Fritz Creek Gardens, Home of Alaska Hardy® Perennials, Roses, Shrubs and Trees

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Welcome to Fritz Creek Gardens of Homer, Alaska, home of Alaska Hardy® perennials, roses, shrubs and trees. We invite you to discover our inventory of more than 500 different cold-hardy varieties. In addition to our extensive plant inventory, we carry containers and unique garden art.

Our mission is to provide the largest variety of Alaska Hardy® plants suitable for the great north and other cold climates, and to provide the expertise to assist our customers achieve success in growing healthy, beautiful plants with the least amount of negative impact on our environment.

Retail and Mail Order. Fritz Creek Gardens operates a retail garden center and display gardens just east of Homer. We are closed for the winter but will reopen April 15. We also sell plants through mail order, inside Alaska and out. It's not too early to plan your spring and summer gardens! We now are accepting orders for the 2008 season. We sold out of many plants last year, some very early, so to ensure you won't miss out, why not order early? Call us at (907) 235-4969 or write to us for more.

Keeping You Posted! Although we are physically closed until April 15, our web site is always open! All winter long we are updating this site, and we have some big plans in store. We'll keep you posted. Keep checking back, as we'll add new features as we complete them.

Alaska Hardy® Plants for 2008

Winter is not a time of inactivity at Fritz Creek Gardens! We are working now on our plant lineup for the 2008 season. For example, we are adding more than 84 new plants! Of course, we continue to grow many old favorites that deserve a space in your garden. As we firm up our plant list for 2008, we'll post the information below. Check these out!

Looking Back First. Before we move on to look at what's new for 2008, it's fun to take a look back at our achievements over 2007, now that the gardening season is a distant memory. And once again we're posting our Top 20 Sellers for last season. We see the old familiar plants in the Top 20 list, but once again there were a few surprises. If you want to get an idea what was tops in the past, take a look at our 2007 Top 20 Sellers. Do you have any of these in your garden?

New Plants! New Plants! Okay, okay, now you're ready for the good stuff! Our new perennial plants lineup for 2008 is extreme! I stopped counting at 84 new varieties and that doesn't include new Primula, Lilium, vines or Iris.

Check out these handful of featured New Plants for 2008. Although we won't open until mid-April, we just can't resist tempting you with these outstanding goodies! Pictured here is one we're quite excited about, Eryngium planum 'Blue Glitter.' This one is very easy to grow and is perfect for drying. Like what you see? Why not order from us early?

Primula Specialists! Primula continues to be our No. 1 seller year after year and there are many reasons for this phenomenon. With more than 600 varieties divided into 23 sections and probably 250 that are good for Alaska gardens, there has to be at least one -- or 10 -- Primula perfect for a spot in your garden. What other genera can boast so many varieties that are great in so many different conditions? They usually are completely disease and pest free. Some love wet areas, some are great in rock gardens, while some bloom in early spring and others late into fall. And for sizes, the sky is the limit -- from tiny two-inch ones to the taller candelabra types. Take a look at our Primula Pages. Fritz Creek Gardens is proud to offer so many different Primula for 2008. Be sure to order early; many will sell out very fast.

Garden Lilies for 2008. Lilies have been around forever and there are many good reasons why they deserve a spot in your garden. For 2008 we have expanded our lily selections to offer 23 Asiatic hybrids, 15 L.A. hybrids, a Double Tigrinium and one Martagon variety (pictured at right). Be sure to check out our Garden Lilies Pages for more on these beauties!

Fritz Creek Gardens is Plant Central

We are busy working to update the rest of our 2008 plant lists and will post them above as we complete them. In the meantime, take a peek at these lovely plants, based on our 2007 inventory. Many will be back and you can be sure we'll add new ones!

Hardy Roses. There's nothing like success and that is exactly what has happened to our Alaska Hardy® Zone 2 and 3 rose selections. Take a look at the 40-plus varieties of these old-fashioned garden beauties, in full color with descriptions, on our Roses Page. And we can't wait to show you what we're adding for 2008.

Hardy Vines. Fritz Creek Gardens is pleased to offer a growing selection of vines, ideal for many garden situations. We grow hardy kiwi, American bittersweet, many outstanding varieties of clematis and much more.

Shrubs and Trees. Coming soon will be pages that feature our great lineup of beautiful shrubs and trees for 2008. We've ventured into new territory here and are experiencing good success with varieties seldom, if ever, grown in Alaska. We've worked hard to locate larger, more mature trees for instant gratification at reasonable prices. I hope all of our efforts will assist you in making decisions.

Fritz Creek Gardens Services

Ornamental Container Program. No time, little time or do you just have more exciting things to do? Take advantage of our new "rental" program -- or perhaps you need a little guidance. Check out this exciting new program.

Our Gardens. We have 13 theme gardens: Tori Meadow is designed to attract beneficial insects, Woodland Whimsy features shade plants and unusual garden art, three rock gardens (there are so many great rock garden plants), a lily garden, Nipon Niwa (an Oriental garden), a new cut flower garden with more than 3,000 peonies (this should be a WOW scene in a couple of years) -- and many more gardens! See our Gardens Page for a sneak preview. Admission fee to the gardens is $2. Seniors, large groups or season passes are available at a discount.

Weddings, Meetings, Special Events. Why not bring your group to a beautiful serene, quiet garden setting for that work lunch, planning session, meeting or special occasion such as a wedding? Click here to learn more about scheduling your event in our 13 beautiful gardens.

Mail order. If you can't visit us in person, we offer postal mail order throughout the United States and same-day service to Anchorage, Soldotna and Seward through the Homer Stage Line and the Seward Bus Line. See our Order Page for more information.

Get a catalog. Our 2007 Plant List and Catalog is still available for all your gardening needs. It will be the last one we publish, as we move to putting our complete list online. Click above to order our 2007 plant list, which costs only $2. It is chock full of information on hundreds of our plants.

Directions. Fritz Creek Gardens is located 8.5 miles from downtown Homer on East Road. (There is another greenhouse on the way at mile 7, Reid's, which specializes in annuals.) The drive is beautiful and well worth the time. Be sure to bring your camera!

Rita Jo, Leroy and staff