Two years ago a friend divided her mother’s iris bed and gave me a big box of bearded iris (Iris germanica) rhizomes. They were strapping healthy things, ready to burst out of the box and start sprouting. The only aggravating […]

Reference books tend to damn the common Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) with faint praise. “A weedy biennial of North America,” says one, disdainfully. “Probably the most common of all American wildflowers” says another. Just about the best thing that most […]

I admit it. I have a hard time saying goodbye to summer, even when the signs of its passing are painfully obvious. In early September when the fall bulbs first appear in the stores, it is easy to ignore those […]

During the last few years, garden antiques-urns, statues, even paving material-have been hotter than the center of the compost heap. People pay extra for authentic rust, and unscrupulous individuals have even ransacked cemeteries for the weatherbeaten cherubs and urns that […]

     I have a weakness for plants with heart-shaped leaves. I love common violets—the low-growing kind that fastidious lawn fanatics hate to see in the grass. In the spring I glory in the heart-shaped leaves and heart-stopping fragrance of lilac […]

Taking care of your garden is one thing you can look forward to and plan, regardless of any restrictions on other activities. As the summer approaches, many gardeners will be raring to go, and maybe looking for new ideas to […]

Jennifer won the “Best Producer” award in 1998 for her cable TV gardening program, previously aired on two stations in Ontario. A new gardening television series, called “The Ontario Gardener” is being aired on Rogers Television, across Ontario and parts […]

A well placed tree, creates shade, adds privacy and compliments the house and yard increasing, the value of the property. A poorly placed specimen, one that is too big for the yard, or too close to the house, will detract […]

The lily family in Latin is called “liliaceae”. This very large grouping of plants is so diverse, I wonder if at one time all plants went into this category! Along with the traditional lilies seen today, plants such as Hosta, […]

The first official day of spring was Monday, and with Robins looking for worms, I know spring weather is on its way. Yes, it’s that time of year when gardeners stop dreaming about gardening and actually do it! Spring to […]