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10 Neat Things About Hostas

May 15, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 1178 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

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Flora & Fauna Episode 2: Sweet Potatoes

May 13, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 555 Views Canadian Gardening, easy gardening tips, growing sweet potatoes, heat-loving plants, low-care vegetables, nutrient-rich vegetables, summer gardening, sweet potato care, sweet potatoes, vegetable gardening

Sweet potatoes are densely packed with nutrients, delicious roasted or mashed with a dab of butter, and notoriously too heat-loving

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Flora & Fauna Episode 1: Apples

May 12, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 689 Views apple cultivation, apple trees, apples, Bob Osborne, Canadian apple varieties, Cold Climate Gardening, growing apples, hardy apples, New Brunswick gardening, Zones 2-4 gardening

Bob Osborne is a grower of apple trees in New Brunswick and he has recently published Hardy Apples: Growing Apples in

10 Neat Things Edibles

10 Neat Things About Celery

May 5, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 963 Views ancient Greece, Black Celery Festival, Celery, cooling effect, diuretic properties, growing celery, harvest tips, Nemean Games, vegetable nutrition, Victorian aphrodisiac

1. A revered plant. In ancient times, celery wreaths were used as awards for winning athletes in the Nemean Games,

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10 Neat Things About Lily Leaf Beetle

May 4, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 895 Views beetle lifecycle, fecal shield, garden pests, invasive species, lily care, Lily leaf beetle, lily plants, lily protection, parasitic wasps, stridulation

1. What is it? What carries its poop around on its back? And why?! The lily leaf beetle (Liliocerus lillii)

Editor's Pick Local Gardener Perennials Plants

Embracing May’s Birth Flower: Lily of the Valley

May 1, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 1682 Views bridal bouquet, Convallaria majalis, fragrant flowers, garden care, gardening tips, invasive plants, Lily of the Valley, May birth flower, spring blooms, toxic plants

As May blooms into its full glory, so does its birth flower, the delicate and enchanting Lily of the Valley.

10 Neat Things Annuals Edibles Flowers Perennials Plants Seeds

10 Neat Things About Seeds

April 22, 2024 Dorothy Dobbie 3954 Views cotyledon, F1 hybrids, gardening tips, heirloom seeds, plant biology, Plant growth, seed germination, seed nutrition, seeds, sunflower seeds

1. Nuts and eggs are seeds, too. Although we don’t often think of them like this, eggs and nuts are

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Lamb’s Ear (Stachys byzantina)

April 15, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 543 Views cat resistant plant, fuzzy texture, garden plants, gardening tips, ground cover, Lamb’s ear, ornamental plants, Plant Care, rabbit deterrent, Stachys byzantina

Lamb’s Ear (Stachys byzantina): The fuzzy texture of lamb’s ear is not appealing to rabbits.

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Foxglove (Digitalis)

April 15, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 560 Views cat resistant plant, Digitalis, flowering plants, Foxglove, garden safety, ornamental flowers, Plant Care, rabbit deterrent, toxic plants, toxic to animals

Foxglove (Digitalis): This plant is toxic to rabbits and most other animals, so they tend to avoid it.

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Daylilies (Hemerocallis)

April 15, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 573 Views cat resistant plant, daylilies, deer deterrent, flowering perennials, garden flowers, Hemerocallis, low maintenance plants, ornamental plants, Plant Care, rabbit resistant

Daylilies (Hemerocallis): While some varieties might be nibbled on, many daylilies are generally avoided by rabbits.

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