Rose of Sharon blooming08.10.08

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I’m always surprised when I look at the stats for this site and I see the search term “Rose of Sharon” come up almost daily all year round. There’s obviously a lot more people than I thought looking for information about Rose of Sharon shrubs!

My Rose of Sharon came to me 7 years ago [...]



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Mallow – just a lovely simple flower07.30.08

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Not only is Mallow lovely, but it’s easy to grow. At least here in Southern Ontario. I suspect it would be easy to grow just about anywhere since it’s a hardy and fairly drought resistant plant.

I love those pretty pink flowers.
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Everything in the garden is growing as it should!04.27.08

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It’s a beautiful day here in Toronto and I’m hoping to go outside shortly and get some gardening done. I still have to spring clean at least half of the back garden and all the roses need a trim.

With all the snow cover we had over winter I don’t believe that I lost any [...]



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Chinodoxa or Glory of the Snow04.19.08

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 [...]



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