I was outside in my garden today, wandering around looking at the four Clematis that are currently blooming and checking to see if any of my roses or if the peonies had begun to bloom yet and I noticed that almost all of my rose plants had tons of aphids all clustered around the rose [...]
I always thought that Japanese beetle infestations were at their worst in July. Why then, are they suddenly attacking some of my roses in August? I’ve luckily never had too much trouble with Japanese beetles. Only a few here and there each year, whereas I hear from some gardeners that their roses and other plants [...]
It’s cooled down here in Toronto quite a bit over the last week. In fact, some night’s have started to get close to freezing temperatures. So, I think I’m going to bring all my tropical plants indoors again. I did put all the tropicals like the passionflower vines, the jasmine, ornamental peppers and so on [...]
