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The garden this week. It’s winding up to have its late summer flush of blooms.And it needs a good haircut which will be happening in the next few weeks. Welcome to one of the strangest summers on or off the record. Here are some tips to
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I keep thinking there is no news about gardening, but of course that’s not true. Things are changing radically with this winter of weird weather affecting just about every spot on earth. But if you, dear subscribers, have been paying attention (I know
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The glorious autumn we’re having is making up for the difficult summer. To celebrate: an AUTUMN NEWSLETTER Visit the CBC online to read my recent advice about bulbs: It's time to plant your spring bulbs — A pro's advice for ensuring the prettiest, earliest blooms post-winter Let me know if
Continue ReadingI 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
Continue ReadingLook 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
Continue ReadingI was on FRESH AIR this morning talking about Spring in my own garden. The Ammonia formula I talked about is: six part ammonia to 10 parts water. Pour it around the emerging nubs of hostas to kill off the larvae of slugs growing under
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Ground Layers I seem to have been AWOL for far too long, and I mean to change this and produce a newsletter for each season. In Toronto, we are a couple of weeks behind normal temperatures or what passes for normal anymore. The plants are as
Continue ReadingINDOOR HOUSEPLANTS CBC FRESH AIR BY MARJORIE HARRIS These are the plants I talked about on CBC’s Fresh Air December 23, 201 Don’t just fling plants around a window and think you are doing them or yourselves a favour. I used to collect indoor plants and lug them outside
Continue ReadingIn 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
Continue ReadingMy 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
Continue ReadingIf you would like to have the Applewood Horticultural Society plant list I used in my recent speech in Mississauga, just use contact me and I'll pass it on to you. It was a great crowd: enthusiastic and responsive. Would love to have sold more books,
Continue ReadingFOR THE APPLEWOOD HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY SELECTED PLANT LIST by Marjorie Harris Some of the professionals who work in my garden: Monique Dobson mondobson@gmail.com Derek Welsh of Authentic Tree Care 1.888.366.2273 These are some of my favourite plants and they’ll be included in my talk. Acer griseum Acer palmatum Japanese maple
Continue ReadingIn case you miss it and might like to here it, this is the essay I did for the Sunday Edition January 22, 2017: CBCSundayEdition @CBCSunday Jan 20 How to use time in old age? “I don’t want to kill time. I want to be doing something useful.” @Marjorie_Harris
Continue ReadingI am giving a talk called THE EVOLUTION OF A GARDENER on Wednesday January 25, 2017 at 7 p.m. in The Great Hall Unitarian Congregation 84 South Service Road MISSISSAUGA PLEASE COME IT'S ONLY $20 AND THERE WILL BE LOTS OF GREAT SLIDES MY FIRST TALK IN MANY MANY YEARS.
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