It’s been a beautiful week here in Toronto. The plants in my garden have shown their appreciation of the warm weather by growing and growing and growing some more! The Chionodoxa, Glory of the Snow, is blooming. One day the plants were just short little green leaves, the next a few tiny buds had appears [...]
Join The Fairy is a very easy rose to grow. It’s a Polyantha, a species of rose related to the floribunda rose group. The fairy only grows to the size of about two feet so it’s ideal to use en mass as a ground cover or even as a low growing hedge. I was going [...]
I’ve been asked what kind of perennial flowering plants would grow well on a slope, and at the base of the slope in an area shaded by trees. Groundcovers work well on slopes. If the slope is in a full sun area you could try planting St. John’s Wort (Hypericum), Vinca minor, Ajuga, Verbena, and [...]
