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Author: Paul Zammit

Paul's Plant Picks

Paul’s Plant Picks: New Additions and a Sad Farewell

Although the fall garden is rich in a blaze of beautiful golden, orange, red and burgundy tones, I continue to have a soft spot for white, even in autumn. One …

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Paul’s Plant Pick: A Bright New Star in our Garden

Although I have traditionally not been a big fan of the colour pink in the garden, I confess that I was immediately drawn to Anemone hupehensis ‘Pretty Lady Diana’ when …

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Betula nigra
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Top trees and shrubs for winter

Paul Zammit has chosen these trees and shrubs for their attractive appearance in the winter landscape. Betula nigra (River birch) Cotoneaster horizontalis var. perpusillus(Prostrate rock spray) Quercus robur f. fastigiata(Columnar …

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Paul’s Plant Picks: Beautiful Edibles

I have always been drawn to the simple beauty of eggplants from the nodding flower buds that appear at the base of the leaves to the star-shaped papery blossoms eventually …

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Paul’s Plant Pick: Beauty before Flowers

Echinacea ‘Solar Flare’ in the Entry Garden Walk I find it very exciting to watch flower buds develop and emerge through the foliage in the garden. Such is definitely the …

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Paul’s Plant Pick: Penstemon ‘Dark Towers’

This week’s beautiful, but dark, star in the garden. Last Friday, as I walked through the gardens I was joined by a number of American Goldfinches darting about, a song …

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Paul’s Pick: Patience and Good Pruning

“Wow” and “is it real” are two expressions I have heard repeatedly over the past week as visitors enter the Floral Hall courtyard. They are referring to the breathtaking Wisteria vine …

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Paul’s Pick: Spiketail: a rare gem now in bloom

In addition to the beautiful magnolias that are just beginning to flower, we are very excited that spiketail (Stachyurus praecox), a seldom-seen shrub, is currently in full glorious bloom on …

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Eranthis hyemalis
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Top 10 spring plants

These spring flowering plants put on a stunning display in the gardens of the Toronto Botanical Garden. Perennials Eranthis hyemalis(Winter aconite) Zone 3   Helleborus niger (Christmas rose) Zone 3 …

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Paul’s Plant Pick: Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas) is ready to shine

When one thinks of yellow, spring- flowering shrubs in the garden, plants such as Witchhazel (Hamamelis) and Forsythia come to mind. A lesser-known and seldom-seen beauty is Cornus mas, the …

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