Garden shows inspiration to get started

My daughter and I have went to Canada Blooms in the past. It was spectacular for sure. But I found that I go to ‘over-load’ with so much to see and so many people around. I am envious of the tree peony that you bought! My beautiful yellow one was distroyed this winter when the men were siding the house. I could have cried over it!
I’ll bet the Josephine clematis will be a show stopper too. Lucky you. :-)

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

Are there any other gardening shows in the Toronto, London, or surrounding areas worth going to? What colour
is the clematis?

Well those plants sure will look beautiful within your gardens and surrounding landscape jroot. Lovely choices, indeed!! Can’t wait to see them growing and blooming. :-)

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

Cynthia, Stratford also has a Garden Show and it should be coming up soon. sorry I don’t remember the exact date.

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

Iris43: If you hear when the Garden Show is, can you let me know, please? Thanks.

Cynthia, here is a link to a photo of Josephine. Looks really nice, doesn’t it?

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/111800/

The Stratford Garden show has already occurred for this year. March 5 – 8 , 2009

-- jroot

Wow nice choices Jroot.Love them all.Gonna look good in the gardens this year.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

wow josephine is some fine looking flower….too bad about canada blooms, i was supposed to go but had to change plans at the last minute…..

-- south shore montreal, zone 5a, whish it was 9

You didn’t miss a whole lot, Mario.

Thanks for the postive comments on Josephine. When I saw it, I loved it; I had to have it. LOL

-- jroot

Barrie has a spring home and garden show which had a booth in last year.It was like being in prison waiting and waiting for some one, anybody to show up…......mostly vendors looking at each others booths.

Out of ten…..............2

-- Central northish Ontario

we used to have a nice one here in montral but it fizzed out, dont know why….now the big thing is renovations fairs, home show minus the gardening, strange….

-- south shore montreal, zone 5a, whish it was 9

Jroot, the Josephine is beautiful. It reminds me of a Passion Flower, but without all the drama! There is an excellent
city-wide yard sale here outside of London on Father’s day weekend. The whole city-I want to say Killworth-has a yard sale where they sell everything. My husband went last year (I was working), but this year, I am going to go. It
is where he bought the Calla bulbs that did so well. They also sell seeds, plants, etc. I can’t wait to see what I can find for my yard. It is well-worth attending. Bought some dog boots for a dollar for 4, and gave some to a friend. She used them after her dog had foot surgery-that was good. My Boo Boo wore them for a few minutes (I wanted to see if they would be handy for winter walks) and did such high-stepping like a Tennessee walking horse. We laughed until we cried! Yeah for yard sales! And new plants and seeds!

I love the yard sales that have plants for sale, too. Something from someone else’s garden! You know it’s got to grow. Of course, you might want to be careful, somethings like to grow ‘way’ too much! :-)

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

Josephine also reminds me of some of my two-toned iris.

Sounds like that London area sales will be good. I wish I lived closer.

-- jroot