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Last Call for Summer Bulbs

The nursery is now open for our 20th anniversary season! Seven Days a Week, 10am-5pm, including all holidays until November 13th, 2023.

Upcoming Garden and Botanical Tours

With the relaxation of Covid travel restrictions, we are looking forward to some amazing tours. Join Gary to explore the horticultural and botanical world up close and personal!

In this Issue

1. Last Call for Summer Bulbs
2. Sinister, Intriguing Cobra Lilies
3. 78 New Additions to Mail Order
4. Main Mail Order Catalogue
5. Check out our Pre-Orders!
6. Ground Cover Book Updates

The Summer Bulb & Bare Root Pre-Order

550+ Different Plants to Knock Your Socks Off including Garden Ornamentals, Edibles, Houseplants, Rarities and more!

LAST CALL!

Ordering closes on Sunday night!

Welcome to the Summer Bulb and Bare Root Pre-Order featuring over 500 different bulbs, 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 (exceedingly) rare South African bulbs which will be added before the end of the month.

We have two new categories: Super Hardy Bulbs for zones 1-4 to help our cold climate gardeners connect with bulbs for their zones and Rare South African Bulbs which will be launched before the end of the month.

New Flat Rate Shipping Costs for Bulbs and Bare Root

We are pleased to announce that we have been able to negotiate better rates with our parcel carriers to bring down our flat rate shipping costs for bulbs and bare root. These new low rates should make it much easier to get a shipment of special species and cultivars from us this spring. When you place your order, our system will still calculate a quoted rate. We will adjust your rate right before we ship based on the table below and refund the difference. These new rates apply to all previous and future orders from the 2023 Summer Bulb and Bare Root Pre-Order

Highlights include:

Nearly 100 different Dahlia

Weird and Wonderful Amorphophallus and Arisaema

Tropical gingers of all shapes and sizes

Amaryllis and relatives including Hippeastrum, Amarine, Sprekelia, Hymenocallis, Lycoris and Nerine

Hardy Marsh Orchids

Hardy Gladiolus

Foxtail Lilies

Bearded Iris and Oriental Poppies

Gorgeous Lilies

Itoh Peonies

Gourmet Rhubarb, Potatoes, and Asparagus

Elegant Trillium

Exotic Calla Lilies

and much more!

Sinister, Intriguing 

Cobra Lilies

Fill your shade garden with botanical intrigue and sinister characters

Cobra lilies or Arisaema are members of the Araceae or Arum family. They are related to the houseplant peace lily and to calla lilies (Zantedeschia). Like their relatives, their inflorescence consists of a central, vertical spadix covered in tiny florets which is protected by an enclosing, snake-like spathe. The cobra lilies are primarly native to Asia but we have two species in eastern North America known as jack-in-the-pulpits, the best known being Arisaema triphyllum.

Arisaema are bulbs for the shade garden. Each emerges from dormancy at different points in the spring and early summer with cool, often subtropical-looking foliage and weird, snake-like inflorescences. Flowering tends to last for a month or more, depending on the species, and then plants can produce orange to red fruit clustered on drumstick-like stems which provide interest in late summer, fall and winter. 

Arisaema hardiness depends on the species. The yellow-flowered A. flavum is hardy to zone 4. Others will be hardy to zones 5, 6 or 7. In cold climates though, Arisaema can be grown in pots and protected in winter in a frost-free or slightly frosted location.

In all cases Arisaema appreciate an evenly moist but free-draining, chunky soil. In containers this means mixing a garden soil with 30-50% coarse bark. In the garden this means a good garden soil with not too much rich, heavy compost or mixing in chunky bark or some gravel into the planting hole.

Fertilize with a good bulb food with low nitrogen, high phosphorus and moderate
potassium such as our Garden Prop Bulb Food 2-9-6.

At Phoenix Perennials we love our Arisaema and carry 20-30 species every year. They have all arrived. You can acquire them in two ways. They are available now as bare root in our Summer Bulb and Bare Root Pre-Order with ordering closing on Sunday night. Place your order and we'll prepare your Arisaema for pick-up or shipping. They are not available for browsing so you'll need to place an online order. Or the extra bulbs will be potted up and be available for sale later in the season in the nursery.

78 New Additions to Mail Order

We are pleased to add 78 new plants to our Main Mail Order Catalogue: BC Natives, Rare Perennials propagated from our stock plants, Fuchsia, and a few other last minute treasures. You'll find them in their normal sections but we also bring them together in a Late Additions section so you can see these new plants in one place.

These plants are available for ordering now in our Main Mail Order catalogue for shipping or pick-up once they come ready from our production in May and June.

Main Mail Order Catalogue Launched!

1100 Amazing Plants for Canadian Gardeners

We are so excited to launch our Main Mail Order Catalogue for the new season. We have so many amazing plants to share with you this year including more than 300 plants that are new to horticulture or new to our mail order catalogue. At 1100 plants, this is our largest selection ever. We hope you enjoy shopping for your new treasures.

We welcome orders for both shipping and pick-up. If you're a pick-up customer, please follow this link to our Plants to the People page and read the "What type of customer are you?" section to understand how your order will be handled and for advice on how to best use the services connected with our mail order site.

Please remember to place separate orders for the Main Catalogue and the Pre-Orders as all must ship at different times. Please don't mix main catalogue items with pre-order items and please don't mix pre-orders together. All the sections in the main catalogue can be ordered together as these plants all come ready in May and June.

There are lots of plants to go around. Please forward this email to all your gardening friends across Canada!

Check out our Pre-Orders!

The Great Rose

Pre-Order 2023

152 Amazing Roses for Canadian Gardens

CLOSED - You can now shop in-nursery for our extra plants. We have lots of beautiful ones.

THE CAMELLIA CARAMBA

PRE-ORDER

30 exquisite cultivars for pick-up in March 2023

CLOSED - You can now shop in-nursery for our extra plants. We have lots of beautiful ones.

The Camellia have arrived! Place an online order and we'll pull it for you for pick-up. Or come peruse our selection in person! Many are in bud and bloom.

The Hellebore Hurrah! Pre-Order

45 amazing hellebores for your winter and spring garden

CLOSED - You can now shop in-nursery for our extra plants. Or shop in the Main Mail Order Catalogue for May/June shipping.

The Hellebores are in and available now for in-person shopping. If you'd like us to ship you some, please order asap before we close the pre-order.

CLEMATIS CONUNDRUM Pre-Order

140 Choice Clematis, Passionflowers, and other Vines for 2023

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 Hardy

Fruit Tree

Pre-Order

86 Cool Fruit Trees including Fruit Salad & Fruit Cocktail Trees, Stone Fruits, Espaliers, and Heirloom, Red Flesh, and Dwarf Apples for Pick-Up in March/April 2023

We are pleased to expand last year's Amazing Apple Pre-Order into a larger Hardy Fruit Tree Pre-Order with the addition of the super popular Fruit Salad and Fruit Cocktail trees back by popular demand plus cherries, Cornelian cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, pears, Asian pears, plums, and quince plus cool varieties of mini dwarf, columnar, red flesh, and heirloom apples.

The Great Citrus and Rare Fruit Pre-Order

162 Amazing Cultivars for pick-up or shipping in May 2023

80 different citrus including classic favourites like Meyer lemons, navel oranges, blood oranges, key limes, and Thai limes plus mandarins, kumquats, yuzu, and sudachi that are completely hardy in zones 7 and 8. These are joined by 82 other uncommon fruits including avocados, paw paws, persimmons, passionflowers, figs, olives, mulberries, pineapple guavas, and more. 

The Rare Flowering Tree Pre-Order

42 Gorgeous Trees for Pick-Up or Shipping in March/April 2023

CLOSED - You can now shop in-nursery for our extra plants. We have lots of beautiful ones.

We are very pleased to launch a new pre-order for a select group of rare flowering trees focused on dogwoods and magnolias with a few additional and unusual surprises.

The Grafted Veggie Pre-Order

Choose from 24 different veggies including Mighty Matos, Mighty Melons, Mighty Veggies and Ketchup 'n Fries and get 2-3 times more fruit per plant, sometimes much more!



Help Us Support

Food Banks BC

$1 from each pre-ordered grafted plant will be donated to Food Banks BC to help improve food security in our communities.

The Hydrangea Hysteria

Pre-Order 

You'll go crazy for these 106 Top Cultivars

Choose from distinctive and unusual  introductions with innovations like the ability to bloom on new wood, dwarf habits, stunning foliage, and new flower forms & colours plus classic top-performing favourites for your garden and patio.

Ground Cover Book Updates

Books Available Now!

After nine years of research, photography, and writing The Complete Book of Ground Covers has been published by Timber Press and is now available at the nursery and across North America. It will be available around the world starting in December.

Here is Gary with our shipment of books which has just arrived.

Pick-ups of pre-ordered signed copies will be available for pick-up starting this afternoon. Orders for mailing will ship this week. We have lots of extras available as well so you can get one for yourself and everyone you know. After all, Christmas is coming!

It is an encyclopedia of more than 4000 different species and cultivars that is a textbook of ground covers for the temperate gardening world with sections on the practical, aesthetic, and environmental benefits of ground covers.

And it was written right here in BC by Phoenix Perennials owner Gary Lewis!

Order Your Book Now!

You can order signed copies for pick-up or shipping within Canada from Phoenix Perennials. You can order from your favourite neighbourhood book seller. Or you can order online around the world from your favourite online sources.

Please Review the Book

Whether it's social media or online sales, everything is about clicks and engagement. When it comes to online sales of books, the algorithms of online retailers will prioritize selling titles that receive more reviews - especially positive ones! If you have an account with any online book sellers - especially Amazon - you can go online and leave a review.

Thank you so much for your help!

Please Ask Your Local Library to Offer the Book

Ground covers offer many benefits to make our communities more sustainable and more beautiful. The more people who can access the book, the better.

Please bring The Complete Book of Ground Covers to the attention of your local librarian and ask them to add it to their collection.

Richmond Public Library Talks

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Please tell your friends and family about Phoenix Perennials. Share this email with them, tell them about your mail order plants, or bring them with you to visit the nursery.

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