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About Creeping Charlie

August 4, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 3180 Views Creeping Charlie, edible plants, garden control tips, Glechoma hederacea, Herbal remedies, invasive plants, lawn alternative, mint family, plant identification, sciatica relief

1. Hardy little newcomer. Creeping Charlie (Glechoma hederacea) came to us from Europe, where, like dandelion, it was found to

10 Neat Things Annuals Flowers Plants

About Petunias

July 27, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 2004 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

10 Neat Things Edibles Foliage Plants

About Parsley

July 21, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1767 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 Annuals Edibles Flowers Foliage Plants Wild Flowers

About Native Wildflowers

June 30, 2022 Shauna Dobbie 1715 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

10 Neat Things Perennials Plants

About Daylilies

June 16, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 2112 Views daylilies, daylily cultivation, drought tolerant plants, flower propagation, flower variations, Hemerocallis, Hemerocallis fulva, nightbloomers, perennial flowers, tetraploid daylilies

1. The “perfect perennial”. Daylilies are often called the perfect perennial because they are easy to grow, come in many

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Cabbages

May 26, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1948 Views cabbage, cabbages

1. Cabbage head. Coming from the Middle-English word caboge, which itself probably derived from the French word caboce, both meaning “head”, the word

10 Neat Things Bulbs Flowers Plants

About Alliums

May 19, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 4297 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

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Trees & Shrubs

About Raspberries

May 5, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 3030 Views black raspberry, raspberries, raspberry colors, raspberry folklore, raspberry history, raspberry ketone, raspberry medicine, raspberry nutrition, raspberry pruning, thornless raspberries

1. Oh Ida, how red your blood. Raspberries, Greek mythology has it, were once white. Then along came Zeus’ nursemaid,

10 Neat Things Plants

About Carnivorous Plants

April 26, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1656 Views carnivorous houseplants, Carnivorous plants, Drosera, flypaper trap, insect digestion, Nepenthes rajah, pitcher plant, purple pitcher plant, sundews, Venus flytrap

1. They eat what? Carnivorous plants don’t eat meat, really; they eat insects and spiders and other arthropods. One of

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Honeyberries

April 6, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 2293 Views antioxidant-rich, berry recipes, fruit gardening, hardy shrubs, haskap, Honeyberries, Plant Care, Pollination, summer harvest, vitamin C

Photo: Hansicanada, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 1. What’s blue, grows on a bush and melts in your mouth?

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