Tag Archives: shrubs

Rugosa rose bushes *

Hello. I have very thorny rose bushes along my shore. I am at a lake north of Toronto. I think they are called rugosa. After flowering, they produce berries. We cut them about 1/3 of the way back last year…

Summersweet: How To Grow Clethra Alnifolia *

Dear Sir or Madam: I bought 3 summersweets from Humber,Hwy 50 3 weeks ago. I planted as instructed. The flowers look brown, the green leaves are looking dry. Other than watering these plants, is there anything I can do to…

What plant is this*

 I purchased a plant at a yard sale and was told it was a Hydrangea macrophylla. I have had it in different areas of my yard with varying degrees of sunlight. I’ve trimmed it in the fall, or not at…

Evergreen Shrubs are Dying*

I live in Southern York Region and I have a number of evergreen plants, but they are not doing well. The needles are browning and the branches are wilting. The trunk also looks like they have shedding bark. More and…

Front Beauty*

I recently took out some plants that were blocking the view to my house and was looking to replace them with plants and small trees that are specimen like and flower or show interesting characteristics at different times of the…

Pagoda dogwood*

I think it has golden canker- I will trim but is there a spray ?…

Cedar Not Doing Well*

Hi there, I have a small cedar at the front of the house. Planted a year ago. It is slowly going brown in the front centre and its expanding. It’s getting enough water. What can I do about this?  …

Holly Shrub Pruning*

Hi, I have a very large Holly which has been trimmed of all it’s dead branches. It now has leaves only on the top and all the upright stalks/branches are completely bare. It resembles more of a tree now and…

Plants found in a Toronto city park*

I was walking my dog in a park downtown and I noticed he started eating the leaves of some plant. He must have had 7-8 leaves. Then I noticed some other similar plants nearby. I took some pictures and am…

globe cedar mature 4 meters tall*

cedar is 2 feet from the house.can i remove top portion of entire tree, leaving 1-2 feet of all crown branches? will the tree survive ?…