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Lilacs – Old is new again

By Gerald Filipski Tips for keeping your lilac happy:• Grow in full sun for the best flowering results.• Prune off

Dahlias are the national flower of Mexico, but they could be the queen of your garden. Luscious, flamboyant, but not

Pig squeaks have big shiny, paddle-shaped leaves surround a sturdy, 16-inch stalk that bursts into exuberant pink, sometimes white, flowers

When admiring a beautiful garden, people would always comment on the colours, or the symmetry. But how about the fragrance

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If you’re looking for a groundcover for a shady area, look no further; Asarum canadense or Canadian wild ginger is your

By Dorothy Dobbie It isn’t often that you grow a plant mainly for its seed heads, but some are so

Growing orchids should be easy. They are a very forgiving plant if you understand it. Sadly, most are drowned by

Rafflesia arnoldii

Noteworthy pungent plants from around the world. Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum) The corpse flower is known as “the worst smelling

There aren’t many things that smell better than walking through a beautiful garden and inhaling the intoxicating aroma of flowers

Common impatiens, Impatiens walleriana, have always seemed the most indestructible of plants. You stick them in the ground, give them