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Grass for your Lawn

June 19, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 3737 Views Annual ryegrass, Fine fescue, grass types, Kentucky bluegrass, lawn care, lawn maintenance, Perennial ryegrass, Shade tolerance, Sustainable lawns, Turf grass

Well-cultured lawns have several beneficial features. They filter and clean water and return it to the water table. In urban

Edibles Plants

Asian Greens

June 19, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 2797 Views Asian greens, Bok choi, cool weather crops, Garden vegetables, Lemon grass, Malabar spinach, Mizuna, Mustard greens, Tatsoi, Vietnamese coriander

A shrinking globe brought Asian vegetables to prominence in North America. Tourists, soldiers returning from the Korean and Vietnam wars,

Garden Pests

Spittlebugs

June 17, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 4723 Views froghopper, garden pests, nymph stage, organic gardening, Perennials, Pest control, plant pests, Spittlebugs, strawberries, xylem

Who’s been spitting on my plants? Spittlebugs show a preference for nitrogen-fixing plants such as legumes and it is postulated

10 Neat Things Annuals Flowers Perennials Plants

About Cosmos

June 16, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 5066 Views Butterfly magnet, Chocolate cosmos, Cosmos, Cosmos bipinnatus, Cosmos caudatus, King’s salad, Mexican aster, Ornamental beauty, Sulphur cosmos, Ulam Raja

Ulam Raja 1. King’s salad. When we think of cosmos, we think of the pretty delicate flowers once so common

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Brassicas

June 11, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 3946 Views Brassicas, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, Collard greens, Gai lan, Kale, Kohlrabi, Romanesco

Watch for an article on these vegetables in the summer issue of Canada’s Local Gardener magazine! 1. All the

10 Neat Things

About Moss

June 4, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 5977 Views Bryophyta, Japanese gardening, Moisture retention, moss, Moss as a ground cover, Moss care, Moss growth, Moss reproduction, peat moss, Sphagnum moss

Are you interested in growing moss? Look for an article on it in our Summer issue of Canada’s Local Gardener!

10 Neat Things Garden Design Ideas

About Public Gardens

May 28, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 4215 Views Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens, Butchart Gardens, Gardens of Hope, international peace garden, Kingsbrae Garden, Patterson Garden Arboretum, public gardens, Reford Gardens, Royal Botanical Gardens, University of Alberta Botanic Garden

1. Butchart Gardens. One of the crown jewels of Canada’s public gardens is kind of like Disney World for adults.

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Berries

May 21, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 6073 Views blackberries, blueberries, boysenberries, cranberries, currants, gooseberries, Honeyberries, raspberries, saskatoon berries, strawberry facts

Gooseberries are true berries Raspberries Blackberries Saskatoon berries Blueberries Currants Honeyberries Cranberries 1. A tomato is a berry, a blueberry

10 Neat Things

About What We Learned From the Pandemic

May 14, 2020 Shauna Dobbie 4165 Views carbon emissions, dinner parties, ocean quietness, Pandemic lessons, privacy issues, relationships, school challenges, weather predictions, working from home, Zoom meetings

Here’s what we’ve learned from this pandemic… 1. Air. Whether you’re a believer or a denier in climate change, there

Plants Trees & Shrubs

Lovely Lilac

May 12, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 3258 Views fragrant flowers, garden shrubs, growing lilacs, lilac care, lilac problems, lilac varieties, Lilacs, pruning lilacs, spring blooms, Syringa vulgaris

Is there anything lovelier than a lilac with its swooning scent that perfumes all the air around it? Lilacs are