Ask Categories: Herbaceous Perennials; Cultivar/Species

Overwintering English Lavender

Hello! My SuperBlue English Lavender died off last winter. Do you have any tips for helping them survive the winter in the garden? Can a potted plant be brought indoors for the winter? Ever hopeful, Audrey…

Transplanting/Moving Plants to our new home

Hello We are moving from Brampton to Elora Ontario in October. We want to take some plants to our new home, such as hostas, black eyed Susan’s and maybe some others. We are wondering what the best way to do…

Wildflowers

I’m looking for advice to plant my N/W facing yard (in midtown Toronto)with wildflower seeding. For many years I had self seeding corn flowers, field poppies and calendulas but they’ve failed for the past two years 1. I’m planning to…

Geum Not Blooming

Hello, I grew a few geum plants from seeds this year and put them in the ground in spring. The plants are very bushy with lots of leave but none of them produce one single flower! What did I do…

Deep shade challenge

Hello, I hope you can help me find something that will grow in a challenging area in my garden. It is a space of about one square metre beside my front steps. It is in deep shade and only gets…

Tube clematis

I was told this was a China Purple Bush Clematis however when researching I thought the flower looked more like a tube clematis; maybe there is little or no difference? My issue is the leaves.It’s about 30″ high, gets about…

Best planting time

Is the fall a good time to divide/plant or is the spring better. What would be the dates in Toronto’s Moore Park…

Asters – powdery orange mold

another first for me – clouds of orange dust flying off the established Asters as i cut them back. they’re in full sun, watered regulary with a drip soaker hose, Leaside. There was orange residue everywhere. YUCK! have you any…

Garlic Stem and Bulb Nematode

Hello, I am hoping to sort out whether or not my crop has been infected with the aforementioned nematode. My plot is in the west end of Toronto(zone 6a), in a community garden. I have been growing garlic there for…