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2009 PDF Catalog - Download (687kb) click here
Welcome to Fraser's Thimble Farms website. We are a mail order nursery that specialises in rare, unusual and native plants. A few of our specialties include North American native plants; Hardy Orchids, especially Cypripediums (Lady Slippers), and Hardy Ferns. We ship within Canada and the United States (other countries by special arrangement). Please browse our website or PDF catalogue for a look at the many unique and beautiful plants we offer. |
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Our pages are often long so please scroll down to view the complete listing. Our nursery is located on SaltSpring Island, the largest of B.C's Gulf Islands. We have over 3 acres of nursery stock including many plants not listed on the website. We are open to the public from 9am - 4:30pm daily. We look forward to helping you create a beautiful garden full of treasures from around the world.
Welcome to our 2009 catalogue.
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With the nursery and, indeed, most of the country, locked in a winter wonderland of ice and snow it seems like a good time to plan and dream about when we can escape into the oases of our own gardens to relax, enjoy the simpler things and escape the turmoil that surrounds us. With that in mind, we have endeavored to bring you a bevy of new plant treasures from around the world so you can explore the possibility of adding something new, rare or exotic to your garden. Perhaps you are thinking of enhancing an existing garden, or developing something with a theme, for example an Asian garden, or more specifically a Kashmir bed or Himalayan border. Maybe you’ve always dreamed about filling a bed with Cypripediums and other exotic, but hardy, orchids, expanding a woodland bed with a fernery or creating a native garden. Regardless of your vision, we have something new for you to try. Throughout the catalogue you will find new additions to almost all groups: Ferns, Hardy Orchids, Cypripediums, Hostas, Native plants, Sarracenias and more. We have also worked hard to bring back popular treasures we once offered like the double Anemonellas, Himalayan Maidenhair Fern and Arisaemas, just to name a few. We sincerely hope our plant offerings will help you create a garden that fulfills and inspires you. After all, isn’t that what gardening is all about.
Have a great gardening year,
Best regards, Richard, Nancy and everyone at Thimble Farms
Native and North American Native (N.A. Native) plants are indicated as such. Native means plants that are indigenous to the Pacific Northwest; which for our purposes is defined as Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and Northern California. In most cases; however, the plants are native to British Columbia. Plant height (Ht.) or occasionally flower height (Fl.Ht.) is given next in our descriptions, followed by hardiness zone (Z). Most of coastal B.C. is zone 8; the Gulf Islands and most of Victoria are zone 9. To determine what zone you are in, refer to the table on page 2 and remember that the temperatures listed are the twenty year, annual low temperature range in Celsius or Fahrenheit. They are not the absolute low for the zone.
As all plants are container grown, we state pot size along with plant prices to give an indication of the size of the plant, which will vary depending on species. Pot sizes are standard nursery pots; 1gal = 1gallon pot etc. Prices listed are F.O.B. our farm. Shipping and mail order information is at the back of the catalogue.
Hours of Operation:
January
Through December: Open 9-4:30 daily;
July through August we will be open but how much will depend on staffing please phone.
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We are unable to accept phone orders
Voice/Fax: 250-537-5788
Credit Cards Accepted
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