I would like to plant ground cover between my paver stones. I have an east facing shaded backyard. Are brass buttons available anywhere in Toronto? I have Ajuga in my backyard already that is doing well, but I do like…
Have checked out the Gardening Guides, but found no answer. We live in Port Hope on what used to be a dairy pasture. The soil is clay. We have stretches of lawn which are beneath maples, and they get little…
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We back onto the Cedarvale Ravine. Our backyard feels like an extension of the ravine and we mostly like it that way, but last year we added an outdoor sauna set out to make the backyard a little friendlier…
Hi, I have a large piece of land at the bottom of my backyard that won’t grow anything. It is very shady, on a slope so it is prone to being waterlogged, and the soil is clay.
Could you please…
Hi – I am redoing 3 garden beds, incorporating hydrangeas for the first time, and then sticking with the basics i.e. speedwell, lavender, phlox, echinacea, etc. I have been gardening for many years, but have never mulched. As I will…
I am looking for suitable groundcover for a backyard corner that was thrust into the sun when a large Serbian Spruce was (very sadly) removed.
You have some good postings on groundcovers — I am particularly attracted to Caucasian stonecrop.…
Hi. I love ajuga ‘Burgundy Glow’. But whenever I’ve had it by end of summer it is a tattered mess… the leaves are filled with little holes. Any thoughts on what is eating the leaves and what can I do…
Skunks and/or raccoons are digging up lawn or tossing sod to get to grubs which I know I have. I use nematodes to control grubs. Is it too early to apply nematodes given its barely mid August. I know it…
We live in Bloor West and would like to know your recommendations for carbon absorbing plants/shrubs to plant in our back yard?
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Dear Master Gardener
I have a well-established mature 40-year-old Hicks you Hedge. Every year we have to clean out the weeds that grow at the base and into the lawn. Is there preferably an evergreen ground cover that you would…
