Rose 101: Tips for Beginner Rose Gardeners
You don’t have to be an expert to grow roses. Witness the showers of brilliant blooms often seen hugging the walls of an Old World cottage. Roses belong to history
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Blue Ribbon Beauty: How to Grow Stunning Roses for Rose Shows
Growing roses for the exhibition is an exceedingly fascinating hobby. The blue ribbon winners in the show take something more than average care— pruning, feeding, dusting, and spraying keeps the
Surviving the North Prairie: Rose Care in a Challenging Climate
Southward from our location in the far north province of Saskatchewan, tender roses of the hybrid tea, floribunda, and other classes are often filled up with earth for winter protection.
Roses for Dooryard Gardens: Bringing Beauty to Your Front Yard
In ancient days, it was common for home gardeners to plant hardy shrub roses like Harison’s Yellow, eglantine, moss, cabbage, the hundred-leaved rose, and many others in their dooryards where
Have You Tried Growing Alpines from Seed?
Growing rock plants from seed is a tricky business; in fact, it is among the most difficult of all gardener’s tasks! Alpine seed is different from that other plants in
What Is A Chemical Gardener?
Gardeners are wonderful people and, as such, deserve all the help they can get in raising beautiful vegetables and fruit. Yet I know gardeners who will not take advantage of
Indian Pipes – Curious Parasites
One of the strangest flowers of our native woodlands is the waxy white Indian pipe, Monotropa uniflora, which can be found in blossom from late June through August. It is
Knowing Poisonous Plants
Nearly every plant we know is steeped in history, legend, and fable. Some are more fascinating, even more amusing than others, but all have a place in the plant kingdom.
Plant Treasures on the Channel Islands
The Channel Islands, nestling in the Bay of Normandy off the French coast at the mouth of the English Channel, although not big enough to appear on any but a
Is July The Time to Start Perennials?
Early summer is the ideal time to start perennials from seed, and it is an excellent way to increase your store of hardy plants. For the most part, many perennials