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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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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
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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Is it Spring Yet?
April 19 it looked like this: April 20: But at least it wasn’t like this. Today, April 21 we’re back to this: Is it Spring yet?
Could It Get Any Snowier?
After my last post, reflecting on last year’s early spring and the spectre of global warming, I was certain that winter would be coming to an end. Yesterday, my dear sister informed me that the annual Flower Count had begun in her fair city, which strives … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Design, Living
Tagged Canada, cold, evergreens, February, garden, groundhog, nature, north, Ontario, snow, spring, structure in the garden, Toronto, trees, winter, winter interest in the garden, winter wonderland
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Snowy Garden Favourites
I have been unusually sequestered lately, and restricted to viewing my garden from indoors, a situation not unusual in Canadian winters. In addition to unusual factors, Southern Ontario was hit by a heavy snowstorm last week. While lying about feeling … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Design
Tagged boxwood, boxwood hedges, Canada, cold, dwarf alberta spruce, evergreens, false cypress, garden design, gardening, heavy snow, hedges, Ontario, Picea pungens glauca globosa, plants for winter beauty, plants that look good with snow on them, sedum autumn joy, shrubs, snow, snowstorm, snowy, structural plants, stuck indoors, Toronto, winter, winter beauty
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Self-Help for Sufferers of January Garden Envy (also known as “relatives in Victoria”)
Due to the disturbing nature of what you are about to read, I am warning all Central Canadian gardeners to look away for the following quote. I have been so profoundly disturbed by the contents of this email from my … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Design, Garden Maintenance
Tagged Central Canada, February, forsythia, garden design, garden design Toronto, garden envy, gardener, gardening, gardening in Canada, GTA, January, January garden tasks, landscaping, new garden ideas, Ontario, planning a garden, spring, spring flowers, spring planters, starting seeds indoors, Toronto, u, veggie garden, Victoria B.C., what to do in the garden in January, winter, winter garden, winter garden tasks, winter in Ontario
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