Haemanthus, Tacca and much more.
See you soon!
Cheers,
Gary and the Phoenicians
Celebrate that Big Sporting Event that's Coming to Town
and Cheer on Our Athletes with Helleborus Vancouver Medallion
This beautiful hellebore has attractive evergreen foliage and flowers opening creamy white, darkening through yellow-green with a pink blush and then to rich chocolate. Squint your eyes and Vancouver Medallion looks like gold, silver and bronze medals! Originally given the name ‘Candy Love’ by Belgian breeder Het Wilgenbroek, this cultivar was rechristened by the Garden Club of Vancouver and Valleybrook Gardens with the name Vancouver Medallion in honour of the 2010 Winter Olympics. It has been mass planted at the top of Taylor Way in West Vancouver, at Prospect Point in Stanley Park and by gardeners all over Greater Vancouver to welcome visitors to our city and to show them how amazing gardening can be on the West Coast. Imagine! Flowers blooming at the Winter Olympics!
Special February Open Hours
Starting on Thursday February 4th we will be open Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm for you to pick up your Vancouver Medallions. We will remain closed on the Weekends, however, until the Hellebore Hurrah! Opening Weekend.
Opening
Weekend 2010
The
Hellebore Hurrah! Celebrating early spring and all
things Hellebore
March 5th, 6th, and 7th, 2010
10am-5pm
Brace
yourselves for one of the largest
and most exciting selections of hellebores ever offered
in North America!
This
year we bring you an unparalleled selection of different species, cultivars and strains of Hellebores sourced from some of the best breeders in North America and around the world. Mark your calendars!
You won't want to miss this weekend!
Free Workshop Hellebores in the Garden: Secrets of Success with the Lenten Rose
Instructor: Shelley Brignall
Take a tour of the various hellebores for the garden then learn about their soil, nutrient, light and water requirements, how to clean them up after the winter, how to dead head the flowers, take care of potential pests, how to divide and much more. The workshop will last for approximately one hour. Friday and Saturday of the Hellebore Hurrah! at Noon.
Mark your calendars!
The Hellebore Hurrah! Catalogue 2010
The Hellebore Hurrah! Catalogue includes information on hellebores and their cultivation, the breeders whose hellebores we'll be offering plus a catalogue of most of the plants that will be at the Hurrah! Enjoy, but beware!
The catalogue is in pdf format and is 4 megabytes in size. Click on the link to open it. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it which you can download for free from the Adobe Site. Once opened you can save the catalogue to your computer or print it for detailed study and pre-shopping.
We will have available for purchase at the Hellebore Hurrah! copies of Hellebores:
A Comprehensive Guide
by C. Colston Burrell and Judith Knott Tyler
This excellent book is the definitive book on the genus Helleborus, packed with up-to-the-minute, comprehensive information on growing, maintenance, design, hybridization and selection. It is lavishly illustrated and is an excellent reference for hellebore lovers of all levels.
2.
New Phoenix Perennials Collectible T-Shirt "I garden, therefore I am."
Welcome to our third offering of Phoenix Wear!
This high quality tee is black with embroidered text in royal blue. They are great for gardening, plant shopping, going to garden group meetings, and for getting philosophical with your gardening friends!
Our t-shirts will be arriving at the nursery in time for the Hellebore Hurrah! They will be available in S, M, L, and XL. They will cost $19.99.
By popular demand, we will also be keeping in print our 2008 and 2009 t-shirts. In 2008 the saying was "There are worse addictions than plants." In 2009 it was "I can only have one husband but as many flowers as I want!"
FUN!
3.
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
by Phoenix Perennials Owner Gary Lewis
These talks are open to the public. There may be an entrance fee to these events and garden group meetings. It would be great to see you there!
Weird and Wonderful
Plants of the World: Botanically Intriguing
Options for Your Garden Join
Gary Lewis, owner of Phoenix Perennials, for a whirlwind
trip around the world to discover a multitude of weird
and wonderful plants to add botanical intrigue to your
garden. In this colourful, image-rich and dynamic Power
Point presentation you'll discover amazing plants from
every continent (except Antarctica!) including Cobra
Lilies from Asia, acacias and bottlebrushes from Australia,
broadleaf pokers from South Africa, orchids from North
America and much more.
Gibsons Garden Club
Thursday February 18th
Heritage Playhouse, 7pm
For more information contact: John Lockwood at 604-886-3143
Tickets available at the door.
Among Kangaroo Paws and Grass Trees: The incredible spring flora of Western Australia Join Gary for a trip Down Under to explore an out of this world flora you have likely never even dreamed of – a world of Banksias and featherflowers, Donkey orchids and Spider orchids, eucalypts and myrtles and, of course, kangaroo paws and grass trees. In this talk you’ll see wonderful photography from his recent trip as well as learn about why this area of the world is considered a biodiversity “hot spot.”
Mayne Island Garden Club
Wednesday March 17th, 2pm
Contact Robyn Yeldon at 250-539-9814 for more information.
Milner Gardens Speaker Series
Thursday March 25th, 7pm
Qualicum Beach Civic Centre, 747 Jones St., Tickets $10
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Phoenix
Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.
One of the largest and most exciting selections of perennials
in Canada with over 4000 different species and cultivars of garden plants.
3380
No. 6 Road, Richmond (Between Bridgeport and Cambie)
604-270-4133
www.phoenixperennials.com
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