Gardening in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
Declaring that you have a favourite flower in your garden just may be a bit like admitting you have a favourite child. If said out loud there may just be silence in the room, perhaps a muted gasp or two, averted eyes, a nervous giggle, curious looks…. I mean, out of the dozens or perhaps […]
Tiger lilies – Lilium lancifolium – are odorless, sadly. In my imagination they have a strong fragrance similar to Viburnum carlessi, or certain Dianthus – that spicy clove-like smell that reminds me of Christmas. Its most interesting feature perhaps, aside from the striking fiery orange and black spotted petals, is the multitude of aerial bulbils […]
About a month ago, as the leaves on my yellow tree peony (planted in 2019, on the label it’s called Poaeonia suffruticosa yellow) were expanding and flower buds getting ready to burst open, I noticed a few leaves that looked quite different. Following the stem down it appeared to come from the base of the […]
There’s a diminutive pink rose that you can spot this time of year at the side of country roads, where there’s a bit of shade from a tree line or woods. I’ve noticed it once or twice at the edges of my property as well, but just now and then…it hasn’t been spectacularly showy. But […]
You know those packets of free seeds you get sent sometimes by charities hoping you’ll reciprocate with a donation? Or from a breakfast cereal giveaway promoting itself as ‘green’ and wanting to spread ‘native’ wildflower seeds all around the country? The problem with the giveaways, of course, is that a plant may be native to […]
Much is said and written about maple tree leaves turning various shades of red, orange and yellow in the fall and I, being a proud Canadian, of course agree with how spectacular that looks. One of the best things about autumn in the Great White North. But I’ve come to appreciate two additional, smaller plants […]