Buying Plants
1. Potted plants in bloom (1). At the garden centre, should you buy plants that are already blooming or not? The question has two answers:
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April 29, 2021
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Trees & Shrubs
About Shrubs
1. To prune or not to prune: when and how. Shrubs often need pruning to keep them well-shaped and under control, but the timing really
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April 8, 2021
About Pussy Willows
1. Dyngus Day. Pussy willows were a player on Easter Monday or Wet Monday, a Polish celebration also known in the United States as Dyngus
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March 25, 2021
About Roses
1. Prickle or thorn, it still hurts. Technically, roses have prickles. Thorns are modified leaves containing vascular strands of the plant (the system that moves
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February 10, 2021
Berries in the garden
Do you ever feel like blueberries are so hard to grow it isn’t worth trying and raspberries are so easy to grow they overrun the
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February 8, 2021
Lilacs – Old is new again
By Gerald Filipski Tips for keeping your lilac happy:• Grow in full sun for the best flowering results.• Prune off the spent flowers after blooming.
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February 4, 2021
Care for trees
By Mike Allen Aeration and fertilization is a tree care process that can be done by property owners to open up the root zone of
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February 4, 2021
About Bamboo
1. Grass or wood? Bamboo (Bambusa) is a flowering perennial evergreen plant from the grass family. Although it’s considered a flowering grass, the fact is
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January 14, 2021
About Pines
1. Pine needle bundles. Pines send out their needles in clusters or bundles of two, three or five, depending on the species. These clusters are
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December 10, 2020
About Olives
1. Peace. Olive branches are a symbol of peace, and so we will look further into this species this week, with Remembrance coming up. In
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November 5, 2020