Lavender Love

Lavender Love

Almost 50 years ago I was fresh out of university and was working as a private gardener for an estate in Mississauga, Ontario.  The owner, who had the wonderful gardener name of Mrs. Iris Appleby, was an octogenarian who had emigrated with her husband from Wales in...
Garden Help: Cutworms

Garden Help: Cutworms

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Garden Help: The Viburnum Beetle

Garden Help: The Viburnum Beetle

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Plants to Know and Grow: Boxwood

Plants to Know and Grow: Boxwood

Common box (Buxus sempervirens) is one of my favourite shrubs, both in my garden and also to use in designing. I’d never call it a showstopper, but it does give bones and structure to my landscape, even in winter. An evergreen known for its small rounded, cupped...
Plants to Know and Grow: the Marigold

Plants to Know and Grow: the Marigold

This time I’ve chosen a plant that is well used, often overlooked and has a lot of positive qualities that just may make it better appreciated: the marigold! The marigold has been making its appearance in the flower garden for a few hundred years and with good...