Plants Archives

Top 10 Easy-care Perennials

These easy-care perennials are the old reliables of the garden. It’s not that they live forever, their lifespan can be

November 10, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 2812 Views breathe, Plants

Understanding how plants breathe and preventing winter burn Plants breathe through their leaves. It is estimated that the total water

By Tania Moffat Growing mushrooms is unlike growing any other vegetable. Fungi grow from spores rather than seeds. These spores

By Ian Leatt I remember visiting Italy, the island of Capri to be exact. It was just a short vacation

Coreopsis pleases everyone! People love it for its sunny, long-lasting blooms. Birds love it for its seeds and butterflies, and

1. The bitter truth about rhubarb. Rhubarb lovers may lament it and disagree, but the truth is that

Story & photos /Dorothy Dobbie When we think plants along with soft and fuzzy or velvety leaves, Lamb’s ear springs

July 22, 2019 Caroline Fu 6182 Views Flowers, Plants, stinky plants

There aren’t many things that smell better than walking through a beautiful garden and inhaling the intoxicating aroma of flowers

By Dorothy Dobbie If there is one thing that bulbs, especially summer bulbs, have in common it’s incandescent colour. The

Bugs are a part of any gardener’s life. Some are beneficial and welcome additions that help develop a healthy garden