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About Groundcover

August 20, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 4176 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 5607 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;

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About Cosmos

June 16, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 5047 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 3975 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,

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Cherry Blossoms

April 2, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 5884 Views anthocyanins, black cherry, Cherry blossoms, chokecherry, Hanami, Japanese tradition, ornamental cherries, Prunus trees, Sakura zensen, sweet cherries

1. Hanami . It’s cherry blossom time in Japan! Hanami means “flower-viewing” and generally refers to taking in the beauty

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Dahlias in your Garden

February 27, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 3759 Views bloom care, dahlias, deadheading, flower cultivation, Flower varieties, gardening techniques, gardening tips, Mexican flower, plant support, tubers

Dahlias are the national flower of Mexico, but they could be the queen of your garden. Luscious, flamboyant, but not

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Aromatic Plants

February 18, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 5650 Views annual herbs, aromatic plants, fragrant flowers, lavender, perennial flowers, scented garden, scented geranium, spring garden, summer blooms, sweet pea

When admiring a beautiful garden, people would always comment on the colours, or the symmetry. But how about the fragrance

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About Love-ly flowers

February 14, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 3279 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

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Canadian Wild Ginger

February 6, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 4233 Views groundcover, Local content, wild ginger

If you’re looking for a groundcover for a shady area, look no further; Asarum canadense or Canadian wild ginger is your

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About Herbs

January 24, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 4404 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

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