First Days of Spring

Things are in full swing at the greenhouses and garden center. Our first big jobs of the season are almost complete. The geraniums have been rooted and shipped off and we are very close to having all our spring baskets planted and hanging up. Now everyone is busy planting bedding plants into four inch pots for sale in the garden center. It's very fun seeing all the small 'plugs' in the greenhouse and we are getting so excited for full blown SPRING! Here are a few coleus varieties that have come in for planting. 

As for what is ready now we have a beautiful new introduction for early spring - Sennettis are brand new  to the plant world and are unmatched for early spring colour. They can stand the cooler temperatures and are best planted in containers. We have this vividly coloured light purple and white flower as well as a very deep blue and they are both gorgeous. 

We also have a very fresh shipment of 4'' perennials as well as trees and shrubs including a beautiful assortment of rhodos and azaleas which I will hopefully have a chance to photograph soon. 

4'' Perennials $3.49 each or 3 for $9.99

$11.99 shrubs are 3 for $29.99!

And of course my favourite early spring plant - Ranunculus come in many shapes, sizes and colours. They are a joy after the grey days of winter :)

Our amazing design team has been planting beautiful 'to go' containers. Starting at $19.99 and up we make gardening so easy!! Just grab a planted container for instant colour at your front door.

Do you need an Easter gift? We have brought in a lot of fun stuff for the occasion!

This cute lunch bags are a great gift for the kiddies.

Grace shows off these cute hats. 

If you haven't seen the garden center yet this season I really suggest coming in early to get the best pick on our new decor. Our buyer Sandy has really out done herself this year and the store is looking amazing!!  Check out some photos of our garden decor. 

Love these sweet birdies for outside.

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West Coast Gardens and Growers!

West Coast Gardens Planters

Instant beauty and colour. Here are just a few of our custom creations.

 

Custom Planters

Here at West Coast Gardens we are lucky to have the most innovative container gardeners around! Minna, Deb, Yvonne and Joyce make our planters for sale in the store as well as the custom planters which are ordered by customers. At the beginning of April we begin to take orders. Customers can bring in their own containers and we will plant them for you in the 'West Coast' style.

When planting for the store or for custom planters the girls look through all the plants in the garden center and cherry pick the best of the best. Here's Deb picking out some begonias.

Jason Vandermey, our garden center manager, is passionate about annuals!! There is always something new for the girls to get excited about.

Regal Geranium

Yellow Voltage Osteo

'Day' Gazania

'Summertime' Osteo

If you have ever been to one of our demonstrations you will recognize Minna! She is our go to instructor for the planter demonstrations.

Cute mini planters!

Over the last two years we have been building our herb and veggie program. We grew a huge variety of herbs this year and the girls have been turning out amazing veggie and herb containers. Perfect for avoiding the back breaking work of harvesting by bringing the garden up or for those in apartments and small spaces.

I am loving these cedar boxes. We have them for sale empty so you can create your own as well!

YUM!

Hope you enjoyed this visit with our planting station! Next week when it warms up we will be posting some pictures of all the amazing varieties of coleus.