‘The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies’ – Gertrude Jekyll – (British horticulturist and garden designer)
Isn’t this the best quote to celebrate the beginning of another spring season? Floral Acres is excited to welcome you to Spring 2024, celebrating new plants, new colors and bringing back your favorites from springs past. It’s May and time to get down and dirty in the garden! So put on your garden gloves and get ready to have some fun...
If you were lucky enough to grow up on a family farm in Saskatchewan you will no doubt have very fond memories of mothers and grandmothers in your community planting and maintaining beautiful cottage gardens. There were no shortage of old fashioned plants such as peonies...
Welcome March! I don’t know about you, but I’m more than ready for spring! While our 2024 winter has been reasonably warm (for Saskatchewan) it still has had its “moments”. The first day of spring (the vernal equinox) 2024 is March 19. This follows St. Patrick’s Day which celebrates the rebirth of spring...
Lithops spp. or Living Stones are a fascinating group of plants. When you closely look at them, you wonder if these succulents are really plants! The answer of course is yes; they belong to the Ice Plant Family (Aizoaceae). There are 37 species and 145 varieties under the Genus name of Lithops. Litho is the Greek word for Stone and Opsis, the Greek word for face...
Welcome to 2024! A New Year and a new Perennial of the Year! This year the Perennial Plant Association has given this honor to Phlox paniculata ‘Jeana’ – Zones 3-8. I am quite excited about this tall, upright phlox...
Fall is approaching with all its seasonal beauty, cool temperatures and Thanksgiving and Hallowe’en right around the corner. Once more, school and university have begun with fall courses becoming available on every topic we can think of – especially gardening!