Climbing Rose care

I have a climbing Canadian rose with four nipped spent flower stems at each end of its two main stalks which I want to train onto my back brick wall in the next year or so. Some red shoots are…

Wisteria

Hello~ my well established (15yrs+) wisteria has sustained root damage from a retaining wall that was installed very close to it this past spring. It bloomed, but after blooming it didn’t leaf out as proficiently as in past years. Clearly…

Wisteria Stressed after Construction

Hello~ my well established (15yrs+) wisteria has sustained root damage from a retaining wall that was installed very close to it this past spring. It bloomed, but after blooming it didn’t leaf out as proficiently as in past years. Clearly…

Is this Clerodendrum (Bleeding Heart Vine)?

Hello, Located in the Eastern Ontario, I was given this plant (a pruned stem with two leaves) by a friend of mine in late spring. She didn’t know the name of the plant… As advised, however, I soaked it in…

Rio Dipladenia

We brought in our Dipladenia last winter and kept it indoors. We took it out on our terrace after spring in the West End and fertilized it, but it is not flowering and has no buds. The leaves are very…

Trumpet Vine climbing Maple

I recently moved to a house with a maple tree, and a large trumpet vine climbing it. The vine reaches nearly to the top of the tree (~30 feet), and spreads the full span. Is this vine detrimental to the…

Canadian Jasmine

I was recently gifted a planned the owner called Canadian Jasmine, I have no experience with this plant, but it flowered this year and I would like to move it to a more permanent spot, but I’m not sure where…

Red grapes wilting after transplant

Hi there, I’m growing red seedless grapes from a cutting I bought at a nursery. These hardy “Reliance” variety red grapes are bred to survive harsh winters. But after transplanting, the leaves are wilting and dying. The young vine was…

Rose grafting in Toronto/GTA

Hello Toronto Master Gardeners: I was wondering if you could point me towards someone who does rose grafting? Briefly, I have an old climbing rose plant here in Toronto that has great sentimental value. It is from my grandfathers time,…

Rose chlorosis

Hello, I’ve read a lot online and here, and saw the post recommending to use chelated Iron supplement. My question is why is the chlorosis only in my climbing Rose Angela and not in any of the surrounding plants. Also…