Introducing – Roots & Shoots!
We sell plugs, seedlings, bulbs ….. to all kinds of flower lovers – cut flower farmers, flower farmer ‘wannabes’, garden clubs and backyard growers.
We grow and propagate some of these plants ourselves. Others we source from larger greenhouses in Canada and the US.
You do not need to be a business to order from us. But some of our sales have minimums.
Our sales are seasonal. We do not operate a nursery with regular hours.
Below is a description of our seasonal sales. And subscribe here to get email notifications when various sales are opening.
And note – all our shops are at this NEW LINK. Bookmark it!
Time to Plan Your Spring 2027 Order
Spring Advance Orders
- Online shop opens mid September, to place advance orders for the following spring
- This shop is also our catalogue. You don’t have to be registered – just go have a look.
- Large diversity of cut flower plugs and perennials, grown by different suppliers (greenhouses) across North America
- Plugs are custom grown to your order (In other words, there is no standing inventory. You order it. They grow it.)
- Low minimum – $300 per order (calculated before shipping fees & taxes). Under minimum orders are accepted, but a $50 PER ORDER fee applies. (So if you place 2 orders in the same shop, and both have less than $300 of product, you are charged $50 on each order. So take your time and PLAN your order.)
- Order early for best selection and discounts (After October 15 some products will not be available.)
- Orders close December 31 – NO late or ‘last minute’ orders taken after this date.
- For some things, minimums are small (ie – you can get just a 36 plug strip of lisianthus, eucalyptus….). For other things, minimums are larger (ie – Celeb series lisianthus only come in 288 plug trays.) Each variety and each supplier uses different tray sizes.
- Cross Canada shipping in weeks 14 (April 5-9), 16 (April 19 – 23) 18 (May 3 – 7) and 20 (May 17 – 21)
- Or, in Ontario there are pickup locations
- St. Agatha – April 9/10, April 23/24 and May 10/11
- Kemptville – April 23/24
- Millgrove – April 23/24
- Pickering – April 23/24
- Collingwood – April 23/24
- Muirkirk – April 23/24
Summer In-Person Shopping (Small Minimums)
- If you are only looking for small quantities of cut flower seedlings and can’t meet our minimum, you can visit our ‘in person’ sale – May 20 – 22
- Pickup only (St. Agatha, Ont). No shipping.
- No preorders. No reservations. Show up and shop.
Fall – Bulbs & Peonies
- October 2 & 3 (dates are still tentative – check back or subscribe to our newsletter)
- Online orders accepted if you wish. You can reserve what you want and we will pack it up and set it aside for you. So you don’t have to rush to be the first here. The shop for reserving fall bulbs will open in September.
- In person shopping from remaining stock.
- Includes:
- specialty cut flower tulips & daffodils
- alliums
- foxtail lillies
- other specialty bulbs
- peony roots
- In 2026, we are also offering dig-your-own peonies and perennials – we’ll let you know. This will likely be a few days in mid September. We’ll notify people via our newsletter.