We all love a good filler for our baskets, especially one that has so much density and colour. Alyssum has always been that flower for years.
Every fall I get multiple customers per week asking me the same question, as they look at the vast array of plants all around them. “Sooo… what do you do with all these plants for winter?”
Looking around at the snow now covering the ground it is hard to believe that it is still autumn. Nearly all the trees have dropped their leaves, except for a few long standing Willows and Birch.
Fall seemed to come over night, one day its 30 degrees and sunny next its cold, gray skies, and no leaves except for on the ground.
The introduction of a new Hardy tree in our Prairie region is not an everyday event. It takes 10 to 20 years of selecting and testing.
Working at our nursery this year I was sad to hear back from some customers about plants that did not survive the winter.
As you all know the label on the plant at the greenhouse is pretty important. When buying tomatoes for instance, you would want to know if your plant is going to bear big fruit or little ones.
One of the most complicated parts of gardening is knowing which plant will work in which location. Every plant has a preference and specific needs.
When it comes to perennials, there are some that have the strangest of names. Wort this and wort that, what on earth is this? Of all the names to be chosen, they had to go with wort.
Well it has been almost three weeks now, and still no rain again. In typical Manitoba fashion we had a week of heavy downpours before it simply ends. So it is time for a good reminder to water your plants, and here is how.
