Marjorie Harris

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...

January 26, 2011

In Fall, Marjorie's Life, Plants, Plants in my Garden

Autumn Garden design and the newsletter

DON'T MISS THE INFORMATION ON THE GORGEOUS NEW BANNER UP THERE. The autumn newsletter is ready to send out now it's you like to sign up. Push the button and I'll get it to you. Here's a part of the garden this week. The Plant of...

October 16, 2010

In Marjorie Suggests, Plants, Summer, Uncategorized

the garden in july

The perennials are bursting out all over the garden. This is a garden which depends on foliage for most of its colour so it's startling to see Phlox 'David' shining in the background, the few roses I have being outrageous and all the hydrangeas I...

July 2, 2010

In Marjorie Suggests, Plants, Summer, Uncategorized

Insecticides

Jean Cumming wrote me this wonderful e-mail: What is Paris green? Bordeaux mixture? I presume arsenate of lead is an evil poison that cannot and should not be sold or purchased? I found Canadian gardening textbooks at a garage sale, one really, two editions, 1938 and...

June 19, 2010

In Marjorie Suggests, Plants, Spring

PLANTING TREES

I am asked constantly about the planting of trees. What are the best to choose? how do you do it properly? How do you water them properly? First of all trees comes in two forms: container-grown; or balled-and-burlapped. The former is obvious; the latter means the...

May 2, 2010

In perennials, Plants, Plants in my Garden, Spring, Uncategorized

THE GARDEN IN SPRING

This is the garden this morning back lit by the rising sun. It's come along at an astounding rate but it's still early days. Don't be tempted to put vulnerable plants outside; wait a bit to plant perennials. You can put in woody...

April 24, 2010

In Fall, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, perennials, Plants, Plants in my Garden, Uncategorized

AUTUMNAL PLANTS

This is one of the stars of the autumnal garden. It's called Fleeceflower (Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail' and what a beauty it is. It's been quietly blooming away for weeks now but as other things die off and containers get moved, it comes into its own. The...

October 8, 2009

In Design, Fall, Marjorie Suggests, Plants, Plants in my Garden

autumn and the felling of trees

It seems impossible to think of taking down trees even in a small garden. But last week was my Derek week: trees left this place. Derek is Derek Welsh of Authentic Tree Service. He hates cutting down healthy trees but even in this case it...

September 6, 2009

In Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, Plants, Plants in my Garden

early autumn, bad storms, slugs and fungal diseases

I had been worried about slugs and fungal diseases in everyone's garden until the horrendous storms of Thursday evening hit. We were lucky (but scared) to have only one huge branch of a city tree (a dying silver maple) down and no other damage. All...

August 22, 2009