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Jujubes

Seven Days a Week, 10am-5pm, including all holidays until November 13th, 2023.

Spring Bulbs

Wednesday October 11th, 2023

Richmond Public Library, Brighouse

100-7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond

Bulbs are a diverse, fascinating and easy-to-grow group of plants. Planting them in the fall for spring blooms can take your garden and containers to the next level offering beauty and colour when perennials and shrubs are still dormant. Bulbs can also be tucked into small spaces, planted under ground covers, added to mixed containers, and planted between existing plants to add extra layers of interest. Gary will introduce you to a wide range of spring-flowering bulbs and how to grow them.

The talk is free but advance registration is required to reserve your space.

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. Jujubes
2. The Fall Citrus and Rare Fruit Pre-Order
3. The Great Rose Pre-Order 2024
4. Spring Bulbs and Bare Root Pre-Order
5. Cypripedium - Save $10 per plant
6. Opuntia Cactus Pad Pre-Order
7. Main Mail Order Catalogue

Jujubes

A tasty, crunchy fruit you've likely never heard of before

Ziziphus jujuba is a rare and unique fruiting tree known as jujube, red date, or Chinese date. They typically grow into beautiful small trees perfect for small spaces or even large pots reaching about 8-10 feet tall. They have an attractive zig zag branching pattern that is particularly beautiful in winter when the leaves have fallen revealing the architecture of the tree. Their bark is also greyish to silvery and quite beautiful

The small greenish fragrant flowers appear in spring and produce oval fruit that look like dates. They are about an inch long with chestnut brown to reddish burgundy skin and are harvested in autumn. The fruit has a whitish to greenish flesh and can be eaten when crisp like an apple or when dried. The flavour is most similar to that of a delicate apple. They can be very sweet or can be a refreshing blend of sweet and subtly tart. When dried they taste like a date.

Jujubes were first domesticated in Southwest Asia in 9000 BC and are today used in diverse culinary traditions across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. They can be eaten fresh or dried. They can made into fresh drinks, teas, alcohols such as brandy or beer, or vinegars. They can be included in desserts or they can be candied or pickled or made into syrups, jams and jellies.

The flowers are partially self-fertile so you will get fruit with just one plant. However, two different cultivars will give you maximum production.

Jujubes enjoy full to part sun and are tolerant of average to somewhat dry conditions. They are tough trees and are hardy to zone 5 allowing the majority of Canadian gardeners to grow them outdoors!

Are you ready to grow a new fruit you've likely never heard of before?

Here are the cultivars we have available:

Jujubes are part of our Fall Citrus and Rare Fruit Pre-Order. While most of the plants in this pre-order have arrived, the jujubes along with paw paws, loquats, pineapple guavas and a few other plants will be arriving around the third week of October. We'll get them ready for pick-up or shipping right away.

The Fall Citrus & Rare Fruit Pre-Order

246 amazing edibles for your growing and eating pleasure!

We are excited to offer our largest selection ever of fall Citrus - 89 different varieties - with new cultivars including cold tolerant and hardy varieties! We also offer an amazing selection of other interesting, unusual, and tasty subtropical and tropical fruiting and edible plants plus a few of their hardy friends. In total we have 246 rare, unusual and cool edibles for your growing and eating pleasure. We are also working to secure supplies of paw paws, jujubes, and pineapple guava for fall. If we are able to get these plants, we will do a second launch in early September and announce first in the Edible Alert then in the main E-Newsletter. Enjoy!

The Great Rose 

Pre-Order 2024

1st Launch

113 Roses including 59 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: February - More David Austin roses including some of the new cultivars! 

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

Spring Bulbs & Bare Root Pre-Order

665 Amazing Species & Cultivars for your Spring Garden

We are always excited to launch a new pre-order. But we really do love launching our spring bulbs and bare root! There is so much diversity. So much colour. So much intrigue.

This year we have expanded our peony, bearded iris, and tulip selections and, as always, are bringing you tons of new options for your garden - more than 140 different bulbs and bare root that we have never offered before.

Have fun exploring!

Save $10 Per Plant When You Pre-Order

Cypripedium Hardy Lady's

Slipper Orchids

36 Stunning Treasures for Part Shade

Are you ready to explore the beautiful and rewarding world of hardy orchids? Try our lady's slippers. Most are hybrids with extra vigour and ease of growth. They can double in size each year under good conditions! That is something to behold.

Learn more about growing lady's slipper orchids.

Save $10 on Each Bare Root Cypripedium

Every year we offer lady's slipper orchids as bare root in the fall and potted in the spring. Bare root is the best way to establish Cypripedium when they are freshly dug. We'd like to acknowledge your efforts and encourage fall planting by offering $10 off each bare root. Your savings will be automatically added at check out. Have fun! 

Opuntia Cactus Pad Pre-Order

28 Dangerous Suspects Available for Pre-Order Now!

The garden can be a dangerous place, especially when it includes hardy cactus! We're pleased to offer a selection of 28 different Opuntia and Cylindropuntia for pick-up or shipping in August and September once this year's pads are fully developed. We are discontinuing growing cactus rooted in pots so both local and mail order customers will need to order from the pre-order. Cactus pads are easy to root in free draining media by laying them flat on the ground or by burying a small portion of the base. 

Have fun exploring!

Main Mail Order Catalogue

1200 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 1200 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.

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Happy Gardening!