A Garden for All
Having spent the last 15 days setting up and being at Canada Blooms, I have had little opportunity for my routine walks through the TBG gardens. So on Monday morning …
Paul’s Plant Pick: A Feeding Frenzy! Read More
Enjoy the spring weather and get out into the garden. Here’s a month-by-month checklist of what you can be doing to prepare for another great season! March Clear leaf mulch …
Spring gardening checklist Read More
After months of winter, the days are getting longer and the temperature finally feels like it is on the rise. Could spring be in the air? Well, based on all …
It’s show time! And Helleborus niger ‘Maximus’ ready for its close-up. Read More
Growing through the needles and among the fallen cones of the weeping white pine (Pinus strobus ‘Pendula’) in the Westview Terrace, one might be surprised to come across the tropical …
Paul’s Plant Pick: A surprise of beautiful foliage even in winter! Read More
As always, there are a number of items I could highlight in the garden this week. Choices and decisions! While shooting the winter pruning video with my very creative co-horts Stefan …
Paul’s Plant Pick: Imagine! Blossoms on December 14th! Read More
Here is a Bergenia, commonly know as pigsqueak, which seems to be on steroids. This extra-large-growing selection first caught my attention in the Sweetpea’s display at Canada Blooms last March. …
Paul’s Plant Pick: Still Looking Great: Bergenia ‘Magic Giant’ Read More
This has been a great autumn for dazzling fall colour in the garden. Each day I stop and take in the beautiful vistas throughout the TBG gardens, Edwards Gardens, and …
Paul’s Plant Picks: Viburnum dilatatum ‘Henneke’ Cardinal Candy Read More
As the cool nights of autumn set in, we gardeners are reminded that the main growing season is drawing to a close. However, passionate plantsmen know that the garden is not …
Paul’s Plant Pick: Tricyrtis formosana ‘Dark Beauty’ Read More
This is very special garden specimen (aka Seven Son Flower) that although in cultivation after its discovery in 1907, is sadly very rare in its native environment of central China. Habit …
Paul’s Plant Pick: Heptacodium miconioides (Seven Son Plant) Read More
Many gardeners are familiar with golden coneflowers such as Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm,’ seen blooming en masse in the background of this image. But “reliable, long blooming, and unique” are just …
Paul’s Plant Picks: Rudbeckia subtomentosa ‘Henry Eilers’ Read More