Marjorie Harris | a life in the garden

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 is breathtaking Marvelous scent: Daphne x...

May 16, 2018

In plant maintenance, Spring, Uncategorized

Marjorie Harris on Fresh Air CBC radio

I 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 the surface of the soil. I...

May 12, 2018

In Newsletters, Spring

SPRING 2018 NEWSLETTER

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"] This type of underplanting is a crucial part of creating a garden in layers, something I’ve been practicing for many years. Naturalizing bulbs, ground covers (perennials that like to spread around), evergreen shrubs and trees make a lively scene even in crummy weather.[/caption] Ground Layers I seem to...

April 29, 2018

In Combinations, Design, Marjorie's Life, plant maintenance

Indoor Plant for gifts and how to care for the

INDOOR 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 in summer then back in...

December 22, 2017

In Combinations, Design, Fall, Globe and Mail copy, Marjorie Suggests, Plants, Uncategorized

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 year when I thought I...

October 12, 2017

PLANTS TO ENHANCE A MOON LIT GARDEN

Marjorie Harris on Fresh Air CBC radio

SPRING 2018 NEWSLETTER

Indoor Plant for gifts and how to care for the

Prep prune plant

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