Tag Archives: shrubs

Miniature Lilac Bush

I live in downtown Toronto. The bush is in full sun against my front porch. There is a small garden it is part of and then a grass front. The miniature lilac bush was dug up from another garden last…

Sick Burning Bush

Hi master gardener, The last few years my burning bush has had curling leaves at the tips. This year whole branches have crispy brown leaves. These appeared suddenly. Two weeks ago they were green. It’s in a sunny, south facing…

Container Privacy Shrubs/Vines/Evergreens

I’m located in Toronto. I am allowed to take over a boulevard (south facing) and wish to build a ‘green privacy wall’. I can use containers (no digging in the ground) What would be a suitable plant/shrub/tree for this purpose?…

Spring Flowering White Shrub

I would like to get an identification of this flowering shrub. It was in the yard where I moved to. It had a very abundant amount of flowers on it this year and I would like to know more and…

Mealy Bugs on Yews

Hi there, I was planning to get rid of a yew next year because it has an ungainly shape when I discovered it has a terrible infestation of mealy bugs. I started to treat the infestation with water sprays and…

Suburb – Fence/Hedge

Hello Toronto Master Gardeners, I currently live in Newmarket..i bought my house 5 years ago in a typical suburb area and just recently finished an interlock pad in my backyard which caused a privacy problem… see the grade was bad,…

Butterfly Bush

I was looking up info on Butterfly Bushes, and was surprised to see so many sites claiming it is now considered an invasive species and is NOT recommended. However I didn’t see that on any Toronto specific sites. Do you…

Oakleaf Hydrangeas

I replanted my plants last winter as I realized they were too low in the soil, looked terrible, and I pruned extensively. We had, as you know, torrential rains this past winter. Plants are in semi shade not getting any…

Lilac tree looking thin and blooms are sparse

We have a lilac tree that is getting thinner looking each year and has fewer blooms each year. As you can see in thd phito, the blooms are not full and there sre several branches with nothing on them. There…