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Canadensis Native Tree Project
Discover how urban expansion and encroachment are endangering our native trees in Ottawa. Learn about a successful project to cultivate local trees and join the fight for our tree canopy!
Caring for a Nest Spruce (Picea glauca ‘Conica’)
Discover how to nurture Nest Spruce in cold, dry regions for vibrant growth in harsh winters. Tips from Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden in Lethbridge.
Caring for a Nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)
Discover expert tips on planting, soil, fertilization, watering, pruning, and winter care for Nannyberry in cold and dry climates.
Caring for a Blue Chip Juniper (Juniperus horizontalis ‘Blue Chip’)
Learn how to care for a Blue Chip Juniper in cold and dry climates, covering planting, soil, watering, pruning, and more!
Caring for a Globe Caragana (Caragana arborescens)
Discover how to keep your Globe Caragana thriving in tough weather conditions with our comprehensive care guide based on expert tips.
Caring for a Preston Lilac (Syringa x prestoniae)
Learn how to care for your Preston Lilac. Tips on planting, soil, watering, pruning, and more for a thriving garden addition.
Sustainable Gardening: How to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Green Waste in Your Garden
Discover how to manage green waste efficiently and create a thriving, eco-friendly outdoor space with sustainable gardening practices.
Veronica liwenensis is a Worthy Ground Cover
Discover the beauty of Veronica Liwanensis, an easy-to-grow ground cover perfect for rock gardens and sunny yards. Learn how to cultivate this charming plant!
Winter is dreaming season! Great Plants for Winter Interest
Discover how to create a beautiful winter garden by adding shrubs and trees with architectural interest year-round, bringing color and texture to the landscape.
Everything you want to know about Biocontrols
Introduced species become invasive in areas lacking their natural pests, diseases, and predators. Biological controls can fail without proper precautions.
Black Ash Tree
Black ash has a large natural area in the United States and Canada. These trees thrive in damp environments and are typically found in northern marshy forests.
Most Popular Articles
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.
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.
Grow a Garden Full of Memories
Celebrate loved ones and honor ancestors by choosing specific plants that hold special meaning. Grow a garden full of cherished memories in your own backyard!
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.
Hydrangea Care: an Easy Guide for Beginners
Hydrangeas are hardy fellas that don’t require a whole lot of fuss, producing beautiful flowers in various shapes. Read how to care for them.
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!
Tropical Hibiscus and Hardy Hibiscus
Hibiscus are hardy perennials, while others are annuals, shrubs, or tropical plants. Hibiscus plants are grown for a variety of uses.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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The story of my pollinator garden
I’m not exaggerating when I say that creating this pollinator garden is one of the best decisions I ever made, and that it has changed my life.
Ways to Protect Your Garden in Harsh Heat
Watering alone is not enough to protect your garden. Let us explore all such ways to protect a garden from the harsh summer heat.
Improve Your Garden Soil This Spring
Improve garden soil with the the right nutrients, it’s vital if you want to grow anything from flowers to vegetables in your garden.
Canada Violet
Canada Violet produces stunning, fragrant white flowers with a purple tint for many months from summer to fall.
Passion Flower: Growing The Passiflora Vine
Are you growing Passion Flower Vine? Come learn its needs for soil, water, pruning, fertilizer, pests, growing problems, benefits and more.
Awesome Astilbe – Shade, Sun and Moisture
Even though Astilbe is typically known as a shade perennial, it tolerates full sun, as long as there is enough moisture.
How to Get Kids Interested in Gardening
Here’s how you can foster a good mood among the children once you decide to bring them out for an afternoon in the garden.
Caring for Poke Milkweed
Poke milkweeds are an important nectar source for native bees and other nectar-seeking insects. Discover how to care for poke milkweed,
Zinnia Attract Pollinators
Zinnias are beautiful flowers that are great for butterfly gardens. Their blooms can provide an explosion of colour in your landscape.
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!
11 Colorful Summer Flowers That Beat The Heat
Below are 11 flowers that bloom all summer and an tips of how they grow and where to plant them
Cardinal Flower Attracts Pollinators
Cardinal flower is a native herb that grows along riverbanks and is occasionally found in garden flower beds as a perennial.
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.
Nasturtium Vinaigrette Recipe
I’m making Nasturtium Vinaigrette by straining my nasturtium vinegar. I like to use basil as my herb, but you can use whatever herb you want.
Beekeeping 101: How to Start an Urban Beehive
It’s a fact that urban beehives can thrive and are more healthy and productive than bees found in the country.
How to Deal with Brown Tips on Indoor Plants
Brown tips on houseplants indicate that the plants are stressed and require attention. Brown tips are due to a variety of circumstances.
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.
Four-Flowered Yellow Loosestrife
Discover the distinct features and habitats of Lysimachia quadrifolia, a species of herbaceous plant in the Primulaceae family. Learn more about its Liner robust leaves, five-parted, yellow flower & how it spreads in wet meadows, grasslands, fields, swamps & marshes.
Spike Mats Solution To Plants Being Dug Up
It is time to clear up the mess left by chipmunks and salvage my garden. Join me as I describe my battle with nature, some tips for keeping chipmunks away, and prepare for the colourful blooms of peonies in this article.
Is a Pond Aerator the Silver Bullet for Your Pond Problems?
Oxygenation of your pond using a good pond aeration system is crucial for the health of your pond’s ecosystem including the water, fish and plants.
Reference Pages for Apples
Reference pages for everything Apple
Nodding Onion Can Put On a Show
Nodding Onion is simple to cultivate and will expand naturally by seed and bulb offshoots. Plant in large quantities for a spectacular show.
Growing Eastern Redbud Trees from Seed
Follow our journey of growing Eastern Redbud trees from seed, documenting every step along the way for a successful outcome. Bookmark for updates!