Just as many early to mid summer plants start to look a bit tired, the lavender bushes send up their beautiful blue spires with their unmistakable old-fashioned fragrance to lift the whole garden out of the doldrums. What a treat this plant is, easy care and totally reliable, it is also extremely drought tolerant which [Continue]
The poppies look absolutely fantastic this year, the best I remember them. I think the cold spring has actually been a big help to them as the flower stems are much shorter and stockier than they usually are, and they haven’t flopped over at all. Since I never get around to staking anything, this is [Continue]
This lovely plant is at its best in late summer, with its tall airy stems topped with bright purple flowerheads wafting gently in summer breezes. But don’t let its delicate appearance fool you! It is very tough, a perennial that survives the harshest winter conditions and comes up smiling. A strong and cold autumn or [Continue]
All I meant to do today was to go out with my son and replant his pumpkin, and that was only because I felt so guilty about him having to drop out of his afterschool gardening club because of my new job. He came home last week with his tiny pumpkin plant that he had [Continue]
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Final Thoughts: “Shrubs in the garden, perennials from seed and garden surprises” by Mala Gunadasa-Rohling A nice surprise greeted me one morning a couple of weeks ago – I looked out the window at the weeping willow that hangs over one corner of our garden from the neighbours (a very nice ‘borrowed’ plant) and saw [Continue]
Horticulture News from Around the World: Here are three stories from all around the world that focus on vegetables! 1. Mega-Artichokes to Power Homes? (LONDON) – Reuters: Spanish farmers are growing three-meter high artichokes for burning in special power stations to produce electricity, the Independent newspaper reported on Thursday. The genetically-modified monster vegetables, which boast [Continue]
June In-Depth How-To: Increase your vegetable production with Succession Planting Many beginner gardeners plant their crops in the spring, harvest the vegetables, then clean up the garden and wait till next year to start all over again. It is very easy to get more enjoyment, not to mention more production out of your garden. Try [Continue]
Summer Book Review: “Perennials for British Columbia” by Alison Beck & Marianne Binetti. Lone Pine Publishing ISBN 1-55105-258-X Softcover. 352 pages. $21.95 CAD Suggested Retail Price This new book from Lone Pine Publishing is the Canadian (British Columbia to be precise) edition of the gardening guide ‘Perennials for Washington and Oregon’, launched at the Northwest [Continue]
Since 1913, the Chelsea Flower Show has been a showcase of the very best of English gardening and one of the leading events of gardening and horticultural season. Attended by royalty, celebrities and a very keen public, it is a treasured tradition each year at the end of May. The show actually started quite a [Continue]