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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
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Tagged blossoms, flowers, garden design, peonies, photoshopped flower, southern ontario, strange weather, summer, Toronto
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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
End-of-the-Season Blues
You would have been forgiven for thinking it was spring October 25 and 26 in the Toronto area, with temperatures in the high ‘teens to mid twenties–especially if you noticed these delightful, fresh-faced sweethearts blooming! Colchicum and Autumn Crocus are sweet, fall-blooming bulbs, … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Design
Tagged autumn, autumn crocus, beautiful fall garden, best bulbs, bulbs, bulbs to plant, butterfly blue, colchicum, colchicum autumnale, companion plant, crocus, early spring, extending bloom season, fall colour, fall flowering, fall flowering bulbs, fall flowers, garden design, landscape design, landscaping, meadow saffron, Ontario, pincushion flower, planting bulbs, purple flower, scabiosa, southern ontario, Toronto, what to plant in october, york region
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Keeping Asters Green
I am not a high-maintenance gardener, so sometimes when my plants just look great on their own I am thrilled. I plant things that don’t need a lot of babying with few exceptions. An exception, though, is Asters. They epitomize … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Design, Garden Maintenance
Tagged asters, autumn, bee balm, crumbling leaves, fall, fall colours, fall garden, fall garden cleanup, fungus, garden, garden design, garden maintenance, garden problems, garden tips, gardening, humidity, leaves dropping, leaves turning brown, low maintenance garden, mildew, monarda, nature, Ontario, phlox, plant debris, roses, rust, southern ontario, stems, Toronto
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