Hello! Question about my Japanese maple, which I’m concerned did not come through the winter very well. You can see in the attached photo (apologies for the focus – iphone is hard to get it right up close) that some…
We ae smitten with the Genie magnolia although we haven’t yet committed ourselves to one. Our neighbour has a senior, huge, Sauce magnolia and In our garden we have 4 various smaller magnolia and all are doing well. Our neighbour…
Our West facing back garden now looks into two modern houses with such enormous windows we can see straight through the houses. An 18 to 20 ft. Cedar hedge was replaced with an 8 ft wooden fence. I would like…
I have a Japanese maple with Verticillium wilt. It is doing okay for now and dropping its fall leaves. I don’t know what to do with those leaves, though. Can they be put into the city compost collection. What do…
I’ve been weeding, reducing certain plants and shrubs and planting new ones. I intend to lay down compost and mulch. My questions:
-Do you recommend using landscape fabric, or does it prevent perennials (and spring bulbs) from coming up? I…
I live in Surrey, BC and have an east facing backyard that we don’t use as much as I would like because I have always wished we had more privacy. Our lot is roughly 35’ long by 20’ and we…
I have recently installed a new garden in my backyard. My next door neighbour has a mature black walnut tree and I am concerned about a red cut leaf Japanese maple I have planted about 25 feet away from it.…
We are thinking of having the City plant a Yellow-wood. We face west, get a lot of sun and already have a skinny Service Berry and weeping Japanese Maple on the lawn. Our lot is 42.5 ft wide. We would…
I am looking for suggestion on which plants to use to fill up the empty spots in my front yard. It is facing south and gets quite a bit of sunlight in the morning and afternoon. The big tree provides…
