I just want to thank all the local greenhouse growers for growing such beautiful plants. The three I regularly visit in Winnipeg are Schreimers, Shelmerdine, Sage Garden Greenhouse. I also…
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I had the exciting honour of my yard being on the 2023 Master Gardener Tour! In preparation for that, I tried to compile a list of all my plants, both…
(Definition of a weed. Thank you to my instructor Jayne Giesel!) Plants that interfere with the growth of desirable plants and are unusually persistent. They damage cropping systems, natural systems,…
I try to take photos of all the annuals I grew each summer. This year I got some treats I had never seen before! Many thanks to Shelmerdine Garden Centre…
Getting to know your garden… Hemerocallis cvs. (Daylily) The first image is of a daylily that came with the yard. But there were 3 different kinds and I never paid…
Gardening Knowledge 101: Out in full force right now is Bugbane (Snakeroot or Cohosh), previously known by the Latin genus of Cimicifuga. It has now been placed under the Acetaea…
#Gardening Knowledge 101: One of the keys to a successful garden is choosing plants that will attract many different types of pollinators that will bloom throughout the whole season. Currently…
Salvia is the largest genus of plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae (square stems!). One of its commons names is Sage (yes, the herb). Pictured are 3 plants with the…
Gardening Knowledge 101: Joe Pye Weed aka Eupatorium maculatum. A top favourite of mine. Two people separately stopped to ask today what is that large purple Milkweed-like plant. I said…
Gardening Knowledge 101: #Coleus aka Solenostemon scutellarioides (now Plectranthus sigh). I get asked this question a lot… What is that red plant? Or what is that (points to Fishnet stockings…