Marjorie Harris: A life in the garden.
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Indoor Plants

I will be on various CBC morning shows today, holiday Monday,  talking about indoor plants.  Here's a repeat of information from an earlier blog: Moderation works with house plants as it does in most other things. Start by checking out the light: * low light means you can have them in shady places...

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May 21, 2018
In Combinations, Design, Marjorie Suggests, perennials, Plants, Plants in my Garden, Spring, Uncategorized

PLANTS TO ENHANCE A MOON LIT GARDEN

Look for plants with white blooms, silver foliage; with variegated foliage of white and green ,they light up almost any night garden and don’t forget scent and sound (a gentle fountain murmur): Shrubs: Dogwood: Cornus kousa ‘Samaritan’ Silver foliage: Salix canadida pale and back lit by moonlight it is breathtaking Marvelous scent: Daphne x...

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May 16, 2018
In plant maintenance, Spring, Uncategorized

spring newsletter

I was on FRESH AIR this morning talking about Spring in my own garden.  I have written a NEWSLETTER.  Just tap the Contact Me button and I will send you the link and sign you up. The Ammonia formula I talked about is:   six part ammonia to 10 parts water....

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May 12, 2018