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Must be spring!
It’s FINALLY spring in Ontario, and I can tell by the undeserved spike in page views I’m getting on this blog as people google for gardening ideas. I say undeserved because I haven’t posted in AGES. Why have I been so … Continue reading
Not Your Mama’s Onions
Allium, flowering onion, comes in a variety of sizes, heights and versions of purple, as well as bloom times. Allium Giganteum is very tall and large and blooms slightly later than the ones shown below. Allium Christophii, Star of Persia, is … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Design
Tagged allium, architectural plants, blue and gold, bold plant, catmint, drama in the garden, english garden, flowers for cutting, garden design, garden for children, garden ideas, giganteum, landscaping, modern garden, Nepeta, Ontario, pair with boxwood, patina and company, plants that keep squirrels away, purple and gold garden, purple flower, speedwell, spiderwort, star of persia, Toronto, tradescantia, yellow
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Fall Garden Inspiration
This is the perfect time of year to get inspired about your fall garden. Ontario and the East will soon be brilliant with fall colour and our gardens will be aglow in this vibrant backdrop. In other parts of North … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Design
Tagged accent plants, blue foliage, blue oat grass, British Columbia, Canada, fall colours, fall garden, fall planter, garden design, honorine jobert, Japanese Anemone, japanese anemones, japanese blood grass, japanese garden, landscape design, natural style garden, nature, patina and company, plants, Toronto, vancouver island
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Artsy Peonies
As if peonies aren’t stunning enough, my daughter has subjected her latest peony photos to some artful tweaking, so I thought I would share these with you. Peonies bloomed for an unusually long time in Southern Ontario this year, due … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged blossoms, flowers, garden design, peonies, photoshopped flower, southern ontario, strange weather, summer, Toronto
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Delphiniums are Mid-Summer Beauty Queens
For a dramatic, classic showpiece for the back of your summer garden, there are few plants more perfect than traditional delphiniums. These beauties are in season right now. For a classic look, I like the “Black Knight” and “Pacific Giants” … Continue reading
Practical Spring Gardening Tips You May or May Not Have Heard
There are spring gardening tips and lists out there in books and in the blogosphere, as well as everywhere else. If you need to know what to do next, go ahead and refer to any of those many sources. Or … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Maintenance
Tagged blood meal, dandilions, dividing bulbs, dividing plants, Fiskars weed remover, garden design, garden maintenance, gardening tips, growing cuttings, heat wave, hydrangeas, mulch, pruning, rabbits eating tulips, skin cancer, solomon's seal, southern ontario, spring, squirrels in the garden, Toronto, Toronto area, transplanting, weeding
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Famous Flowers!
This is just a shortie post to encourage you all to run out and purchase the June issue of Gardens Central Magazine. Not that I want you to go out in the SNOW FLURRIES! Why? Because, in addition to the … Continue reading
Thriving on Neglect: Easy Plants for Beginning Gardeners
Many gardeners are beginners. I see this from the number of gardening bloggers who say so, and from my experience living in and about a large city where people work constantly and are afraid to plunge into having much of … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Design, Garden Maintenance
Tagged Canada, canadian gardener, convallaria, crocus, dicentra spectabilis, easiest plants to grow, easy care garden, easy care plants, grape hyacinth, lilac, low maintenance, muscari, neglected garden, Ontario, peony, sedum autumn joy, snow in summer, solomon's seal, Toronto, zone 4, zone 5, zone 6
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