I have a very large maple tree on my front lawn. It is hard to maintain grass so I covered part of the lawn with soaked cardboard then shovelled 2-3 inches of mixed soil on top. My questions are: 1.…
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I have a very large weeping willow, a very big white pine and another pine tree in my backyard that’s about 65 ft wide and 50 feet deep. I’ve been pretty successful getting a garden growing underneath all of…
Hello, thank you for answering my question. I have a large maple tree in a narrow (6ft’) garden between my driveway and front walkway. It faces west. I’m struggling with the plants under the tree. I appreciate reading the answers…
Can you tell me a year long shrub, flowering plant or grass for a shady area, such as under a tree.…
I live in North Toronto near Eglinton Park, which used to be a brick yard. The soil in our backyard is clay. We have a number of trees shading the garden and we are the lowest yard so we get…
Can you plant horsetail in a container? It would be a container in front of a west facing wood fence in a North York backyard. How tall would it grow? I’d like to block the fence and the neighbours so…
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we have a bare area near a low fence that we were hoping to plant a shrub for privacy. Unfortunately the area is very shaded (no direct sun) due to two large cedars in our yard and a very…
Do you know of sedum/stonecrop cultivars who could do well in partial shade ?…
I would like to plant a large (10ft. plus ) evergreen for privacy in a shade garden Toronto zone 6. Any suggestions what will do well with minimal sun?…
The only growing area at the front of my house is 3 shallow concrete urns on interlock set against my house brick. It’s south facing, so in the summer it’s punishing. I’m willing to change containers if necessary. What…
