Plants Archives

About Horseradish

1. Strong like… horse. Horseradish got its name not because horses like it – indeed, the plant is poisonous to

Juicy leaves 1. Juicy fruit. With succulent plants, it’s not only the fruit that’s juicy, it’s the whole plant. These

1. What’s so great about peonies? Peonies are drought tolerant, deer resistant, fragrant, hardy to Zone 2 and they can

1. Like broccoli with fewer calories. Cucumbers are among the world’s healthiest foods, containing health-giving lignans and flavonoids, as do

1. Potted plants in bloom (1). At the garden centre, should you buy plants that are already blooming or not?

1. To prune or not to prune: when and how. Shrubs often need pruning to keep them well-shaped and under

1. It’s a berry. A strawberry isn’t, a raspberry isn’t, but a banana is a berry, botanically speaking. So are

1. Dyngus Day. Pussy willows were a player on Easter Monday or Wet Monday, a Polish celebration also known in

Starting tomatoes from seeds seems like an easy thing to do, but once you actually do it, there are a

Episode 1: Seeds Episode 1: Seeds! Hosts Shauna and Dorothy Dobbie interview John Barrett of Vesey’s Seeds to learn how