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In Combinations, Design, Marjorie's Life, Plants in my Garden, Spring

Spring perennials

The garden has popped. It's crammed with  perennials and  bulbs; buds bursting on shrubs and trees. I have been  in the hospital with my husband Jack who has just undergone heart surgery. I can now truly celebrate spring:  spring for him with a new valve...

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April 15, 2011
In Combinations, Design, perennials, Plants, Plants in my Garden, Winter

PLANT combinations #3

Well it was a winter wonderland today. After pouring rain all day yesterday, this is what we woke up to. I can see what looks like an ice skating rink out in the back of the garden which doesn't auger well for the plants under...

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March 6, 2011
In Combinations, Design, Marjorie Suggests, perennials, Plants, Plants in my Garden, Winter

Garden combinations #2

I asked for some contributions to what makes a good garden combination. Here's a really imaginative one from Barry Parker. He has a glorious garden in downtown Toronto. It's the kind you like to return to a couple of times a year to see how...

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February 13, 2011
In Combinations, Design, Marjorie Suggests, perennials, Plants, Summer

Great Garden Combinations

Thinking about perennial combinations in the middle of winter is folly of course but what else to dream away a miserable dull winter day? I asked one of my favourite gardeners, Monique Dobson, if she would come up with her favourite combo and this is what...

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January 26, 2011
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Marjorie Harris is one of Canada’s best known garden writers; she is the national gardening columnist for the Globe and Mail.She is also a garden consultant.