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Spray of Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood' leaves backlit by sun.

Leaves of 'Bloodgood' Japanese maple. Photo by Jonathan Billinger, CC-SA 2.0.

Foliage Garden Design Ideas Garden Info Plants Trees & Shrubs

Japanese maples and lookalikes

July 10, 2025 Shauna Dobbie 95 Views Acer palmatum, American hornbeam, cold hardy trees, colourful trees for northern gardens, fall foliage trees, hardy maple trees, Japanese maple, Japanese maple alternatives, Japanese maple varieties, Korean maple, Mountain ash, ninebark shrub, paperbark maple, serviceberry, small ornamental trees, trees for cold climates, zone 2 gardening, zone 3 gardening

Graceful small trees for every zone: Japanese maples and lookalikes The beautiful Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) is a prize for

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The secret life of ferns: 10 strange and wonderful things

April 9, 2025 Canada's Local Gardener 617 Views cryotogam, Dryopteris, fiddlehead, pteridomania, shade, Victorian

Ferns are among the oldest and most intriguing plants on Earth. With no flowers, no seeds, and a reproductive process

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A garden rooted in memory: Joan and Frank Quinn’s backyard retreat in Edmonton

March 31, 2025 Canada's Local Gardener 386 Views hosta, lilac, lily, Shade garden

By Joan Quinn This garden story appeared in the 3rd issue of Canada’s Local Gardener. As someone who grew up

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10 Neat Things About Plants that Kill

October 31, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 1041 Views plant, toxic

Plants don’t always live up to their gentle, green reputation. Some have evolved lethal mechanisms to survive, capturing prey, and

10 Neat Things Edibles Foliage Plants

10 Neat Things About Sweet Potatoes

October 10, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 1242 Views sweet potato

As you plan your Thanksgiving menu, put some thought into sweet potatoes. Did you know that you can grow them

10 Neat Things Edibles Foliage Plants

10 Neat Things About Spinach

May 22, 2024 Dorothy Dobbie 2439 Views Catherine de Medici, cool weather crops, flash freezing spinach, fresh spinach, healthy hair, insulin control, Iranian origins, spinach, spinach health benefits, superfoods

1. I’m strong to the finish, ‘cause I eats me spinach… Spinach can make you strong, but not as strong

10 Neat Things Edibles Foliage Perennials Plants

10 Neat Things About Hostas

May 15, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 1347 Views edible plants, foliage textures, garden beauty, hosta flowers, Hostas, hybridization, plant varieties, shade plants, slug-resistant plants, therapeutic plants

1. You can eat them? Yes! Young hosta shoots are edible and are considered a delicacy in some cultures, including

Annuals Edibles Flowers Foliage Indoor plants Perennials Plants

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

April 11, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1817 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

10 neat things about parsley

10 Neat Things Edibles Foliage Plants

About Parsley

July 21, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1937 Views curly parsley, flat leaf parsley, garden herbs, herb companion planting, Medicinal plants, Parsley, parsley growth, parsley in the medicine patch, parsley salad, Plant Care

1. Once or twice. Parsley, Petroselinum crispum, is a biennial in temperate zones of the world and an annual in

10 neat things about wildflowers

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About Native Wildflowers

June 30, 2022 Shauna Dobbie 1871 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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