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
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 ReadingHere'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
Continue ReadingI 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
Continue ReadingI hardly know what season to call this. Spring somewhere and summer temperatures other places. After a bout of hip surgery, eye surgery and dental woes, I feel like the Bionic Woman and absolutely raring to go in the garden. But slowly. THE SOIL All through April,
Continue ReadingThis morning I was on Niki Jabbour's radio show this a.m. Tremendous energy and information. Now to go out and admire the garden and see the things about to unfurl: Cornus controversa 'Variegata' and the fabulous Stewartia pseudocamillia which is going to be
Continue ReadingAs we staggered though the worst most miserable part of the winter-that-never-ends, it's finally time to think about what changes in the garden to make this year. This is the prime time to get professional help if it's needed because once the weather settles into being
Continue ReadingWhat a great week in the garden. It started with the great photographer Andreas Trautmansdorff shoot in the garden. He's doing it for Gardenista the gardening blog everyone seems to be reading these days. The garden looked ravishing and, of course, Andreas's magnificent photographs captured
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