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Anemone plant ID?
This plant has been growing in a shaded corner in the back of the garden that we moved into last year. Today I noticed that it has bloomed. What a nice surprise! Can you help me identify what it is? I...
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Plant with no label
I purchased this plant at a discount which is great but because it has no label, I am unable to determine light and soil requirements to plant it. Can you please identify this plant for me?
View Articleasters
I have asters in my garden which have moved themselves around. Some look great and others, the leaves dry out from the bottom before the blooms come out. Suggestions to prevent this??
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Perennials
Hello, I just moved into a new cottage and don’t know very much about gardening. It has a lovely perennial garden and I want to make sure I take care of it properly. Could you please tell me what these...
View ArticleUsing Plastic Containers to Plant Perennials Outside
Hi! I have 5-7 Double Size 7-eleven slurpy plastic cups. I want to use them to grow perennials next year. Of course I will be puncturing holes at the bottom of each cup to allow water to flow freely...
View ArticlePowdery mildew on sunflower type plant
I purchased a plant a while ago and left it in the pot. After about 10 days, it got powdery mildew on the leaves. I sprayed it with milk/ water solution which helped, and cut off all the affected...
View ArticlePeony not blooming
Three years ago I divided a beautiful heritage peony into 2 plants. I replanted them in the same garden that contains other peonies which bloom beautifully. The transplants contained 5-8 eyes each and...
View ArticleWeed suppresion
We are in Oshawa. We have several good sized perennial beds with decent loamy soil – well amended. They got a little out of control last summer, largely because I was away during prime gardening...
View Articlebamboo for Toronto
Hello, I would like to plant bamboo in my yard (preferably a clumping variety that grows no taller than about 3 meters), but I am unable to find it for sale anywhere locally. I assume there must be...
View ArticleBalcony Gardening with perennials
Can perennials grow on a balcony in the Bayview Eglinton area? I want to take some bleeding hearts and a few other perennials with me when I move from a house. Thank you.
View Articlei boughts tons of perennials & didn’t plant them
just not up to it. ornamental grasses mostly on sale and impulse shopped. how can I protect them over the winter?
View Articletiny front garden ideas
Hello, My front is a just 18″ deep and about 10 feet long – it was once just concrete but we have recently removed it and placed a wooden barrier around it. The house is south facing so I am looking...
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Forget Me Not forgetting to flower
Hi – I purchased a few Forget Me Not plants from a reputable nursery. They were planted last May, there were no flowers on them when I purchased. Watched them for the entire spring and summer, the...
View ArticleFlowering perennials for wet boggy areas
I live in Waterloo, Ontario and have been trying to plant a garden for birds, bees and butterflies. The problem is the space is wet year round. In some places it has standing water during fall and...
View ArticleHow long do delphiniums live in Toronto?
I heard delphiniums are challenging plants to grow and I am a little put off by the suggestion that they might not last longer than 2-3 years. How long do they usually live in Toronto?
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Asters or Weeds?
Asters or weeds? Can you identify the growing plants, which have seeded outside the pipe or barrier? I thought they were weeds, and left them to act as a barrier against ants moving near the house...
View ArticleVines
Can you suggest a vine appropriate to grow on a brick chimney without any special support? I live in the Annapolis valley in western Nova Scotia. Thanks!
View ArticleAstilbe Companion Flowers
I am going to have to transplant my astilbes. The problem is, the area between the sidewalk and the astilbes gets sun. I would like a low-growing complimentary plant that will not hide the astilbes....
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Risks of removing leaves to peonies
I read your reply to “white powder on peonies”. To treat a similar mildew, I took the option of snipping leaves instead of using a chemical. However, by the time i was finished, most of the foliage...
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Identify a plant
I found this strange plant growing in my vegetable garden 2 weeks ago. Do you know what it is? It appears alien?
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