paperbark maple
For the past 3 years I’ve had the same problem: my 13 year old paperbark maple tree looks very healthy every spring when it leafs out. Stating in about mid June, I start to see a few brown spots on…
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Japanese maples leaves first blooming in spring then shrivelling
I live in North York, and come to the Botanical Garden regularly. Have two, one in front of the house and one behind. The soil is regular, we don’t feed them anything, water the plants around them. Every year they…
Serviceberry blight, Part 2
This is my second posing of a question about my Robin Hill Serviceberry (first question/answer under “Serviceberry Blight”). The leaves have indeed developed bright orange spots, and the tips of some branches and also berry clusters are starting to drop.…
Cherry Blossom Trees at Edwards Gardens
I would like to take my Mom, who has limited mobility to see the Cherry Blossom Trees at Edwards Gardens. The City of Toronto website states that there are 10 Cherry Blossom Trees. Are you able to tell me exactly…
Growing Persimmon Trees in the GTA
Is it possible to grow persimmon in the Greater Toronto Area climate? There are nurseries in Ontario that sell Canadian persimmon trees but I don’t know if its legitimate. I would have gotten two of them if I could get…
Okame Cherry Tree
My wife and I would love to plant a Kwanzan in our front yard but I’m more concerned with the size of the tree at full maturity overtaking a lot of space. (our lot is 40′ wide)
I’ve come across…
Small ornamental tree for city backyard
I want to plant a small ornamental tree in my back garden. I live in Toronto (Leslieville) in a small semi-detached house, my back garden is 15ft wide and 40ft long facing west backing into a lane way. My neighbor…
Redbud vs Forest Pansy
I like the look of a forest pansy but I have heard, largely anecdotally, that the Redbud grows slightly taller (30 feet vs 20 feet) and is more hardy. I live in central Toronto so conditions may be better than…
Privacy Tree
I am looking for a privacy tree, not cedar or evergreen, needed to block neighbours backing onto property. Their lot is higher than ours due to retaining wall. We have installed a black-brown horizontal slat wood fence. I would like…
A Fig Tree
I would appreciate an answer as to why, my fig tree becomes laden with figs in late august, and never gets to ripen, while waiting it gets cold and all the figs are frozen. This happens each year.
Thank you…