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Chelsea Flower Show

Chelsea Flower Show

The Chelsea Flower Show is the Royal Horticultural Society's flagship annual event. Visitors come from far and wide to see the creme de la creme of garden design and horticulture on show, and to get ideas to take home to their own gardens. [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

The Big BloomHow Flowering Plants Changed the World

The Big BloomHow Flowering Plants Changed the World

In the summer of 1973 sunflowers appeared in my father's vegetable garden. They seemed to sprout overnight in a few rows he had lent that year to new neighbors from California. Only six years old at the time, I was at first put off by these [...]

Posted On : Jun, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

Chelsea Flower Show

Chelsea Flower Show

The Chelsea Flower Show is the Royal Horticultural Society's flagship annual event. Visitors come from far and wide to see the creme de la creme of garden design and horticulture on show, and to get ideas to take home to their own gardens [...]

Posted On : Jun, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

More wild flowers to be planted to save honey bees, says WI

More wild flowers to be planted to save honey bees, says WI

The number of bumblebees in the UK has declined by around 70 per cent since the 1970s and honey bees by up to 15 per cent in the last two years, according go official Government figures. The sudden decline in bees has been blamed on inten [...]

Posted On : Jun, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Pasque flowers granted me peace

Pasque flowers granted me peace

My dearly departed dog Friday was diagnosed with cancer at age 6. But thanks in large part to the alternative medicine of Doc Gurnery at Aspen Park Veterinary Clinic, she lived to the ripe old canine age of 15.5 years and died a natural dea [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Flowers show off

Flowers show off

Roses are in bloom, hibiscus is in bloom, custard apples are ripe and chokos are ready for picking. Why? Because it is showtime and time to exhibit your home garden flowers, fruit, vegetables and more at the show today. Be quick. Read your [...]

Posted On : May, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

The art of working green flowers into your garden

The art of working green flowers into your garden

Green is the colour for me at this time of year, despite the plethora of multicoloured spring bulbs. After months of lower light levels when we are grateful for the sterling work carried out by the evergreen brigade, the sudden mass of ju [...]

Posted On : May, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

Two of the worlds smelliest flowers are about to bloom

Two of the worlds smelliest flowers are about to bloom

One of two Titan Arum plants due to bloom at Kew Gardens in the next couple of days Its bizarre appearance and sheer size have long attracted curious visitors and avid gardeners alike. But anyone wanting to see this Titan Arum flower woul [...]

Posted On : Apr, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

Little pretty flowers in shady places.

Little pretty flowers in shady places.

At this time of year, I seem to have a real collection of tiny flowering plants hiding under shrubs and trees. They are shy lttle shade lovers, but it’s worth crawling on my hands and knees to look for them, as they are so pretty and [...]

Posted On : Apr, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

A Harvest of Sunflower Seeds

The Sunflower House has seen better days I am afraid. The flowers have all since faded away and the stalks themselves are looking rather tired and worn. Even though our little house of towering sunflowers did not do quite as well as I had h [...]

Posted On : Apr, 21 2009 | Comments : 1

Foamflowers are a jewel for the shade garden

Foamflowers are a jewel for the shade garden

With gorgeous small spikes forming bright, starry, effusive tiaras of dainty blooms, foamflowers (Tiarella cordifolia) deserve a better common name. Tiarellas are woodland perennials that have found their way into formal shade gardens. Th [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

New Flower Varieties Give Garden A Breath Of Fresh Air, Explosion Of Color

New Flower Varieties Give Garden A Breath Of Fresh Air, Expl...

It's a new season at garden nurseries, which always means that interspersed among the plant varieties we know and love are any number of introductions, many so new their patents are pending. As we have in the past, we've asked area nurser [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

The Autumn Green Tea flowers blooming

The Autumn Green Tea flowers blooming

Green tea is grown in Korea on Jeju Island and in Southern parts of Korea. Green tea was first introduced to Korea during the reign of Queen Seondeok (632 - 647). Tea helps ward off drowsiness and invigorates one's mind and body, so Buddh [...]

Posted On : Mar, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

Wither Bowmanville's flowers?

Bowmanville's flowers may be left high and dry this summer. The only thing that can save 100 hanging baskets on the town's main street from death by dehydration is a $10,000 bailout from municipal coffers. At least, that's what downtown mer [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

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