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Flowers

Crocuses are the first flowers of spring.
Flora & Fauna Local Gardener 

Manitoba’s floral emblem, the prairie crocus

April 17, 2023April 17, 2023 info@pegasuspublications.net 180 Viewscrocus, Flowers

By Doug Collicutt One ritual of spring for many Manitoba garden enthusiasts is a visit to the Living Prairie Museum

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10 Neat things about peonies
10 Neat Things 

10 Neat Things: About Peonies

May 20, 2021May 21, 2021 Caroline Fu 3419 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

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Rafflesia arnoldii
Flowers Plants 

Pungent plants

July 22, 2019 Caroline Fu 1861 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

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Flowers Plants 

Stinky flowers

July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 Caroline Fu 4391 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

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Flowers Plants 

Beguiling Begonias and its other species

January 25, 2019February 8, 2021 Caroline Fu 2272 Viewsannuals, begonias, Flowers, solenia

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

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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 2293 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

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poppies
Flowers Perennials Plants 

Poppies

July 12, 2018February 8, 2021 Caroline Fu 4132 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

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Bulbs Flowers Plants 

Beauty in a bulb: 6 summer magicians for glowing colour

May 10, 2018February 8, 2021 Caroline Fu 2303 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

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Ontario Gardener Perennials Plants 

Easy-care Perennials

November 27, 2017March 1, 2019 Caroline Fu 4649 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

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Flowers Manitoba Gardener Plants 

Taking on the Martagon

November 24, 2017November 21, 2017 Caroline Fu 2646 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

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