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Our Favourites ... Over the Garden Fence!

With a selection as large as ours we understand that it’s sometimes difficult to make choices for your own garden. But like reliable gardening buddies who are full of ‘seasoned’ advice, we’re very happy to lean over the garden fence and share with you our personal favourites. Take a look below to see what the Botanus gals are planting this year or have already planted and can’t get enough of!

Elke’s Faves!
		Dutch Iris ‘ Delft Blue’ (Item #37255) “This beauty gives your garden interest with its irregular pattern of delft blue and white. A long lasting flower that does very well as a cut flower. Being a florist makes this feature extra special to me. Grow in groups of 10 to give it that wow-effect!”
	Born in the heart of the Blackforest in Rheinfelden, Germany Elke is our resident ‘organizer extraordinaire’ and extremely passionate about our business.	Multiflowering Tulip ‘Antoinette’ (Item #14011) “I planted Antoinette last fall for the first time in my garden. Wow, was it ever worth it! Antoinette starts out as a cute little yellow multiflowering tulip and as it matures it develops lovely bright pink highlights. Try it you’ll be amazed by its sensational, stunning beauty.”
		Large Flowering Crocus ‘Striped Beauty’ (Item #33004) “This gorgeous flower is called a large flowering crocus and is very easy to grow. Each corm produces more than one flower and makes an eye-catching display. Striped Beauty is exactly that - a beauty with stunning stripes that are more like coloured veins. Great naturalizer!”

Pam’s Faves!
		Cyclamen neapolitanum (Item #38012) “I can’t tell you how much pleasure I get seeing these little flowers poking up through the soil in late summer, early fall. They’re like little elves tucked in among taller plants and cute as a bug’s ear! They multiply quickly, are deer resistant and drought tolerant too.”
	Pam’s flair for the artistic can be seen in the beautiful fall and spring catalogues she creates each season. Never one to shy away from the camera, she’s also a regular guest on Canada’s own Shopping Channel Network where she offers amazing deals on Botanus bulbs and plants!	Triumph Tulip ‘ Calgary Flame’ (Item #7064) “Talk about a tough little tulip! In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more sturdy, long-lasting variety. Although somewhat shorter in stature, this gorgeous flower can stand up to fickle spring weather with its extra thick stems and succulent petals. Looks fabulous planted in drifts!”
		Novelty Amaryllis ‘Blossom Peacock’ (Item #47032) “Everyone knows that I love to have fresh flowers indoors but what’s a girl to do in the middle of the winter? I’ve found a wonderful solution: grow a Blossom Peacock! It’s like having a fresh vase of beautiful flowers but with the added bonus that they’ll rebloom for years to come.”

Wendy’s Faves!
		Mini Botanical Tulip ‘Dasystemon tarda’ (Item #4003) “These mini botanical tulips are real dynamos that multiply and surprise me every year. Their greenery is grass-like and is followed by tons of multi-flowering tulips that open with the daylight and then close up again every night. Plant bunches in the front of your garden beds and borders.”
	Wendy is the customer care manager for Botanus and many of you have had the distinct pleasure of speaking with her on the phone or corresponding with her via email. In her own words, Wendy loves her job! !	Allium bulgaricum (Item #37002) “These beautiful, unusually shaped flowers bloom faithfully in my garden every year. I so look forward to the day when the mauve bell-shaped flowers drop and then open up like little umbrellas. Simply stunning, long lasting and the bonus is that squirrels, deer and bunnies don’t like them!”
		Triumph Tulip ‘Abu Hassan’ (Item #7074) “This Triumph tulip has absolutely drop dead gorgeous colour! The burnt orange-red petals are liberally framed in gold and shaped in the form of a goblet! I fell in love with this tulip years ago at a tulip festival and have never forgotten them. I know you’ll be just as amazed as I was!”