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Lilac Care and Propagation
Discover the beauty of lilacs, ideal for hedges, foundation plantings, and more! Learn about lilac color varieties, planting, and propagation.
Blooming Daylilies in Beautiful Colours
Learn about my experience growing fingerling potatoes in a cloth bag and the challenges I faced. Find out the benefits of regular pots for potato cultivation and the importance of proper watering.
Foamflower Shows Well in Groups
Welcome wildlife to your garden with Foamflower! A great addition, this plant has green lobed leaves that turn deep purple in falls and produces masses of lightly-scented white star-shaped flowers. Deer resistant, easy maintenance and care – perfect for summer gardens!
Sweet White Violet
Sweet White Violet is ideal for planting in shaded areas of rock gardens, in shade gardens or border fronts. Read more on Viola Blanda.
Canada Milk Vetch
Attract hummingbirds, birds, butterflies and bees with Canada Milk Vetch – a beautiful flower perfect for bouquets, heavy clay soils and winter flowerpots. Perfect for restoration gardens, erosion control and dry climates.
Pearly Everlasting is a Butterfly Larvae Host
Pearly everlasting features yellow flowers enclosed by white papery bracts which grace this beautiful wildflower in summer.
Great St. John’s Wort Care and Uses
St. John’s Wort is a magnificent, vivacious plant that can grow very tall with the right soil conditions. Learn how to care for it.
Silver Wormwood Quick Growing Guide
Silver Wormwood attracts many pollinators and is one of the host plants for the American Lady and the Painted Lady butterflies.
Eastern Redbud Quick Growing Guide
Plant Eastern Redbud for a stunning display of spring colour, and the emergence of heart-shaped leaves. Read its quick growth Guide.
Swamp Rose Mallow
Swamp Rose mallow has exotic, oversized flowers that are very striking. New flowers can open every day from July to September.
Virginia Mountain Mint Growth Guide
Virginia Mountain Mint is a vigorous, long-lasting plant ideal for wildlife gardens. It attracts pollinators. Read the Quick Growth Guide.
Squarrose Goldenrod
Learn about the distinctive Squarrose Goldenrod and its tall cluster of flowers. This perennial herb can reach a height of 6 ft and produces a rosette of large leaves at its base. Up to 200 tiny yellow flower heads cover its slender, elongated array, attracting many insects such as bees, bumblebees, wasps, butterflies, and moths. Identify it and discover its prolific nature!
Maiden Grass: How To Care For And Use
Maiden grass is a popular, rich, tall, full-bodied herbaceous perennial and hardy ornamental grass. Learn how to use and care in your home.
Magnesium Deficiency In Plants
Magnesium deficiency in plants can be identified most commonly by yellowing leaves while the veins remain green.
Wood Lily is Elegant
The wood lily is an elegant plant that grows on a single stem and can reach 1 to 3 feet in height. We discuss how to care and propagate.
Wild Bergamot
Discover how to cultivate wild bergamot from seed. Learn about sowing, growing, and attracting pollinators with this drought-tolerant prairie perennial.