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City Trees under Stress
It’s dreadful what we do to city trees. Yet another old one was chopped down on our street last week. There might have been a reason (a Norway maple of great age, hollow in the middle) but it also...
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spring into weeds and blooms
It’s astounding the difference a day or two makes at this time of year. It’s like having a teenage kid who has a growth spurt: they are crashing and bashing about. I had given up in despair but this is...
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Xeriscape gardens
This is my latest beauty, not a xeriscape plant of course. It’s Acer shirasawnum ‘Moonrise’ and the touches of red on the palmate leaves are echoed in the red tulips which I’d forgotten I’d...
View ArticleDienanthe plant of the week
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/gardening/plant-of-the-week-dienanthe-caerula/article13674818/ This is the long long connector for my Globe and Mail column last week. It also has...
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Spring newsletter
The spring quarterly is going to be sent out today and if you want to receive it and aren’t on our list, hit the contact me and I will forward it to you. Spring has reluctantly arrived. The garden has...
View ArticleThis Week in the garden
I’LL BE ON CBB’s Fresh Air Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m. with Karen Gorden. Try and have a listen. If you missed the story in Gardenista: here’s the link Wow here’s a link to a story I wrote on the...
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SUMMER IN THE GARDEN: moving plants
It has been the busiest summer of a busy life. We have installed so many gardens and now things are slowing down and I can take a breath and be in m own garden. Here we pulled out trees and shrubs and...
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SUMMER NEWSLETTER
This edition of the quarterly is in a new format. Our webmistress is on holidays so here it is as a blog: The Garden July 2015 The garden has been giving a huge amount of pleasure all year. But this...
View ArticleMay 2016
I have a Spring Newsletter ready if you haven’t signed up. Just hit the contact me button and I will send it to you. There is also a piece in today’s Globe about Daphne X ”Lawrence Crocker’ have a look...
View ArticlePLANTS TO ENHANCE A MOON LIT GARDEN
Look for plants with white blooms, silver foliage; with variegated foliage of white and green ,they light up almost any night garden and don’t forget scent and sound (a gentle fountain murmur): Shrubs:...
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