by Patrick | Mar 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s March and soon the daffs will be showing. They remind me of my father and my youth. He was a market gardener, greengrocer, and florist in the NW part of Ireland. He grew many of the vegetables that my parents sold in their shop, behind and above which my family...
by Patrick | Feb 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
There’s no doubt, a tall, feathery and changing Miscanthus grass is a stunning plant for any garden that can house it. It’s a specimen plant that needs full sun and a commanding location. Pinkish plumes emerge in late summer and mature to a buff-silver in fall....
by Patrick | Feb 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
In sunny south facing edge of our woodland garden bed we just couldn’t cure the powdery mildew on the Dogwood in this location. None of the usual conditions that cause the disease existed here – like, excessive nitrogen fertilizer, heavy pruning or excessive...
by Patrick | Feb 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
The life, death and rebirth of a much loved shrub – a variegated Weigela. In our garden we rarely switch out a plant. Sure, if something gets too big and no longer meets the rule of, “right plant, right location”, we make a change. Even then our first...
by Patrick | Feb 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
We’re coming soon into planting season in Toronto. Here’s a handy video that might be especially useful for those who think it’s just a matter of plonking that latest purchase into a hole in the ground. How To plant a container grown plant.
by Patrick | Feb 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
A young sumac emerging in the woodland garden. The sumacs in the woodland garden tower over the wooden deck. Looking towards the rear of “the cottage”. Yesterday, a FB friend from Texas asked me if we had poison sumac in Toronto. I did some research, and yes, poison...
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