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Cheerful clematis, pink single blossoms.

Pergolas and vines add emotion to any yard, and nourishing vines can be doubly rewarding

July 16, 2018 Caroline Fu 1871 Viewsgarden, Local Gardener, pergola, Vines

I’m a sucker for a good pergola. I was at a wedding this season at a golf course where a

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 4303 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

The pharmacy in your garden

November 21, 2017 Caroline Fu 1527 Viewsgarden, pharmacy, plant based medicine

Plants are far more powerful than most people give them credit for being. Their relationship to our health goes back

Edibles Local Gardener Manitoba Gardener Plants

Cucumber cure

September 11, 2016June 9, 2017 Caroline Fu 1956 ViewsEdibles, garden, Local Gardener, Manitoba Gardener, plant, Plants, vegetables

Are you wondering why your cucumbers have lots of foliage and are loaded with flowers, but the flowers keep falling

Local Gardener Trees & Shrubs What's new, what's hot

What’s new, what’s hot 2015 – Trees & Shrubs

March 8, 2015May 8, 2018 Caroline Fu 1606 ViewsFlowers, garden, gardening, Local Gardener, Plants, Shrubs, Trees, what's new what's hot

Gorgeous new trees and shrubs that’ll be a nice addition to your garden. Trees and Shrubs Tatarian maple ‘O’Canada’. A

Flowers Local Gardener Plants What's new, what's hot

What’s new, what’s hot 2015 – Perennials

March 8, 2015February 8, 2021 Caroline Fu 1616 ViewsFlowers, garden, Local Gardener, Perennials, Plants, what's new

Here are new varieties of Perennials this year you’d want in your garden. Perennials Bearded German iris ‘Dangerous Mood’. A