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About Roses

1. Prickle or thorn, it still hurts. Technically, roses have prickles. Thorns are modified leaves containing vascular strands of the

By Gerald Filipski Tips for keeping your lilac happy:• Grow in full sun for the best flowering results.• Prune off

Purslane 1. Move over spinach. Purslane, sometimes called portulaca, is an edible weed. It has 10 times the Omega 3

1. Tulips rising in fall. Much of Canada has been enjoying a bit of unseasonably warm weather this fall. Some

1. Bat flower. One of the scary plants, the handsome Tacca chantrieri flowers are almost black and a little reminiscent

1. Roots or stems. Bulbs, corms, rhizomes and tubers; which are which? There are true bulbs, as in onions and

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

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

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

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