Ask Categories: Garden Design

Tree Screen*

What are the best tree choices for a visual screen on a north-south fencerow. They need to be narrow, and are against the north side of a large 50′ spruce tree. Soil: North York clay below 1.5′ of sandy soil,…

Garden Reviews *

I need a garden plan to be reviewed asap. Please direct me to a qualified professional home gardener. Thanks, Please respond back to me asap with a live email that I can contact one of you directly.…

Tree/Shrub Suggestions for Zone 4b *

In a sunny, fairly dry location (rain dependent), what kind of tree would “anchor” the corner of my lot, near my sidewalk? I don’t want anything flowering (bees/insects), given the foot traffic past this location. Also the height of the…

Choosing Dwarf Evergreens

Hi, I was wondering if you could recommend a slow growing evergreen tree for my front lawn. I live in Toronto where my house faces north. I am redoing my front lawn/driveway and am trying to decide what to plant.…

Front yard garden design *

I’m looking for advice on plant and shrub selection for my front garden. Our house is 3 yrs old and we started landscaping in heavy clay soil. The front bed is north facing. The first year we amended the soil…

Hedges for Balcony*

Hello, I am interested in having some hedges put onto my balcony, preferably some English ivy. I am not sure how difficult it is to care for them but a really good looking fake one would be good by me.…

After care for variety of flowers planted*

Hello there, below is the list of plants we planted this week. We are looking for care directions for each one of these along with type of fertilizer, bloom time and disease control info. I tried google but it doesn’t…

Full Sun patch for bees*

I have a 3ft by 8ft patch in my side yard with full sun exposure (no neighbour on that side) and a brick wall as backing. It was used as a veggie patch but we are away in the summer…