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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Muscari flowers do look like tiny grapes06.11.08

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Two weeks ago the Muscari (Grape Hyacinth) was going strong in my garden. I took advantage of their blooms and took lots of close up pictures of their tiny grape like flowers. Lovely aren’t they?

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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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I’m looking forward to the first greens of spring03.16.08

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In honour of both St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th) and Spring (March 20th) falling on the same week I thought it was appropriate that I post some photos of the type of greenery and flower buds that I hope to begin seeing sometime in the next two to three weeks.

Our gardens are still covered in [...]

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