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Manitoba’s Floral Emblem: The prairie crocus

April 17, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 2292 Views crocus, Flowers

By Doug Collicutt One ritual of spring for many Manitoba garden enthusiasts is a visit to the Living Prairie Museum

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What’s New and What’s Hot: Trends for 2023

April 11, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1730 Views Cinquefoil, Fruit Salad Mango, Incarvilllea delavayii, Kangaroo Paw, Leucanthemum Carpet Angel, Oxalis corymbosa aureo reticulata, Oxalis versicolor, Petunia Evening Scentsation, Potentilla, Scarlet Dreams, Siberian Tiger Hosta, Sicilian Honey garlic, snapdragon, White Feather Hosta

Note: Seed produced by F1 hybrid plants may not produce offspring true to the parent. As the year unfolds, gardeners

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8 Perennials That Attract Our Friends the Bees

March 30, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1820 Views Asters, Bee Balm, Bees, Black-eyed Susan, Catmint, crocus, Eco-friendly gardening, gardening, Goldenrod, Perennials, pollinators, Purple coneflower, snowdrops, Sustainable gardens

Are you looking for ways to attract more bees to your garden this year? More and more we are learning

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Peonies are the perfect flower

March 27, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1647 Views herbal therapy, peonies, Peony medicine, perfect flowers

When peonies burst into bloom, they scent the air with their musky fragrance. Everyone with a garden should have

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Test Your Garden Knowledge: Daffodils

February 26, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1605 Views beautiful garden, daffodils, Gardening for Beginners, Local Gardener

Test your daffodil knowledge by answering true or false to the following questions. 1. A daffodil is a kind of

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Coreopsis: A bright and cheery flower

February 22, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1313 Views bedbug, coreopsis, insect, koris, Plants

Coreopsis pleases everyone! People love it for its sunny, long-lasting blooms. Birds love it for its seeds and butterflies, and

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About Petunias

July 27, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 2090 Views edible plants, glowing plants, hybrid vigor, petunia colors, Petunias, Plant Care, pollinator plants, sun-loving plants, Supertunias, water hogs

1. The scent of a flower. Petunias have a heavenly scent in the early part of summer, before they have

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About Native Wildflowers

June 30, 2022 Shauna Dobbie 1779 Views Baptisia australis, Black-eyed Susan, celandine poppy, gentians, Helenium autumnale, Joe Pye weed, milkweed, Native wildflowers, Purple coneflower, wood lily

1. Typhoid saviour. One of the native wildflowers, Joe Pye weed, boneset to some, and botanically Eutrochium (reclassified from Eupatorium a few

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About Alliums

May 19, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 4363 Views 10 Neat Things, alliums

Allium azureum Toxicoxcordion venenosum Allium cepa (onion) Allium sativum (garlic) Allium moly Allium schoenoprasum (chives) 1. What are alliums? Plants

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Early Spring Flowers

March 24, 2022 Shauna Dobbie 1792 Views crocus, daffodils, forsythia, hellebores, Pansies, prairie crocus, primula, Pulsatilla, scilla, snowdrops, spring flowers

1. Hellebores. One of the early spring flowers, Hellebores, are poisonous, as are many plants in the garden. The sap