Marjorie Harris | Globe and Mail copy

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Prep prune plant

In today's Globe and Mail I have my first piece in months, just as the season is winding down. I hope you find it useful. I sure loved writing it. I will now try hard to keep up this blog space with plant and garden information. This...

October 12, 2017

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Globe and Mail garden column

My column in the Globe and Mail today (Thursday June 15, 2017) is about native plants we should be using in the garden. The illustration is of Amsonia 'Blue Ice' a new cultivar of our native blue star. I saw a collection of great plant3s at John's Garden...

June 15, 2017

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Hydrangea: Plant of the Week

Here's my column for this week: From: Hydrangea paniculata ‘Bobo’: The perfect plant for the urban gardener - The Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/gardening/hydrangea-paniculata-bobo-the-perfect-plant-for-the-urban-gardener/article31061327/ I've been accused of hating hydrangeas: not true. I like some of them a great deal. I hate it when they are overused in...

July 22, 2016

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plant of the week: Spirea

My column in the Globe and Mail can be found at: globeandmail.com go to Life then Home & Design then Gardening Spirea 'Double Strike Red' Read this on The Globe and Mail I have been so busy this summer but things are returning to a normal work load...

July 2, 2016

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May 2016

I have a Spring Newsletter ready if you haven't signed up. Just hit the contact me button and I will send it to you. There is also a piece in today's Globe about Daphne X ''Lawrence Crocker' have a look at it wonderful plant from a...

May 21, 2016

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SUMMER IN THE GARDEN: moving plants

It has been the busiest summer of a busy life. We have installed so many gardens and now things are slowing down and I can take a breath and be in m own garden. Here we pulled out trees and shrubs and moved things around to such...

August 4, 2014

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Dienanthe plant of the week

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/gardening/plant-of-the-week-dienanthe-caerula/article13674818/ This is the long long connector for my Globe and Mail column last week. It also has the videos we've been making on there as well. They are fun and fun to do. Here are links to the videos themselves: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/life-video/20130625theglobeandmailgardeningbasicsvegetablesmp4/article13044781/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/gardening/how-to-care-for-your-japanese-maples/article13137834/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/gardening/video-how-to-add-vines-to-your-summer-garden/article13301565/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/gardening/20130724theglobeandmailgardeningbasicseggshells-720p3000kbpsmp4/article13524455/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/life-video/how-to-use-ornamental-grass-in-your-garden/article13547526/ ...

August 13, 2013

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spring videos

Here's a remarkable blooming in the garden this week. It's gorgeous. And the house and garden are ready for their close up. I am doing set of new videos for the Globe and Mail and here are the first ones we a few weeks ago. They...

June 7, 2013

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Xeriscape gardens

This is my latest beauty, not a xeriscape plant of course. It's Acer shirasawnum 'Moonrise' and the touches of red on the palmate leaves are echoed in the red tulips which I'd forgotten I'd planted last fall. Nature the great designer, serendipity for the rest...

May 18, 2013

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Summer in the garden

This has been the busiest season ever for our design business meaning that seven day work weeks have kept me hopping. Here's the garden this week. It's a riot of foliage colour, depth and layering. I could spend hours just staring at it, if there was...

June 18, 2012