What to Plant When… in Fall
When it comes to successful gardening, says Veronica Sliva, timing is everything. Fall is the second busiest gardening season Plant container-grown and “balled and burlap”…
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Treasures Abound at the TBG’s Eagerly Awaited Plant Sale
Choose from a wide selection of plants and take advantage of free expert gardening advice, too Plant aficionados know that Paul Zammit, the Toronto Botanical…
Paul’s Plant Pick: A surprise of beautiful foliage eve...
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…
Paul’s Plant Pick: Imagine! Blossoms on December 14th!
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…
Garden Destinations: Transformed by Chelsea
As a young and enthusiastic gardener (perhaps “obsessed” is more accurate), I didn’t travel much. Our family vacations were always centred on the interests of…
Paul’s Plant Pick: Still Looking Great: Bergenia
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…
Paul’s Plant Pick: Unlikely Partners and Colour Echoin...
Earlier this season I spent time admiring the assorted patches of Opuntia, winter hardy prickly pear cactus, that were blooming in our Mediterranean terrace garden….
Paul’s Plant Picks: Calamint
Calamint (Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta) This week I’d like to highlight a wonderful herbaceous perennial that is slowly becoming available through local garden centres. Calamintha…
Plant Sale Must-Haves!
In spring, the main event for TBG members and their friends, family and just about anyone who will listen to us is The Plant Sale….