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About Grapes

March 31, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1794 Views grape colors, grapevine history, grapevine pruning, raisins, red wine, resveratrol, Sour grapes, sultanas, Vitis riparia, wild grapes

1. Sour grapes. The expression ‘sour grapes’ originated from Aesop’s fable about the fox and the grapes; a hungry fox

10 Neat Things Annuals Bulbs Flowers Perennials Trees & Shrubs

Early Spring Flowers

March 24, 2022 Shauna Dobbie 1727 Views crocus, daffodils, forsythia, hellebores, Pansies, prairie crocus, primula, Pulsatilla, scilla, snowdrops, spring flowers

1. Hellebores. One of the early spring flowers, Hellebores, are poisonous, as are many plants in the garden. The sap

CLG Podcast Plants Wild Flowers

Talk About Wildflowers

March 16, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1690 Views Bee Balm, big bluestem, Canada anemone, Kelly Leask, native plants, pollinators, Prairie Originals, Purple coneflower, swamp milkweed, wildflowers

Hosts Dorothy and Shauna Dobbie talk to Kelly Leask about the wonderful world of wildflowers. Wildflowers nourish bees and other

CLG Podcast CLG Podcast Insects Local Gardener Plants

Invasive Insects on Trees

March 10, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1515 Views BTK, emerald ash borer, gypsy moth, Invasive insects, LDD caterpillar, neem oil, oak wilt disease, Ryan Statham, Trees, urban forestry

Dorothy and Shauna talk with arbourist Ryan Statham about invasive insects and trees. Ryan is an arbourist with Davey Canada,

10 Neat Things Annuals Edibles Flowers Plants

About Sunflowers

March 10, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 2055 Views allelopathy, Fibonacci sequence, heliotropism, nuclear remediation, pollinators, sunflower growth, sunflower oil, sunflower roots, sunflowers, Ukraine

1. Sunflowers for Ukraine. Sunflowers grow well in Ukraine, owing to its hot dry summers. The flower was widely planted

veseys seed and what's new for spring 2022

CLG Podcast Seeds

Veseys Seeds and Spring 2022

March 4, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 4256 Views amaryllis, CFIA, gardening business, John Barrett, PEI, seed potatoes, sunflowers, vegetable seed collection, Veseys Seeds, Year of the Garden

John Barrett started with growing sunflowers on two acres with the vague idea of selling sunflower seeds, but that first

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

About Rosemary

March 3, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 2206 Views Culinary Herbs, herb of remembrance, Herbal remedies, kitchen herb, Mediterranean herb, Propagation, Rosemary, rosemary flowers, sunlight, water drainage

1. Dew of the sea The name rosemary has nothing to do with roses or anyone named Mary. It is

10 Neat Things Plants Trees & Shrubs

About Big Trees

February 24, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1948 Views aspen grove, Big trees, coast redwood, dragon tree, giant redwood, Montezuma cypress, Pando, rain tree, sequoia, tallest trees

Sequoia National Park, California 1. What kind of big? You can measure the biggest trees as the tallest, the thickest

How-to Vines

Layering Vines

February 7, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1837 Views clematis, garden tips, grapes, ivy propagation, Layering vines, plant propagation, rooting hormone, serpentine layering, Virginia creeper, wisteria

Layering involves pinning the nodes of a young, flexible vine stem to some nicely prepared earth and letting the vine

Flowers Plants Vines

Clematis beauty

February 7, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 2482 Views clematis, clematis care, clematis varieties, climbing vines, container gardening, Garden design, garden pests, perennial plants, pruning tips, Shade-loving plants

There are gardeners who hesitate to plant clematis, fearing that, like hothouse flowers, they may require too much knowledge or

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