General Gardening
These first leave emerge from a seed and are not true leaves for the plant
What are Cotyledons?
More than a Seed Company
What is West Coast Seeds?
This popular workhorse adapts to all seasons, but does especially well in early spring with rapid growth in chilly soils. The tasty green leaves and red stems are wonderful in salads.
What is Early Wonder Tall Top Beet?
Peter Rabbit's favorite place to cause trouble
What is Mr McGregor's garden?
This garden is located in Calgary and is now home to the Calgary Horticultural Society.
What is Botanical Gardens of Silver Springs?
the important process of acclimating seedlings to outdoor conditions.
What is Hardening Off?
WCS is a founding signatory of this pledge, committing not to knowingly sell genetically modified seeds.
What is the Safe Seed Pledge?
F1 (sy) Strong early vigor makes this Quad sweet a fantastic variety to start the season. Superb flavor, performance, and broad disease resistance.
What is Temptress Corn?
The hidden space restored by Mary Lennox
What is The Secret Garden?
This world famous garden near Victoria is known for its Sunken Garden and began in a former limestone quarry
What is Butchart Gardens?
This common mistake causes tall, weak, and stretched seedlings.
What is insufficient lighting?
The umbrella under which WCS, Renee's Garden, Cornucopia, and Pinebush rest.
What is The Dig Collective?
This bibb type forms a tight rosette. The small hearts don't become bitter in hot weather. Later plantings stand well into fall and make good growth in spring cold frames.
What is Butterhead Lettuce?
in Alice's Adventures, she encounters a garden where these flowers can talk.
What are Roses?
This botanical garden in Montreal is one of the largest in the world and features extensive Chinese and Japanese gardens.
Some seeds requite a period of cold, moist conditions before germinating, a process known as this.
What is Stratification?
WCS does not sell seeds treated with these two agricultural products.
What is Fungicides and Pesticides?
This holds the word record coming in at over 15lbs but stays mild and sweet despite it substantial girth. Not for long storage. hint: it's gonna be out of stock when you want it. ;)
What is Kelsae Onion?
This tree gave shelter to Winnie-the-pooh and many of his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood
What is an Oak Tree?
This botanical garden in Edmonton features Canada's largest indoor pyramids housing plants from different climate zones.
What is Muttart Conservatory?
This seeds treatment invloves scratching or weakening a hard seed coat to improve germination.
What is Scarification?
Inspired by her love of gardening and her belief in growing food locally, this woman founded WCS in 1983.
Who is Mary Ballon?
This winner of the RHS Award of Garden Merit is Monty Don's favorite. Famous for its incredibly sweet, tropical flavor.
What is Sun Gold Tomato?
this oversized stone fruit carries a young boy on an unforgettable adventure in Road Dahl's novel.
This Garden in Ottawa is operated by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and has been showcasing hardy plants since 1889.
What is Central Experimental Farm Ornamental Gardens?