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Annuals

About Groundcover

August 20, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 4040 Views Annual groundcovers, Erosion control, Groundcover plants, Invasive groundcovers, Landscape fabric, Rambling rose, Shady groundcovers, Thyme groundcover, Turf grass, water filtration

1. It’s thyme, baby. Thyme will hold up nicely as groundcover between flagstones in a sunny area that gets a

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Spiky Flowers

June 26, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 5389 Views Delphinium, Foxglove, Gladiolus, Hyacinth, Liatris, Lupin, Obedience plant, Pollination strategy, snapdragon, Spiky flowers

1. Flowers on spikes. Spiky flowers could refer to flowers with spikes or flowers that form on a spike-like stem;

10 Neat Things Annuals Flowers Perennials Plants

About Cosmos

June 16, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 4909 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

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About Flowers for Easter

April 10, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 3841 Views daffodils, Easter decorations, Easter flowers, Easter lily, Easter traditions, eggplant, floral symbolism, passionflower, pussy willow, spring flowers

1. Easter flowers. Some of the plants and flowers associated with Easter are simply early spring flowers, like potted hydrangeas,

10 Neat Things Annuals Plants

About Pansies

March 26, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 5867 Views biennials, edible flowers, floriography, heart's ease, Johnny jump-ups, Pansies, pansy cultivation, Shakespeare, stepmother flower, Viola

1. Pansies for thought. The origin of the word pansy is reputed to be the French word pensée, meaning thought. The

10 Neat Things Annuals Flowers Indoor plants Plants Wild Flowers

About Love-ly flowers

February 14, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 3175 Views bachelor's button, bleeding hearts, forget-me-not, heartsease, love in a mist, passionflower, romantic flowers, sweet pea, sweetheart roses, violets

1. Love in a mist. (Nigella.) This freely self-sowing, cheery annual takes its romantic love name from the airy, lacy bracts

10 Neat Things Annuals Edibles Flowers Foliage Perennials

About Herbs

January 24, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 4304 Views 10 neat things about herbs, how to preserve herbs, what are herbs

1. Herb or ‘erb? Dropping the h-sound at the beginning of “herb” is an American affectation, so if you’re from

10 Neat Things Annuals Flowers

10 Neat Things about Annuals

January 10, 2020 Shauna Dobbie 3682 Views 10 Neat Things, annuals, type of plant, what are annuals

1. Live fast, die young. In the plant world, an annual is a plant that completes its life cycle in

10 Neat Things Annuals Flowers Perennials

About Papaver Poppies

November 7, 2019 Shauna Dobbie 3085 Views papaver, Papaver somniferum, poppies

1. Papaver rhoeas. Corn poppies or field poppies are quite common in Europe; in fact, they are known as a

10 Neat Things Annuals Flowers Foliage Indoor plants Perennials Plants

About Plants That Kill

October 17, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 4883 Views 10 Neat Things, plants that kill, poisonous plants, toxic plant

1. How toxic is toxic? Your garden is full of toxic plants, that could probably even kill, including parts of

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