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New for 2021!
ST. PAUL’S, INNISFIL
BASKET STUFFERS
2021 Online Plant Sale
CATALOGUE AND ORDER FORM
Many plants are in limited supply this year.
Order early for best selection! See back page
for deadlines and ordering details.
BACHELOR’S BUTTON
These plants are great for filling in hanging
baskets or planters. Choose from Creeping
Jenny; Spikes’ Spider Plant; Persian
Shield; Coleus; Dwarf Zinnias; Geraniums -
red, pink, orange/red, mauve, white (small
pots). ANNUALS
Gardeners looking for a true blue color in a Colours: Various
flower can’t go wrong with the old-fashioned
annual bachelor’s button, sometimes known as Price: 3 of a kind for $5.
annual cornflower. These fully double flowers BEE BALM
look like miniature carnations with small 1 1/2-
inch blooms, only they’re much easier to grow.
The quick-growing flowers will reach a height
of up to 30 inches and a spread of up to inches
in all growing zones. The flowers are dense 1
1/2-inch blooms that appear from last spring
through midsummer.
PERENNIAL (Self-seeds)
Colour: Blue
Price: $5/pot
Bee Balm is a North American native, thriving
in woodland areas. Also known by its botanical
name of Monarda, Bee Balm is very attractive to
bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. The Bee
Balm flower has an open, daisy-like shape,
with tubular petals in shades of red, pink,
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purple and white. Bee Balm plants are These plants bloom from June to October. Note
perennial, coming back year after year to add that they can be territorial in that they tend to
cheerful colour to your garden. squash out other flowers growing near them.
Plants prefer moist, rich soil, and a sunny Full sun, can tolerate poor soil.
location. Bee Balm will tolerate shade, PERENNIAL
particularly in hot-summer areas. Plant it in
Price: $5/pot
any protected spot that would benefit from a
bright shot of color. Most varieties of the Bee CALLA LILLY
Balm plant are between 2 1/2 feet to 4 feet (76
cm. – 1 m.) tall. PERENNIAL
12” containers Red
Price: $5/container
BLACK EYED SUSAN
Although not considered true lilies, the calla
lily is an extraordinary flower. This beautiful
plant grows from rhizomes and is ideal for use
in beds and borders. You can also grow calla
Members of the sunflower family, the “black lilies in containers, either outdoors or in a
eye” is named for the dark, brown-purple sunny window as houseplants. Proper planting
centers of its daisy-like flower heads. The and location are about the only important
plants can grow to over 3 feet tall, with leaves things to consider when growing calla lilies.
of 6 inches, stalks over 8 inches long and Care of calla lilies requires that they be planted
flower diameter of 2 to 3 inches.
in loose, well-drained soil. They prefer to be
Butterflies, bees, and a variety of insects are located in full sun. In our climate they are not
attracted to the flowers for the nectar. As they winter hardy but you can dig up the rhizomes
drink the nectar, they move pollen from one in fall and overwinter in pots in a cool
plant to another, causing it to grow fruits and basement and replant the following spring.
seeds that can move about easily with
the wind. Colours: Pink or Yellow
Price: $6/pot
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CANNA LILLY COSMOS
The canna lily plant is a bright, showy plant
with tropical-like foliage and large flowers that
resemble that of iris. Canna lilies are low
maintenance and easy to grow, and both their
flowers and foliage offer long-lasting color in
the garden.
They won’t survive frost in our region, but
since they grow from rhizomes, you can dig
them up in fall and save the rhizome over the
Cosmos are freely flowering annual plants that
winter to plant again in spring. ANNUAL
are ridiculously easy to grow. If you're looking
Height: two to three feet for a flower that will stay in bloom for months
and can be grown by simply scattering seeds,
Colour – yellow cosmos are a great choice. The flowers sit atop
Price: $5/pot long slender stems and form a cloud of color
that not only looks attractive throughout the
COLEUS summer but also attract bees, butterflies and
birds to your garden.
Cosmos grow easily in beds, and make great cut
flowers. They can handle drought, poor soil
conditions, and general neglect. They even self-
sow. This is a truly low-maintenance plant.
ANNUAL
This classic houseplant can live outdoors for 6 – 8” individual plant
the summer in pots or beds and then, if you
Price: $3/pot
wish, be brought in for fall. The brightly
coloured foliage in bold patterns; the flowers DAHLIA
are formed on small spikes.
They like partial shade, and need to be kept
well-watered.
ANNUAL
Price: $3/ two pots
Plan to grow your dahlias in a spot where
they’ll receive full sun and be sure the soil is
very well draining. Tubers that sit in wet soil
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tend to become mushy and rot, and dahlias are when planted in full sun (6 hours/day), on
no exception. moist, yet well-drained soil.
They are perennial if you dig the tubers out in
fall and over winter them in a cool basement. The Stella D’Oro variety, a shorter kind of day
lily, reblooms all season. PERENNIAL
Small Dahlia: Blooms 3 - 4", plant 12 - 20" Mixed colours and patterns including tall
Colours: rust, red, yellow
Double Orange; Apricot with ruffled edge,
Price: $4/pot
compact; White; Old-fashioned Orange; Stella
D’Oro
Also available: Large Dahlia.
Colours: rust, red, yellow Price: $5/PLANT
Price: $5/pot
DIANTHUS
DAY LILY
Dianthus (also called Sweet William or Pinks) is
known for its lovely scent and bright colour.
Small, usually 6 to 18 inches tall. Full sun, part-
shade but need a minimum of six hours of sun
daily.
ANNUAL but will self-seed.
Price: $5/pot
If there's a "sure bet" perennial, it must be the
daylily. They tolerate a wide variety of soil
conditions, are not troubled by diseases or
pests, and bloom faithfully for years with
virtually no attention. Daylilies flower best
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ECHINACEA Forget-Me-Nots are a wildflower native to
North America. They make a great
groundcover, but will likely need some work
to keep them in check, depending on where
you plant them.
They feature small, bright blue flowers with
tiny yellow centres. They do best in damp,
shady areas. PERENNIAL
Price: $3/pot
GERANIUM
Geraniums are everybody’s favourite for
Bright, upright plants, coneflowers are a North bedding and container planning.
American perennial in the Daisy family. The
This year we are offering regular-sized
plant is native to the eastern United States from
Geraniums as well as the showy Martha
Ohio south to Louisiana. They grow 2 to 4 feet
Washington variety.
high with purple flowers and dark green
foliage. Regular Geraniums
They grow quickly and self-sow profusely.
Mid-summer bloomers, they can keep
flowering until fall frost. Grow them in full
sun; they can tolerate poor soil. PERENNIAL
Price: $3/pot
FORGET-ME-NOT
$5/pot
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extreme and are also cold hardy to -35 F. Key to
helping them survive is good drainage.
PERENNIAL
Price: $5/pot
HOSTA
Martha Washington Geranium
Plant Martha Washington geranium plants in a
hanging basket, window box, or large
pot. Water when soil is dry to touch but do not
let the plant dry out. Overwatering can cause
root rot. Fertilize every two weeks for best
blooms. Grow in full sun -- growth 12 to
18" high. Sold in 6" pot (plant about 6" high)-
Very limited quantities.
Colour: Purple/pink
Price: $8/pot
HENS AND CHICKENS
Plant hostas in evenly moist, humus-rich soil in
light to full shade. Hostas are tough, versatile,
and adaptable. Filtered sun is best for the
colorful varieties to reach their full potential,
especially gold and blue forms. The green-
Hens and Chickens, also called Sempervivum, is leaved varieties are the most shade tolerant.
a small succulent plant that is easy to grow and
PERENNIAL
suits rock garden, the front of borders or even
containers. Because they are shallow rooted, Types: Solid green; green with white edge;
they fit into very small or shallow containers. green with yellow edging.
They are drought and neglect tolerant to the
Price: $5/pot
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IRIS LADY’S MANTLE
Easily grown in average, medium moisture,
well-drained soils in full sun to part shade, but
tolerates close to full shade. Performs well in
moist garden areas. Freely self-seeds.
Lady’s Mantle, is a clumping perennial which
typically forms a base foliage mound (6-12” tall
) of long-stalked, scallop-edged, light green
leaves. Tiny, star-shaped, chartreuse flowers
Irises are a classic flower for the Canadian appear in loose, spreading clusters in late
perennial bed. They bloom in June with large, spring to early summer.
showy blossoms.
The tendency of plant leaves to retain moisture
They prefer a dry-ish soil but don’t plant them beads after a rain is considered to be a unique
too deeply. Irises grow on tubers, and need to and attractive ornamental feature.
have some sun touch the tops of the tuber.
Price: $5/pot
They will reward you with years after year of
blooms.
PERENNIAL
Colours: Dark Blue (bearded); Dark Blue
(dwarf); Mauve; Light mauve with yellow
(tall); Apricot and Champagne with ruffle
(compact)
Price: $5/pot
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LAMB’S EAR LAMIUM
Lamium plants are a perfect deer-resistant
groundcover to brighten a partly sunny to
semi-shady spot.
Vigorous without being invasive, Lamium
This easy-care perennial has velvety-soft and produce dainty snapdragon-like flowers in
woolly evergreen leaves that are silvery-grey. colors from white, to pink to purple.
The foliage is also similar in shape to a real
Attractive two-toned foliage provides interest
lamb’s ear, hence its name. If left to bloom in
even when the flowers are not in bloom. Plant
summer, Lamb’s Ear will produce spikes of
them in the garden or in pots.
pink to purple coloured flowers.
PERENNIAL
Grow this plan in full sun or partial shade.
Although Lamb’s Ear can tolerate the poorest Price: $3/pot
of soils, it should always be well drained, as
the plant dislikes overly moist soil. This is
especially true of shady areas. PERENNIAL
Price: $5/pot
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LIATRIS This classic ground cover loves a shady or
semi-shady spot. It reliably sends up small,
oval leaves and dainty white flowers.
Price: $5/pot
LOOSESTRIFE
Also known as Blazing Star, this native
Canadian plant is beloved by butterflies. A
spectacular plant, Liatris grows three-foot-high
purple spikes and, unusually, they bloom from
the top down. Originally a prairie flower,
Liatris likes lots of sun. It grows from a corm, a
kind of bulb. PERENNIAL
Price: $5/pot
LILY OF THE VALLEY
Not to be confused with the noxious weed
Purple Loosestrife, Yellow Loosestrife is a
vigorous species that has been grown in
gardens since Victorian times. Plants form a
bushy, fast-spreading clump of green leaves,
with loose spikes of bright-yellow starry
flowers appearing in early to mid-summer.
Tolerates shade under trees, with regular
summer watering. Attractive to butterflies.
Nice for cutting.
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Gooseneck Loosestrife flowers arch MALVA
appealingly in slender racemes and it is
practically fool proof in management and care.
It is an extremely tolerant plant whose only
complaint is dry soil. Choose a site that is rich
and has had compost or leaf litter worked in to
improve soil texture and nutrient composition.
PERENNIAL
Two varieties: White Gooseneck; Yellow.
Price: $5/pot
LUNGWORT (Pulmonaria)
Malva grows 4 to 6 feet high; its distinguishing
feature is that the colour of its veins is darker
than its flowers. Full sun, can tolerate poor soil.
ANNUAL
12” plant.
Price: $3/plant
MARIGOLD
One of the first flowers to bloom in the spring,
Lungwort offers up clusters of pink and blue
flowers on the same stem. Foliage changes to
resemble hostas, except it has white dots on the
leaves. Likes sun to part-shade.
PERENNIAL
Price: $5/pot
French Marigold: These are the popular
favourites that brighten any garden all summer
long. They grow 8 inches to one foot in height.
Full sun. Can tolerate poor soil. ANNUAL
$3/pot
10 | St. Paul’s Innisfil Plant Sale 2021NICOTANIA
African Marigold: This tall, branching Flowering tobacco plants produce fuzzy, sticky
marigold variety has loads of ruffled petticoat foliage and flower stalks with nodding trumpet-
flowers in shimmering gold. They are a true shaped flowers. Each flower has five petals that
scene-stealer. Easy to grow, they bloom non- flare at the end.
stop from summer to frost. Full sun. Can
tolerate poor soil. ANNUAL The flower colors complement one another so
that you can plant a mix for an attractive large
$3/pot Nicotiana bed. Red and white.
MOONDROPS
Grows 3 to 5 feet in height. Plant 18” apart.
Attracts hummingbirds and bees. Full sun –
part shade. Can tolerate poor soil. ANNUAL
6” plants
Price: $3/pot
PERSIAN SHIELD
This plant has many names – they’re also
known as Sun Drops and Evening Primrose. The
lovely yellow flowers appear in spring /
summer, foliage turns bright red in
fall. PERENNIAL; SELF-SEEDS
Price: $5/pot
This striking plant, a member of the
Acanthaceae family, is an annual grown for its
11 | St. Paul’s Innisfil Plant Sale 2021thick colourful foliage. At some point, it Fertilize your plants monthly to ensure good
produces small white flowers on long stamens. growth. Double-flowered cultivars like a
biweekly dose of fertilizer. Remove faded/dead
Persian Shield can be planted outdoors or
flowers to prolong blooming.
raised in hanging baskets after all danger of
frost is past. Full sun. ANNUAL
If you wish, come the late summer, you can Colours: Dark Velvet Purple; Neon Purple;
take cuttings and use them to generate Light Purple with Dark Veins; Lavender; Vivid
houseplants for the winter. Pink; White
ANNUAL Large plants 12”; Small plants 6” – 8”
Colours: Red and green foliage. Price: Large, $4, Small, $3
Price: $5/pot PEONY
PETUNIA
These long-lived perennials are the Queen of
the early summer garden. They reliably
produce large showy blooms every July, often
for decades. They do best in full sun.
Excellent for hanging baskets and flower beds.
Petunias are tolerant of heat so you don’t have When planting, take care not to plant them too
to water them regularly. deep. There is an “eye” on the top of the root
that needs to be exposed to the sun.
A thorough watering once a week should be
sufficient (unless there are prolonged periods Colour: Pink
of drought in your area). The spreading types
Price: $10/pot
and those in containers require more frequent
watering though.
12 | St. Paul’s Innisfil Plant Sale 2021PERIWINKLE Phlox are perennials and a favorite choice—
from ground cover blooming in early spring to
the tall phlox blooming in mid- to late summer.
Phlox prefer rich, evenly-moist, well-draining
soil. Plant 18” apart. Will bush out and grow
to 24”.Remember to remove the dead/faded
flowers so that your plants can re-bloom.
Full sun to part sun. PERENNIAL
Colours: Pink; Lilac; White
Price: $5
Periwinkle (Creeping Myrtle) is a short, very
SEDUM (Stonecrop, Stone Plant)
hard groundcover with dark green leaves and
bright blue blooms in spring Prefers partial
shade but can take some sun. Be prepared to
keep it in check.
Price: $3 pot
PHLOX
Attractive ground cover. Foliage turns red
with pink flowers in summer. 6-8” high.
Also available is a taller, chunkier variety with
larger leaves that are attractive in winter as
well as summer. PERENNIAL
Price: $3/pot for small variety; $5/pot for large.
13 | St. Paul’s Innisfil Plant Sale 2021SNAPDRAGON already planted in hanging baskets. You can
overwinter them in your home and place
outdoors again next year.
Price: $5 per basket
SPURGE, Yellow
The flowers start blooming at the bottom of the
stalk and work their way up, making for a long
period of bloom. Although Snapdragons tend
to stop blooming in the heat of mid-summer, if
Yellow Spurge is a popular perennial for
you keep them watered they will perk up and
spring display. It’s especially nice to use
carry your garden through the fall. Mature
alongside tulips and other spring bulbs.
plant can grow to one foot. Full sun to partial
Outstanding for its display of bright yellow
shade. ANNUAL
flowers over a perfect cushion of light green
Price: $3/pot leaves. Excellent for edging, in the rock garden,
or in containers.
SPIDER PLANT
Full or partial sun; likes drier conditions.
PERENNIAL
Price: $5/pot
This is the popular indoor/outdoor plant with
long green leaves with white stripes. “Baby”
plants develop at the sides over time. Ours are
14 | St. Paul’s Innisfil Plant Sale 2021TOMATO, Cherry WILD DAISIES
Always popular and reliably come back every
year. Plant them in a in a sunny spot. They will
grow to about 15 inches high. PERENNIAL
YARROW
Who doesn’t love homegrown tomatoes?
Cherry tomatoes are great for salads and
snacking.
Price: $3/pot
TOMATO, Beefsteak
Yarrow is a native North American plant
popular with pollinators and practically care-
free, making it perfect for borders. Yarrow
has showy flower heads composed of many
tiny, tightly-packed flowers rising above
clusters of ferny foliage. Yarrow is pest-
Beefsteak tomatoes are great for topping resistant, drought-resistant, attracts butterflies,
and is excellent for cutting and drying.
burgers, slicing and more.
Place the plants 1 to 2 feet apart. They grow to
Price: $3/pot
about two to three feet tall. PERENNIAL
Colour: Pink
$5 per pot
15 | St. Paul’s Innisfil Plant Sale 2021ZINNIA
HOW TO ORDER
Plant sizes (approx.) and prices are indicated in
RED PRINT after the description of the plant.
E-MAIL or PHONE your order to
Marilyn Hutchison at
hutch6@rogers.com or 705-791-6866.
ORDER DEADLINE:
Saturday, May 22.
Old-fashioned Zinnias provide bright, solitary, You will be contacted with a curbside
daisy-like flower heads on a single, erect stem. pick-up time.
This makes them great for use as a cutting New this year, we are offering pick-up
flower or as food for butterflies. Will grow to times weekly through May with a
24 -36” Full sun. ANNUAL major pick-up day on Saturday, May
29. All pick-ups will be curbside from
Mixed colours. Plants are 6” – 8”.
the St. Paul’s Anglican Church parking
Price: $3/plant lot at the corner of Yonge Street and
Mapleview Drive East, Barrie. (54 St.
ZUCCHINI
Paul’s Crescent, Barrie)
Please bring exact payment (cash or
cheque) in a sealed envelope. NO
CHANGE WILL BE AVAILABLE!
If you wish to use e-transfer, please ask
Marilyn Hutchison for details.
Thank you!
Easy to grow, very productive, lots of cooking
possibilities – what’s not to like about
Zucchini? These well-started plants just need a
rich soil and sunny spot and regular watering.
Limited quantities!
Price: $3/pot
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