I live 10 minutes from Walnut Gardens and shop there a lot. They have excellent, healthy plants for very reasonable prices. They are much less expensive than area nurseries and will often have a larger root in the pot.
I've never mail ordered from them since I live nearby.

The lady that owns Walnut Gardens (I'm afraid I don't recall her name)is a lovely person, very helpful and knowledgeable and her nursery is actually in her back yard, with display gardens of labelled hostas surrounding her rural, century home. There are fields of daylilies and iris blooming in season. If you're in the area, it's a nice destination garden to visit.

Many times, I've arrived there "just to look" on my motorcycle and left with hostas bursting out of my saddlebags and had to send my DH back the next day with the truck to pick up the rest! LOL!

Thanks for the response wyndyacre. I'm over by Oshawa but now, after reading your post, I plan to make a trip over to see them. I like both the daylilies and irises and I'm sure I'll leave with lots! Thanks again. Marg

Been a while since you posted here Marg, but just wanted to add that if you're this way to visit Walnut Gardens, I can direct you to some other nurseries to visit if you're interested.
The city of Sarnia also has some beautiful waterfront gardens and a botanical garden to walk thru.

Well somehow I missed the original post about Walnut Gardens. Thanks for bringing it up Wyndyacre!! I live in London and spend a lot of time in Pt. Franks so I'm sure a little side trip to check them out just wouldn't be out of my way.....I mean it's in the same direction so what's the problem....right??! LOL

Greylady-if you're in Pt. Franks a lot, you should check out Treemendous Nursery. They have very nice shrubs and trees, a few perennials at reasonable prices. A friend of mine has been managing it for several years.
And have you ever been to Young Designs Nurseries in Deleware? They have a good selection of orn. grasses and bamboo.

Have you ever attended the London area GW plant swap? Signet organized it at her country home outside Appin last year but I haven't seen her around in a while.

hi Wyndyacre, I have been to Treemendous Nursery. We bought a small Linden tree there in aug. of 2006, for our lot in Pt. Franks. We have also bought nice plants at the Evergreen (i think that is the name of it) Nursery between Thedford and Pt. Franks and we have been to the one in Grand Bend...I can never remember the name of it. We got a pretty little white pine there (also for our lot in PF)
There is a lady in PF that had two plant sales on her property last year. She has an amazing shade garden just full of hostas. Her yard is really something. Of course I just had to have three of her hostas and a nice pot of white wild bleeding heart.

I haven't been to the nursery in Delaware, but now that I know about it, I am sure that I will find myself there sometime!! :-)

I discovered GW last year when someone posted a link on another site I was on, about the swap at Appin. Of course I had to attend. I had a great time and really hope that Signet will be able to do it again. I am sure it is a lot of work, but would be more that happy to help out in some way, so that she would keep it going. Were you there?? I don't remember your name in all the posts about the ex.

Greylady-That plant sale in Pt. Franks sounds interesting...I love to see other gardens and I love hostas.

I've attended the GW swap one other year when it was in London but didn't go to the one at Signet's last summer. I have been to her place before though and have done trades with her. I happened to ride by her home, on my motorcycle last summer, the day of the trade.

I haven't attended the trade lately because spring is a very busy time for me. I have an acre garden and have an garden tour and sale myself, in May. Did you have a peek at the Winter Photos thread I started of my garden? I'm about 1/2 way between Sarnia and London.

I did go and see your winter garden photos. They are very beautiful!! I would love to see pics when it is uncovered and in bloom.

Last summer was the first time I saw the plant sale in PF. It wasn't an advertised thing (that I know of). I just saw a sign on the road by her drive in the spring and then I think that it was over the labour day weekend that the sign popped up again.

I will have to keep an ear out for your garden tour and sale.