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In warm summer regions, fall can be an ideal time to plant a brand new perennial garden or to rejig an established one. The moisture is back (or hopefully will be shortly), the days and nights are cooler and as gardeners we are more comfortable being outdoors than high summer, so we will likely put [...]
Moving or dividing perennials in the autumn is a great way to reduce your work next spring. The cool, moist weather is an ideal time for perennial roots to become well established, even in cold-winter regions. Gardeners often ask us when the best season is to move specific perennials, so we have a working [...]
While visiting those wonderful spring garden shows (like the Philadelphia Flower Show or Canada Blooms), it’s hard to resist the urge to purchase at least a few plants, only to get home later and realize it’s probably too early to plant them directly outside. Keeping them alive and healthy until mid-spring is really quite simple. [...]
This week’s addition to our Garden Design Vignettes segment promotes team work. For neighbours who enjoy gardening but would like to share not only the work but the cost, this is a garden idea for you! Break the monotonous repetition of suburban front lawns by teaming up with your neighbour to produce an amazing [...]
The plants listed on the following pages are poisonous to some degree. We’ve created this special index as a public service to perennial gardeners. Most home gardens contain at least some toxic or poisonous plants. Some of the most popular ornamentals are toxic, including shrubs like Rhododendrons and Hydrangeas, trees like Horse-chestnut and Holly, [...]
1. An overwhelming choice Modern gardeners are very fortunate to live in a time when the passion for perennial plants has reached a frenzy like never before. The selection is now overwhelming, to say the least. This is good in one sense, bringing diversity and greater possibilities into our lives, but it also makes the [...]
Herb gardening has become a very popular past time with youtube videos available to newbies and a host of websites educating visitors on their history and importance, to offering advice on how to grow, how to care for, how to use for culinary, spiritual and medicinal applications. For our purposes, we’re going to focus on [...]
Our British Columbia nursery is a licensed grower of Raymond Evison Clematis from the Island of Guernsey. They have 50 years of experience in developing the best flowering Clematis for today’s homes and gardens. An excellent number of varieties are available to landscapers, municipalities and garden centres throughout the Canadian West and US North and [...]
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