We have recently moved into a house with a very small backyard and there are 2 shrubs places in very awkward positions and need to be moved.
They are both about 6 feet tall. One is a weeping Nootka cypress…
Hello, I have recently purchased a house in Toronto with a small backyard. In 3 corners of the backyard leaning against the fence are 3 tall mature cedars (about 2 stories tall – they go higher than my second floor…
Hi. I have two medium/large honeysuckles and a very large mugo pine that I’d like to dig up and relocate. I’d heard that it’s best to cut down into the roots at the canopy drip line in the fall… then…
Hello Dear Master Gardener, Last year we moved to a 70 years old home in Toronto that is facing east. There is a huge brick planter in front of the home, about 3 feet tall, maybe 20 feet wide and…
1. Could you please clarify pruning. I have been reading about when and how re different hydrangeas. Does pruning mean cut the whole thing down eg in spring? Or just cut it back to the size you want it? I…
Hi I have mature cedars which are suddenly filled with Spider Web and Moth, I keep removing the spider webs and they keep coming back.
I usually Fertilize them with 30-10-10 from April to Sep but I noticed this year…
Hi there! My name is Baran, and I’m doing a project for my grade 12 chemistry class where I design my own lab experiment. I’m currently thinking about measuring the % purity of calcium carbonate in samples of wood ash…
Crabapple – planted a young tree this summer. In the process, the trunk got damaged in 3 places. It seems to be doing OK but my question is do I need to do anything special before winter sets in to…
We have a huge old boxwood hedge, planted 40 odd years ago along the top edge of a stone wall. One end of it died this year and we carefully removed the dead branches. We cannot dig out the old…
I am in Humber Heights Toronto and I recently moved into a house with 8 globe cedars planted directly abutting the north wall. I am worried these might affect the foundation or cause water in the basement. To be safe,…
