Growing an Oak Tree in a Pot
Hi, I’d like to grow an oak tree next month for my daughter’s first birthday (her name means Oak tree in Irish). We live in a condo facing southwest, and eventually would like to move to a house. Is it…
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Potting Soil
I purchased ‘Black Earth’ bags from a large grocery store, and mixed it with some of the dirt already in my pots from last season. My flowers have not been thriving in these pots and someone told me that black…
Container Privacy Shrubs/Vines/Evergreens
I’m located in Toronto. I am allowed to take over a boulevard (south facing) and wish to build a ‘green privacy wall’. I can use containers (no digging in the ground) What would be a suitable plant/shrub/tree for this purpose?…
Agapanthus
How do I get this plant (Agapanthus) to bloom. It’s been in a big pot on my patio for three years (in the basement in the winter). Lots of foliage but no blooms.…
Container Roses
I am considering purchasing roses to plant in a container on my south-facing deck (I live in downtown Toronto). What is the best way to overwinter such roses so that they can come back next year? Also, how many years…
Balcony Flower Gardening
My balcony (14th floor) is long (70 ft. by 6ft.) facing south . Morning and early aft. sun. It gets extremely windy at times.
Is it possible to have a nice flower arrangement under these conditions. It seems to me…
Using Builders Sand to Amend Garden Soil
Is it OK to mix builders sand with compost and soil into my vegetable garden and into containers? I live in downtown toronto and have a small garden. The original soil in my garden was mostly clay but I have…
Brown Rust Spots on Bush Bean Plant
Hi there,
I have a three bush bean plants growing in a container. They were initially in their own individual smaller containers but I moved them to larger pot after a while. They were extremely root bound by the time…
Flowering Perennials that do well in pots, zone 5B
I’m wanting to plant some large pots with perennials. They have 6 plus hours of sunshine a day, being on the western side of the house. I am envisioning a variety of colour with more than one perennial per pot,…