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On Best Mosquito Repellent Plants
Discover the most effective mosquito repellent plants for indoor and outdoor. Also, learn about companion plants that repel mosquitoes and other insects.
Beneficial Insects and Good Bugs For Your Garden
Discover how beneficial insects can control pests, save money, and enhance your garden ecosystem in Ontario. Identify and attract these beneficial bugs.
Homemade Insecticidal Soap Recipe Choices
Discover how to create homemade insecticidal soap using natural ingredients for effective and safe pest control in your garden.
Trout Lily: Photogenic and Useful
Trout lily has stunning yellow flowers that bloom in the early spring. Trout lilies can blanket the forest floor as they mature. Read on.
Caring for a Prince of Wales Juniper (Juniperus virginiana ‘Prince of Wales’)
Discover expert tips on nurturing Juniperus virginiana ‘Prince of Wales’ in cold, dry climates and thriving landscaping options in Alberta.
Companion Planting
Discover how companion planting with tomatoes and vegetables can attract beneficial pollinators and predators for a healthier garden.
Wild Bergamot
Discover how to cultivate wild bergamot from seed. Learn about sowing, growing, and attracting pollinators with this drought-tolerant prairie perennial.
Strategies Promoting Healthy Soil
Discover strategies, including minimizing soil disturbance, to enhance soil health, prevent erosion, boost plant growth, and reduce global warming effects.
A Model for Companion Planting and Crop Rotation
Learn about the benefits of companion planting and crop rotation. Improve soil fertility, control pests naturally, and boost yields sustainably.
Lance-Leaved Figwort
Prized in native gardens and restoration projects, discover the real value and beauty of Lance-Leaved Figwort to attract bees, butterflies, and birds like the Ruby-throated Hummingbird!
Barren Strawberry Quick Growing Guide
Discover how to enhance growth and appearance of Barren Strawberry with expert tips. Ideal for woodland gardens and groundcover in Ontario.
Understanding Soil
Explore the five soil layers and how they impact plant growth. Discover the importance of soil composition for healthy plants.
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Flowering Perennials for Four Seasons of Interest
Flowering perennials, carefully curated to combine varying heights, colours, and textures, make the most intriguing gardens.
24 Flowers For September and October
Find the perfect fall-blooming flowers in September and October to add vibrant colors to your garden until first frost.
Tips For Making Landscape Mounds And Berms
Landscape berms and mounds are an easy and attractive way to add interest to your yard and landscape. Building them isn’t complicated.
Acid Loving Plants That Like Acidic Soil
Learn about a variety of acid loving plants that add beauty to your garden. From azaleas to hydrangeas, unlock a colorful world of gardening possibilities.
Geraniums are Easy Care Summer Darlings
Geraniums are a plant that is easy to care for and will produce flowers from spring until fall. In most zones, geraniums are an annual plant.
Favorite Easy-To-Grow Wildflower Combinations
Discover the best wildflower combinations like Zinnias and Cosmos for long-lasting blooms and attract bees, butterflies, and beneficial bugs to your garden. Easy to grow and perfect for colorful solutions in any space!
Plants that Attract Monarch Butterflies
Choose the right plants for your monarch butterfly garden. If you feed them plants they like, they will pollinate your entire garden.
Gardening In Small Spaces
Discover how to optimize your small garden space with layers of plants and create stunning color combinations for year-round blooming.
Plants That Love The Sun
Plants that love the sun may provide vitality and colour to bare regions in the landscape. Read on for ideas.
Spectacular Annuals for Containers
Annuals for container gardening are great for novice gardeners or anyone who wants to add interest and colour to their porch or patio.
Garden Brick Ideas for an Attractive Landscape
Garden brick ideas can be elegant, functional, and can make your landscape even more inviting and exciting. Read on to explore ideas with us.
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Preparing the Garden for Fall and Winter
Discover the best method for storing bulbs and tubers – whether to wash them thoroughly or let them dry with a bit of dirt for better preservation. Learn more!
On Trees around Eastern Ontario
Discover the fascinating trees, plants and shrubs of eastern Ontario! Join Ottawa Field Naturalist Club's Owen Clarkin on a tour to Oak Valley, Merrickville, and Constance Bay – featuring a population of wild Swamp White Oaks, the world's largest Rock Elm, Red Spruce, and rare species like Butterfly Milkweed and Hairy Puccoon.
Plant of the month: Peegee Hydrangea
Bring a colorful display of hardy blooms to your outdoor space with Peegee hydrangeas. Learn more about this fast-growing plant, its winter-hardiness, and tips for planting in the Alta Vista area with Patricia's 30+ years of gardening experience.
Ways To Minimize Transplant Shock
Some of your trees or plants might wilt or die after transplant. Prevent transplant shock by taking these preventative measures!
Plastic Water Bottle Greenhouse for Winter Lettuce
It’s a perfect time to experiment. The plastic water bottle should act like a tiny greenhouse and my lettuce should grow even when it snows.
Hardening Off: Last Stop Before Planting Out
Discover a simpler method for hardening off seedlings and creating protective environments for your plants to avoid sunscald and promote healthy growth.
How to Keep Your Plants Alive in Fall and Winter
When reading the post, you’ll know how to care for winter plants, and what conditions to create to ensure their health and survival in cold seasons. You’ll find practical tips and the list of the best plants to grow in winter in either pots or gardens.
Rhododendron
Rhododendron are highly valued in landscaping. Their gorgeous pink flowers brighten up any location. We discuss caring and propagation.
Easy Care and Beauty of Climbing Hydrangeas
Climbing hydrangeas are great because they can be grown in any climate and add beauty to any landscape, and they are also easy to care for.
Maximize Your Outdoor Space
Maximizing outdoor space is about making the most of the space you have, to suit your tastes and lifestyle.
Stone Garden Path Ideas For Garden Walkways
Stones paths through the garden accentuate, connect and tie the landscape together. Walk with us and visit some favourites garden path ideas.
Blue Cohosh
Blue cohosh flowers and roots are used for medicinal benefits. Be careful, it’s not a safe plant. Come learn about Blue Cohosh care.
Gardening for Birds: Planting for Black-capped Chickadees
Learn how to attract black-capped chickadees to your garden by planting native trees and flowers that provide food and nesting spaces.
How to become a landscape photographer in Toronto: working in gardens
How do you turn your passion for landscape photography into a job? A step-by-step guide on how to make money capturing the beauty of gardens in Toronto. Where to find a job as a landscape photographer?
Growing Your Garden with some Chickens
Consider growing a garden with chickens! It comes with great advantages for you and your birds, since it assists in many ways on both sides.
Red Baneberry For Shade Gardens
Red Baneberry (Actaea rubra) is a good choice for cool shade gardens due to its lovely leaves, blooms, and vivid red berries.
Deal With Heat Stress in Weed Plants
Learn why heat stress in cannabis plants can discolor foliage, cause stunted growth, and more. Understand the symptoms and causes, and find out how to prevent this issue to help ensure your marijuana crops remain healthy. Plant White Widow feminized seeds or similar heat- and disease-resistant strains today!
Baptisia is a Sure Bet
Baptisia australis is beautiful and a sure bet to be introduced into your garden. It looks nice even after it’s done blooming.
Choosing Flowers to Match One’s Personality: Tulips vs. Orchids
Add meaning and beauty to any event or home decor with a flower that perfectly suits your personality. Discover why tulips vs orchids are popular blooms and how their symbolism can be used to show feelings of love and friendship. Plus, learn the deeper meaning behind their colors including red, yellow, pink, white, purple, orange, and even black!
Types of Garden Shrubs
Types of shrubs, there are two. Evergreen shrubs have year-round leaves. Deciduous bushes lose their leaves in the winter. We present ideas.
When to Plant Strawberries (Hint: Think Spring)
Juicy, sweet strawberries picked from your own garden are simply the best. Create a berry garden by pairing with blueberries, blackberries and raspberries.
Hostas and other Shady Characters!
Hostas are lush, leafy perennials that thrive in shade to part sun. Sought after for their leaves and their ability to thrive in shade.
Janet Craig Dracaena: Low Light Houseplant
Dracaena Janet Craig is an interior floor plant or mass planted in beds. It survives low light levels, grows best in filtered light.
Veggie Bites – Dog Strangling Vine
Dog Strangling Vine grows vigorously around plants effectively strangling them and it produces an amazing number of seeds.