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10 Neat Things

DYC Dazzle: Meet the stars of the yellow composite world

May 21, 2025 Canada's Local Gardener 188 Views Asteraceae, Bees, coreopsis, daisy, dandelion, Goldenrod, sunflower

They brighten roadsides and frustrate botanists.Nicknamed “Damned Yellow Composites” or DYCs by plant enthusiasts around 100 years ago, these

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Stephanie Appleby-Jones’ Nova Scotia garden is a natural retreat

May 13, 2025 Canada's Local Gardener 90 Views layered gardening, native plants, Nova Scotia, wild garden

Story by Shauna Dobbie; images by David Johnson Stephanie Appleby-Jones has always been a gardener at heart. She refined her

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10 Neat Things About Plants that Kill

October 31, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 918 Views plant, toxic

Plants don’t always live up to their gentle, green reputation. Some have evolved lethal mechanisms to survive, capturing prey, and

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Dandelions: Weed or wildflower?

January 27, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1254 Views dandelions, weed, wildflowers

By Shauna Dobbie When I was a young child, I was allowed to pick pansies and tulips sometimes, crocuses never,

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About Native Wildflowers

June 30, 2022 Shauna Dobbie 1759 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

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Talk About Wildflowers

March 16, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 1747 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

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About Clover

September 16, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener 2563 Views 56-leaf clover, clover benefits., clover lawns, clover love, clover tea, Four-leaf clover, nitrogen fixer, organic pastures, purple prairie-clover, red clover

1. It saved an emperor. Four-leaf clovers stand for luck and it was extremely lucky for Napoleon Bonaparte when he

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About Edible Weeds

February 3, 2021 Dorothy Dobbie 12559 Views 10 Neat Things, edible weeds

Purslane 1. Move over spinach. Purslane, sometimes called portulaca, is an edible weed. It has 10 times the Omega 3

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About Scary Plants

October 28, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 4499 Views Bat flower, Castor bean, Corpse flower, Dead man's fingers, Deadly nightshade, Doll's eyes, Ghost plant, Love lies bleeding, Scary plants, Voodoo lily

1. Bat flower. One of the scary plants, the handsome Tacca chantrieri flowers are almost black and a little reminiscent

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About Strawberries

July 3, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 3720 Views Brain function, False fruit, Global cultivation, health benefits, Low-calorie snacks, strawberries, Strawberry history, Strawberry planting, Strawberry salad, Strawberry seeds

1. The strawberry isn’t a berry. It isn’t even a fruit. Botanically speaking, the strawberry is a false fruit because

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