About Love-ly flowers
1. Love in a mist. (Nigella.) This freely self-sowing, cheery annual takes its romantic love name from the airy, lacy bracts that surround the flower. It
Canada's Local Gardener
February 14, 2020
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Growing Orchids in your Home
Growing orchids should be easy. They are a very forgiving plant if you understand it. Sadly, most are drowned by over solicitous caregivers who believe
Shauna Dobbie
January 9, 2020
10 Neat Things about House Plants
Shade dwellers. One of the most important things to understand about house plants is that most are shade or partial shade dwellers in their natural
Canada's Local Gardener
January 3, 2020
About Plants That Kill (Edition one)
1. How toxic is toxic? Your garden is full of toxic plants, that could probably even kill, including parts of some that you eat (tomatoes,
Canada's Local Gardener
October 17, 2019
Growing Seeds Indoors
Nothing serves as a rite of passage for novice gardener more than the impassioned, ever-hopeful activity of growing tiny seeds indoors in the dead of
Shauna Dobbie
March 22, 2018
Die Hard Houseplants: Part 1 of 3
Plants transform our living spaces indoors and out, but those that are invited into our homes do more for us than we do for them.
Canada's Local Gardener
November 14, 2017
Hard to Kill Houseplants: Part 2 of 3
Much research has been done on the benefits of keeping houseplants. Studies show plants make you happy and improve your mood, give you a sense
Canada's Local Gardener
November 14, 2017
Easy Care Houseplants: Part 3 of 3
Plants transform our living spaces indoors and out, but those that are invited into our homes do more for us than we do for them.
Canada's Local Gardener
November 14, 2017
Beautiful Outdoor Winter Planters
Outdoor planters offer winter long beauty With the cold weather upon us, it is easy to neglect the outdoor spaces that we enjoy so much
Canada's Local Gardener
September 21, 2016