The annual VanDusen plant sale is this Sunday, April 30 in Vancouver and organizers say it's the perfect opportunity to add some patriotic red and white to your gardens for Canada's 150th birthday celebrations. Shawn Mitchell, executive director of the Botanical Gardens Association, is overseeing the sale and he says the cold and rainy weather — which has put a damper on nurseries and crops elsewhere in the Lower Mainland — will not change the plant sale. Admission to Vancouver's VanDusen gardens is free during the annual plant sale on Sunday, April 30. — celebrates Canada's 150th birthday, and Mitchell says there will be a special focus on flowers that bloom red and white including bleeding hearts (Dicentra spectabilis) and scarlet-flowered bee balms (Monarda didyma). Proceeds from the sale go to support the garden's education programs.

Source: CBC News April 29, 2017 22:52 UTC