I took some Cedar (Cedrus) cuttings a week ago and some have started budding, but they have no roots. I was wondering why this is happening?
The cuttings have bottom heat, humidity dome, and are kept indoors. (took…
Hello, do you have any tips on propagating Cedrus Brevifolia Kenwith in sand?…
I purchased Heavenly Blue Morning Glory seeds (McKenzie) and a friend said they were invasive. My research has proven unhelpful. Some call bindweed (which I am very familiar with) Morning Glory. I do not want to plant anything that is…
Why can you take seeds from an heirloom tomato and grow more tomatoes but it does not work with apple trees that have been on the property for 100 years? Are all apples trees garden centers sell grafted? I thought…
My garden is being taken over by Canada Thistle. I have pulled and sprayed and tried planting to crowd them out to no avail. What is the best way to get rid of them?…
This summer, as with many years past, I nurtured three tomato plants on my south-facing balcony. Two were Roma tomatoes, and, for the first time, I experimented with growing an heirloom tomato (featured in the bottom left picture).
Around mid-summer,…
Hello. When my husband was refreshing the soil of our 30+ year old jade, it tumbled out of the pot and more than half of the branches broke off. Will this jade ever recover and fill out? It lives in…
I have a 3 yo Magnolia Soulangeana with a sentimental value. I am moving to another house in the same neighbourhood (High Park) and I would love to take it with me, but I am afraid to kill the tree.…
I live in downtown Toronto (Cabbagetown) and I have many irises in my backyard which gets full sun all day. All of my irises come up purple and yet I only planted white, pink, and black. One year I planted…
I was given some Papaver laciniatum Poppies to seed this spring and I’m wondering if they will reseed themselves or if I should collect and sow them myself every spring. I live in zone 6b…
