Marjorie Harris: A life in the garden.

AUTUMN NEWSLETTER 2016

By Marjorie Harris My apologies to you dear readers: I missed sending out the Summer Quarterly altogether and this will be my last newsletter. When I recently hit 79, it slowly occurred that I needed to slow down a bit. I keep thinking I'm 60 but believe me nineteen years onwards this...

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Hydrangea: Plant of the Week

Here'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 a landscapery design. You know,...

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Plant of the week

This week it's a gorgeous evergreen Go to http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/gardening I'll be on CBC's FRESH AIR  at  6:30 a.m. Sunday.  Talking about, what else, watering, rain, plants and drought....

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plant of the week: Spirea

My column in the Globe and Mail can be found at: globeandmail.com   go to  Life  then Home & Design then Gardening Spirea 'Double Strike Red' Read this on The Globe and Mail I have been so busy this summer but things are returning to a normal work load so I'm hoping to be...

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