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Echeveria

Open now on February weekends Fri-Sun, 10am-4pm. 

Full re-opening March 1st, 2024, Seven Days, 10am-5pm.

In this Issue

1. Echeveria
2. Last Call for Three Pre-Orders
3. 24 New Additions
4. Main Mail Order Catalogue Launched!
5. The Succulent Situation Pre-Order
6. The Hellebore Hurrah! Pre-Order
7. The Hydraengea Hysteria Pre-Order
8. The Great Rose Pre-Order - Fourth Launch
9. The Summer Bulb & Bare Root Pre-Order
10. The Grafted Veggie Pre-Order
11. The Great Citrus and Rare Fruit Pre-Order
12. The Rare Flowering Tree Pre-Order
13. The Clematis Conundrum Pre-Order
14. The Great Rose Pre-Order
15. The Camellia Caramba Pre-Order

Echeveria

One of the world’s most popular succulents

Echeveria are one of the most popular genera of succulents for home gardeners and collectors forming attractive rosettes of succulent leaves in a wide range of colours and a variety of forms. They are members of the Crassulaceae, the stonecrop family, and look like their relatives the zone 3 hardy Sempervivum or hen and chicks. Since they hail from Mexico, Central America and adjacent South America, they are sometimes called Mexican hen and chicks. They are mostly hardy to zone 9 with one species, Echeveria elegans, hardy to zone 8. They are popular as houseplants and greenhouse plants and look great on their own or in combination plantings with other succulents.

The genus Echeveria includes many different species from which many selections and hybrids have been made offering a great diversity for gardeners. Some species and cultivars produce new chicks freely while others tend to be more solitary or shy to multiply. Unlike Sempervivum which are monocarpic with the mother plant dying after flowering, Echeveria are polycarpic and bloom many times over their lifetimes. Their urn-shaped flowers can be yellow, orange, red, or deep pink or a combination of these colours. 

Tips for Caring for your Echeveria

From mid spring through summer to early fall, Echeveria should be grown outdoors in full sun. They can be watered freely as long as you allow the top inch of soil to dry out between waterings. Provide a moderate amount of slow release fertilizer or applications of a liquid fertilizer with a higher first number ever two weeks. They can be grown in your standard peat- or coir-based potting mix but added pumice, perlite, or pea gravel is always a good idea for a little extra drainage.

In early fall, it is important to take control of the soil moisture in your pots of Echeveria. Reduce watering and bring your pots under cover out of the rain. Whether they are kept in a greenhouse or as a houseplant for the winter, Echeveria should be kept close to bone dry through the winter months to avoid rot in a cool greenhouse situation or to avoid them trying to grow in the house. In a greenhouse they need only be kept above about 3-5 degrees Celsius as long as their soil is bone dry. In the house, keep your plants in as bright and cool of a position as possible. If, at room temperature, they are kept in lower light and watered, their rosettes can begin to stretch out of their tight form and become unsightly. Your mantra is bright, cool, dry.

They can be moved outside the following spring once night time temperatures are above 5-8 degrees Celsius. Make sure to get your Echeveria gradually used to full sun over a period of two weeks otherwise you might burn the leaves turning them an unsightly white, brown or black.

Echeveria are closely related to Pachyphytum and Graptopetalum which have a similar look to Echeveria and are well worth growing. They have been crossed with Echeveria to create Pachyveria and Graptoveria which offer ever more possibilities for succulent displays and collections.

At Phoenix Perennials, we love Echeveria. We carry many different species and cultivars from conventional selections to the rare and extraordinary. Many are available now in the Succulent Situation Pre-Order for May pick-up or shipping.

LAST CALL

Hellebore, Rose and Camellia Pre-Orders Closing at the end of March

It is time to wrap up three of our pre-orders so we can prepare all the pick-ups and shipping and then move on to the other pre-orders for later this spring. Please get your orders in for pick-up or shipping by the end of this weekend, especially for roses if you would like shipping. We must keep roses that need shipping as cool as possible in a special area of the nursery to keep them as dormant as possible. Once roses leaf out too much, we cannot ship them. So please get your orders in. Happy shopping!

The Hellebore Hurrah! 

Pre-Order

64 gorgeous strains and cultivars

The Great 

Rose 

Pre-Order

206 Roses including 60 New Cultivars!

The Camellia Caramba

Pre-Order

33 exquisite cultivars for 2024

24 New Additions

To the Main Mail Order Catalogue

Every year there are some plants that we're only able to confirm after our Main Catalogue launch, often from our own propagation of rare plants or from other sources. We are pleased to add a diverse range of cool plants for your consideration. Here they are:

Aloe polyphylla - Spiral Aloe - [Succulent Pre-Order] - Asphodelaceae (The Asphodel Family)

Aloe polyphylla is a stunning, rare succulent with light green leaves arranged in a mesmerizing spiral.

Asplenium (Phyllitis) scolopendrium 'Cristatum' - Hart's Tongue Fern - Aspleniaceae (The Spleenwort Family)

Asplenium scolopendrium 'Cristatum' makes a beautiful specimen with shiny, evergreen, tongue-like fronds with a crested tip.

Asplenium trichomanes - Maidenhair Spleenwort - Aspleniaceae (The Spleenwort Family)

Asplenium trichomanes is a darling native fern that is incredibly tough with pure black stipes and bright green fronds.

Bletilla striata 'Kuchibeni' - Ground Orchid - Orchidaceae (The Orchid Family)

Bletilla 'Kuchibeni' has lovely light pink orchid flowers held above strap-like leaves. Easy to grow.

Darlingtonia californica - California Pitcher Plant - Sarraceniaceae (The Pitcher Plant Family)

Darlingtonia californica is an amazing and rare carnivorous plant known as the California pitcher plant.

Dionaea muscipula - Venus Flytrap - Droseraceae (The Sundew Family)

Venus flytraps (Dionaea muscipula) grow in nutrient poor bogs ensnaring prey to meet their nutritional needs.

Doodia media - Common Rasp Fern - Blechnaceae (The Deer or Chain Fern Family)

Doodia media (syn. Blechnum medium) is a stunning fern with bright red to pink new fronds that darken to green.

Farfugium japonicum 'Wavy Gravy' - Parsley Ligularia - Asteraceae (The Aster/Daisy Family)

Farfugium 'Wavy Gravy' has distinctively crinkled, grey-green leaves for striking texture in the shade garden.

Gelsemium sempervirens 'Margarita' - Carolina Jessamine - Loganiaceae (The Logania Family)

Gelsemium 'Margarita' is a hardy Carolina jessamine with masses of large, bright yellow flowers on a semi-evergreen vine.

Geranium 'Azure Rush' - Cranesbill - Geraniaceae (The Geranium Family)

Geranium 'Azure Rush' is a sport of 'Rozanne' with lighter blue flowers and a more compact habit.

Geranium macrorrhizum 'Bevan's Variety' - Bigroot Cranesbill - Geraniaceae (The Geranium Family)

Geranium macrorhizum 'Bevan's Variety' has bright pink flowers. Plants are tolerant of dry shade.

Gomphocarpus (Asclepias) physocarpus - Balloon Plant - Apocynaceae (The Dogbane Family)

Gomphocarpus physocarpus (previously Asclepias) is a cool milkweed relative known as balloon plant or hairy balls!

Monarda didyma 'Gardenview Scarlet' - Bergamont - Lamiaceae (The Mint Family)

Monarda 'Gardenview Scarlet' has brilliant red flowers on tall stems perfect for the middle or back of the border.

Phlox paniculata 'Jeana' - Tall Garden Phlox - Polemoniaceae (The Phlox Family)

Phlox paniculata 'Jeana' is a standout pollinator magnet with excellent powdery mildew resistance.

Pleione limprichtii - Hardy Terrestrial Orchid - Orchidaceae (The Orchid Family)

Pleione limprichtii produces beautiful fuchsia-pink flowers with red spotted, tubular lips.

Pleione speciosa - Hardy Terrestrial Orchid - Orchidaceae (The Orchid Family)

Pleione speciosa is one of the easiest and hardiest species to grow with exquisite magenta-pink flowers in spring.

Primulina dryas - Oak-Nymph-Leaved Primulina - Gesneriaceae (The African Violet Family)

Primulina dryas is a rare African violet relative with stunning, fuzzy, silver-mottled leaves and lavender flowers.

Salvia 'Amante' - Sage - Lamiaceae (The Mint Family)

Salvia 'Amante' is a stunning hybrid with dramatic black stems and calyces with hot red and magenta flowers.

Sarracenia flava var. cuprea - Copper Top Pitcher Plant - Sarraceniaceae (The Pitcher Plant Family)

Sarracenia flava var. cuprea is one of the most dramatic pitcher plants with tall, lime pitchers marked with red and copper.

Sarracenia leucophylla hybrid - White Pitcher Plant - Sarraceniaceae (The Pitcher Plant Family)

Sarracenia leucophylla hybrid has tall, narrow green pitchers marked with white to light green mottling amongst red veins.

Sarracenia oreophila hybrid - Green Pitcher Plant - Sarraceniaceae (The Pitcher Plant Family)

Sarracenia oreophila hybrid is a 2 foot tall pitcher plant with dramatic yellow to lime green pitchers and golden yellow flowers.

Stephania erecta - Stephania - Menispermaceae (The Moonseed Family)

Stephania erecta (syn. S. pierrei) is a cool novelty houseplant that grows as a small vine from a rounded caudex.

Strelitzia reginae 'Mandela's Gold' - Bird-of-Paradise - Streliziaceae (The Bird-of-Paradise Family)

'Mandela's Gold' (formerly 'Kirstenbosch Gold') is a special form of Strelitzia reginae with yellow flowers.

Viola walteri 'Silver Gem' - Prostrate Blue Violet - Violaceae (The Violet Family)

Viola walteri 'Silver Gem' is a fantastic trailing, ground-covering violet with silver foliage and reblooming purple flowers.

LAUNCHED!

Main Mail Order Catalogue

1000 different plants for the 2024 gardening season

We are so excited to launch our main mail order catalogue featuring 1000 different garden plants including hundreds of new species and cultivars for the 2024 season. In future Alerts we'll explore many of our different offerings with you but for now we'll let you follow your nose and explore. Though one good place to start is the New Plants section which highlights plants new to the world of gardening and/or new to our mail order selection. Enjoy!

The Succulent Situation Pre-Order

230 Rare and Choice Succulents for Pick-Up or Shipping in May 2024

Here it is, succulent fans! It's the 2024 Succulent Situation, your chance to add some cool, unusual, and rare plants to your succulent collection. We are pleased to offer one of the largest and most diverse selections in Canada of plants we have sourced from around the world. There are a number of exciting new succulents available. For now we'll let you explore the new additions but we'll feature them in a future alert. Have fun!

The Hellebore Hurrah! Pre-Order

64 gorgeous strains and cultivars for pick-up or shipping in spring 2024

Welcome to our Hellebore Hurrah! Pre-Order offering 64 of the best hellebores available in North America including cultivars from the Winter Jewels, Honeymoon, Wedding Party, Ice n' Roses, Gold Collection and Frostkiss series. In addition to these selected cultivars, we will also have more available for in-person shopping at the Hellebore Hurrah! Opening Week starting March 1st, 2024. Mark your calendars!

Hydrangea Hysteria 

Pre-Order 

You'll Go Crazy for these 115 Top Cultivars

Hysteria (noun): 1. A wild uncontrollable emotion or excitement exhibited in gardeners when a state of plant lust becomes uncontrollable. 2. a functional disturbance of the nervous system, of psychoneurotic origin, caused by the presentation of too many amazingly beautiful things, for example the Hydrangea Hysteria Pre-Order at Phoenix Perennials.

This year we've really gone crazier than ever with 115 different cultivars. We hope you are excited by these Hydrangea. There are so many great old favourites and so much amazing breeding work pumping out new cultivars all the time. The past 10-15 years have seen an incredible number of distinctive and unusual Hydrangea introductions with innovations like the ability to bloom/rebloom on new wood, dwarf habits, and new flower forms & colours. In this pre-order we assemble a specially curated selection of the best that the Hydrangea world has to offer including many hot new introductions as well as some tried and true classic performers.

The Summer Bulb & Bare Root Pre-Order

For Pick-Up or Shipping in March and April 2024

Welcome to the Summer Bulb and Bare Root Pre-Order featuring 562 different bulbs, corms, rhizomes, bare root plants, and some potted plants that will bloom in late spring, summer, and fall. This pre-order includes categories for ornamentals, edibles, plants well-suited as houseplants, super hardy plants for zones 1-4, and rare South African bulbs along with some of their more familiar South African friends. More additions to this category are forthcoming including Boophone, Crossyne, and more rare South African treasures we have never offered before!

This is our most diverse pre-order with plants flying in from around the world including India, South Africa, Japan, Canada, and various sources in the US and Europe.

In order to keep bringing you such a diverse and unreasonably large selection of plants, we need to keep reaching new gardeners. Please let your gardening friends and family know about us! Thank you!

The Grafted Veggie

Pre-Order

Choose from 20 different Mighty Matos and 5 different Mighty Veggie Peppers

Welcome to our Grafted Veggie Pre-Order offering hand-grafted edible plants that will produce at least 2-3 times more fruit than own-root veggies with more disease resistance, cold tolerance, and longer seasons of production. With good fertilizing, many customers get 50-100 pounds from a single plant! These plants are revolutionary and worth it, especially for small spaces. Grow them in the ground or in large pots (10 gallon and up).

This year we are pleased to offer Mighty Matos and Mighty Veggie peppers including many new, exciting, and tasty varieties.

We have many new varieties in store including everything you see above!

The Great Citrus and Rare Fruit Pre-Order

300+ Amazing Edible Plants including 97 Different Citrus!

We are excited to offer by far our largest Citrus selection ever - 97 different varieties - one of the largest in Canada. Citrus are a relatively easy-to-grow and rewarding group of plants that can be grown by all Canadians as long as you have a a sunny outdoor spot for summer and a good, bright place indoors for the winter. Beyond classic favourites like Meyer lemons, navel oranges, blood oranges, key limes, and Thai limes, we also have a number of cultivars of mandarins, kumquats, yuzu, and sudachi that are hardy in zones 7 or 8. They can be grown outdoors year round in coastal BC in protected microclimates.

These Citrus are joined by a few hundred other rare and choice fruits including avocados, paw paws, persimmons, passionfruit, figs, olives, mulberries, pineapple guavas, guavas, kiwi, tea, papaya, dragon fruit, jujubes, honey berries, medlars, goji berries, bananas, pomegranates, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, currants, elderberries, and more.

The Rare Flowering Tree Pre-Order

56 Rare and Choice Trees for Small and Medium Sized Gardens 

We are very pleased to offer a select group of gorgeous flowering trees focused on maples, dogwoods, and magnolias with a few additional surprises for pick-up or shipping in spring 2024. These trees are perfect for small and medium sized gardens and some could even grow in large pots!

The Clematis Conundrum Pre-Order

189 Choice Clematis, Passionflowers, and other Vines for 2024

Welcome to our Clematis Conundrum Pre-Order offering a curated selection of the best the world of Clematis has to offer including old favourites, unusual species, and cutting edge new cultivars. This pre-order also includes passionflowers, honeysuckles, jasmines, star jasmines, and more!

The Clematis Conundrum is the first of two Clematis offerings each year. The second group of Clematis will be part of our Main Catalogue for shipping in June. This selection will include Evison Clematis, including 'Josephine', and other choice cultivars. This selection will launch in early 2024.

The Great Rose 

Pre-Order 2024

206 Roses including 60 New Cultivars!

We are excited to begin offering pre-orders on our largest selection of roses ever for the 2024 season! Roses will be available in various launches as we receive confirmations from our growers:

1st Launch: August 2023 - 113 different cultivars including David Austin, Brad Jalbert, Meilland, Kordes and other roses. In all there are 59 new roses to discover!

2nd Launch: Early Fall 2023 - Patio Tree and Standard Tree Roses

3rd Launch: Late Fall/Early Winter 2023 - More David Austin, Kordes, Meilland, Jalbert and other top roses

4th Launch: January 9th, 2024 - 17 David Austin cultivars added plus others back in stock!

5th Launch: There might be a fifth launch of rare and uncommon roses. We're working on it now and hoping to launch in February.

To be the first to know when a launch occurs, sign up for the Rose Alert.

New Rose 'Our Hammond Boy' from Brad Jalbert

Be the first to grow this new 2024 introduction!

Grow Standard and Patio Tree Roses

Great for gardens and containers

The Camellia Caramba Pre-Order Launched!

33 exquisite cultivars for 2024

Welcome to the second year of the Camellia pre-order celebrating this wonderful fall-, winter-, and spring-blooming evergreen shrub or tree. Camellias have long inspired gardeners with their exquisite and varied single, semi-double, and double flowers in shades of white, pink, coral, red, and yellow plus bicolours. The sasanqua types begin to bloom in the fall and continue through winter with delicate, fragrant flowers. The larger-flowered japonica types begin to bloom in late winter and early spring. Some hybrids bloom in the middle of winter. They are an amazing group of woody plants to keep colour going in the garden or on the patio when few other plants are blooming - except perhaps hellebores which make a great underplanting! While most Camellia are hardy to just zones 7 and 8, a few are hardy into zone 6. In colder zones they can be grown in a cool greenhouse or sunroom protected from freezing. Have fun!

These are some of the beautiful Camellia available now for pre-order.

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