Marjorie Harris | perennials

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...

May 16, 2018

In Design, Globe and Mail copy, Marjorie Suggests, perennials, Plants, Spring

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 NEWSLETTER

This edition of the quarterly is in a new format. Our webmistress is on holidays so here it is as a blog: [caption id="attachment_2395" align="alignleft" width="480"] The Garden July 2015[/caption] The garden has been giving a huge amount of pleasure all year. But this summer it has...

July 27, 2015

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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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This Week in the garden

I'LL BE ON CBB's Fresh Air Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m. with Karen Gorden. Try and have a listen. If you missed the story in Gardenista: here's the link Wow here's a link to a story I wrote on the garden for GARDENISTEA http://www.gardenista.com/posts/garden-visit-at-home-with-canadas-favorite-garden-writer?utm_source=Remodelista%2FGardenista+Subscriber+List&utm_campaign=96faf6d7a9-Gardenista+Daily+Email+Campaign&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_447a717cea-96faf6d7a9-384348629 hope you enjoy AND IF YOU'D LIKE...

July 3, 2014

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Spring newsletter

The spring quarterly is going to be sent out today and if you want to receive it and aren't on our list, hit the contact me and I will forward it to you. Spring has reluctantly arrived. The garden has the sound of spring in it:...

May 5, 2014

In Design, Globe and Mail copy, Marjorie Suggests, perennials, Plants, Summer

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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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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spring into weeds and blooms

It's astounding the difference a day or two makes at this time of year. It's like having a teenage kid who has a growth spurt: they are crashing and bashing about. I had given up in despair but this is the difference a couple of days...

April 18, 2013

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City Trees under Stress

It's dreadful what we do to city trees. Yet another old one was chopped down on our street last week. There might have been a reason (a Norway maple of great age, hollow in the middle) but it also might have been saved for a...

July 3, 2012