Featured Trees and Plants at Nikka Yuko Japanese Gardens

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.

Soil and Seed Temperature Germination Chart

Discover the mysteries of how tomato and lettuce seeds determine the right temperature for germination and explore a comprehensive chart of vegetable germination temperatures.

How to Collect Tomato Seeds

Collect seeds from heritage or open-pollinated tomatoes. With seeds from hybrid tomatoes, there is no telling what tomato will come.

Plants with Big Leaves

Veggie Bites – Hybridized Tomato and Rhubarb

If you use a grocery store tomato for seeds, because it is a hybrid tomato you will not get the same tomato with which you started.

Pimentos, Beans and Red Pepper Jelly Recipe

This week’s tour around the garden features Scarlett Runner beans, Pimentos and ends with a favourite Red Pepper Jelly recipe and benefits.