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10 Neat things about peonies

10 Neat Things: About Peonies

May 20, 2021May 21, 2021 Caroline Fu 3043 Views10 Neat Things, Flowers, peonies, Perennials

1. What’s so great about peonies? Peonies are drought tolerant, deer resistant, fragrant, hardy to Zone 2 and they can

Rafflesia arnoldii

Pungent plants

July 22, 2019 Caroline Fu 1661 ViewsFlowers, pungent plants, stinky plants

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

Stinky flowers

July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 Caroline Fu 3903 ViewsFlowers, Plants, stinky plants

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

Beguiling Begonias and its other species

January 25, 2019February 8, 2021 Caroline Fu 2110 Viewsannuals, begonias, Flowers, solenia

We have been growing begonias in our homes and garden for about three centuries. There are many, many hybrids in

In the lush green beds of the backyard, the Victory Orangery greenhouse is barely visible.

In the lush green beds of the backyard, the Victory Orangery greenhouse is barely visible.

Manitoba Gardener

Tim Evans’ garden for sharing

November 21, 2018 Caroline Fu 2095 Viewsbeautiful garden, Canada, featured story, Flowers, gardener magazine, Manitoba, Manitoba Gardener, Perennials, Tim Evans, Winnipeg

The river rolls lazily by Tim Evans’ Assiniboine-side home, imparting a dreamy quality to this romantic garden. Round beds of

poppies

Flowers Perennials Plants

Poppies

July 12, 2018February 8, 2021 Caroline Fu 3804 ViewsFlowers, opium poppies, Perennials, poppies, wild flowers

Graceful and fragile, brilliantly coloured and stunningly beautiful, poppies call irresistibly from any garden they inhabit. There are over 100

Bulbs Flowers Plants

Beauty in a bulb: 6 summer magicians for glowing colour

May 10, 2018February 8, 2021 Caroline Fu 2105 ViewsBulbs, Flowers, garden, Perennials, Plants

By Dorothy Dobbie If there is one thing that bulbs, especially summer bulbs, have in common it’s incandescent colour. The

Ontario Gardener Perennials Plants

Easy-care Perennials

November 27, 2017March 1, 2019 Caroline Fu 4300 Viewseasy-care, Flowers, garden, low maintenance, Ontario Gardener, Perennials, Plants

These easy-care perennials are the old reliables of the garden. It’s not that they live forever, their lifespan can be

Flowers Manitoba Gardener Plants

Taking on the Martagon

November 24, 2017November 21, 2017 Caroline Fu 2364 Viewsasiatics, cultivars, Flowers, lilies, lillium, Manitoba Gardener, martagon, Plants

The wind whips the water and howls among the rocks. We leave its fury on shore, follow a zigzag path

Gardening for Beginners Gardening How-to Manitoba Gardener

Putting the garden to bed

November 2, 2017February 12, 2019 Caroline Fu 1486 Viewsfall cleaning, fall plants, Flowers, Garden how to, Gardening for Beginners, Manitoba Gardener, putting garden to bed, tropical plants

Saying good night to the garden By Dorothy Dobbie We always speak of “putting the garden to bed” as though

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