Amaryllis from bud to bloom02.15.09

Join At the beginning of January we brought our three Amaryllis plants up from the basement where they’d had a two and a half month dormant period. Other than the few pale leaves that they had growing at the time I didn’t expect more than leaf growth until the end of February or the beginning [...]



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Tropical bloom01.18.09

Join I grow several tropical vines, mostly passion flower, that I have to bring indoors each fall as they can’t withstand our harsh winter temperatures here in Toronto. One of the vines that I bring indoors I still haven’t identified. I think it might be some kind of trumpet flower, but still … I’m just [...]



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The flowers of summer will soon be gone10.26.08

Join Well I guess it’s about time to chop down the sunflowers in the front boulevard. They’re beginning to die off since it’s getting cold here and if we don’t cut them down we’ll have no where to put the snow when we have big storms this winter. Yes … we have a very small [...]



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