Plants

Flowers Plants 

Stinky flowers

July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 1469 Views Flowers, 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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Bulbs Flowers 

Beauty in a bulb: 6 summer magicians for glowing colour

May 10, 2018 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 999 Views Bulbs, 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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Garden Pests Gardening How-to 

Garden bug control

May 3, 2018April 20, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 831 Views garden pests, gardening how-to, insect repellants, Plants

Bugs are a part of any gardener’s life. Some are beneficial and welcome additions that help develop a healthy garden

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Ontario Gardener Perennials Plants 

Easy-care Perennials

November 27, 2017March 1, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 2182 Views easy-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 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 1059 Views asiatics, 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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Alberta Gardener Gardening for Beginners Perennials Plants 

The happy heuchera

November 23, 2017February 12, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 1658 Views Alberta Gardener, garden favorites, Gardening for Beginners, heuchera, heucherella, Perennials, Plants

This time of the year can be a bit dreary with all the garden chores either ending or hidden by

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Sedum Kamtschaticum.

Perennials Plants 

Stonecrop Savvy

November 20, 2017November 21, 2017 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 1782 Views ground covers, Perennials, Plants, sedum, stone crops

If you’ve seen one sedum, you’ve “sedum all”, a prairie horticulturist’s son was heard to murmur at a plant sale.

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Gardening How-to 

Leave your perennials till spring.

September 29, 2017February 13, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 1419 Views fall cleaning, gardening how-to, Plants, winter garden

If you’re a neat freak, then cut your perennials down in fall. However, there are many benefits to leaving the

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Gardening for Beginners Gardening How-to 

Help for summer-stressed plants

August 11, 2017February 11, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 716 Views Gardening for Beginners, gardening how-to, Plants, summer

Plant Strengtheners: Help for summer stressed plants Don’t let summer stressors ruin your landscape’s good looks.  Instead give your plants’

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Gardening for Beginners 

Understanding botanical names

August 10, 2017February 11, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 638 Views botanical names, Gardening for Beginners, Plants

For years, people referred to plants by their common names almost exclusively – only the eggheads and botanists used botanical

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