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10 Neat Things

10 Neat Things

About Peonies

May 20, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 6397 Views drought-tolerant, flower care, garden flowers, herbaceous peonies, Itoh peonies, Medicinal plants, peonies, peony symbolism, peony varieties, tree peonies

1. What’s so great about peonies? Peonies are drought tolerant, deer resistant, fragrant, hardy to Zone 2 and they can

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Vines

About Cucumbers

May 13, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 3479 Views anti-cancer properties, healthy foods, pickling, vegetable cultivation, vegetable gardening, wild cucumber

1. Like broccoli with fewer calories. Cucumbers are among the world’s healthiest foods, containing health-giving lignans and flavonoids, as do

10 Neat Things Animals Insects

About Ladybugs

May 6, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 4376 Views aphid control, beetles, beneficial insects, Coccinellidae, Ladybugs, Pest control

1. Coccinellidae. There are about 5,000 species of ladybug worldwide, but only three species go after plants and they are

10 Neat Things Annuals Edibles Flowers Foliage How-to Perennials Plants Trees & Shrubs Vines

Buying Plants

April 29, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 3444 Views Buying plants, Garden centre, gardening tips, insect infestations, moss, plant health, plant labels, plant warranties, root-bound plants, yellowing leaves

1. Potted plants in bloom (1). At the garden centre, should you buy plants that are already blooming or not?

10 Neat Things Plants Trees & Shrubs

About Shrubs

April 8, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 4319 Views boxwood, conifer shrubs, dogwoods, evergreens, garden color, hydrangea, pruning, shrub care, shrub rejuvenation, Shrubs

1. To prune or not to prune: when and how. Shrubs often need pruning to keep them well-shaped and under

10 Neat Things Edibles

About Bananas

March 31, 2021 Shauna Dobbie 3808 Views banana cultivation, banana facts, Bananas, berry, Cavendish banana, fruit ripening, Musa acuminata, Panama disease, plantains, potassium

1. It’s a berry. A strawberry isn’t, a raspberry isn’t, but a banana is a berry, botanically speaking. So are

10 Neat Things Plants Trees & Shrubs

About Pussy Willows

March 25, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 4860 Views allergies, Beethoven, Dyngus Day, early pollinators, gardening tips, Salix discolor, spring flowers, willows

1. Dyngus Day. Pussy willows were a player on Easter Monday or Wet Monday, a Polish celebration also known in

10 Neat Things

About Compost

March 18, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 3299 Views biochar, compost, compost tumbler, composting tips, ecological gardening, humus, mushroom compost, organic gardening, soil health, vermicompost

1. What every good compost pile needs. Nothing can happen to a compost heap unless it has carbon (brown and

10 Neat Things Animals Garden Pests Wild Critters

About Skunks

March 11, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 7282 Views garden citters, how to get rid of skunk smell, plant supports, skunks

1. Skunk diet. Skunks have a varied diet that includes roots, seeds and berries; small mice, birds and eggs; and,

10 Neat Things

Latin Names

March 4, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 4058 Views binomial system, botanical Latin, botanical nomenclature, cultivar names, genus and species, horticulture terms, Latin plant names, plant classification, plant growth habits, plant taxonomy

1. The point. Horticulturists refer to plants by their Latin names for reasons far beyond being snobbish (though the occasional

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