| Title | Description |
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| Raspberries |
Are you planning a raspberry patch for your garden this spring? They are very easy to grow and the rewards are delicious. Here are a few tips for growing these scrumptious berries. |
| Gardening Tips |
The most frequently asked questions these days is “When is it safe to plant bedding plants?” |
| Flowering Crabapples |
Every spring, around mid May, we have several inquiries as to what kind of a tree is covered in pink blossoms. The tree in question is usually an ornamental flowering crabapple. |
| Foundation Planting |
A well-dressed house is trimmed with trees and shrubs. Without the structure of woody plants, a house can look exposed and naked. To dress your house, use “foundation planting,” a border of small trees, shrubs or even perennials planted next to the house. |
| Designing With Containers |
Containers can be used creatively all round the garden aside from the patio. Here are some tips and suggestions on how to use them in the residential landscape. |
| Perennials In Containers |
When planting containers, there are no rules, unlike hanging baskets; they don’t have to be symmetrical so you can use different heights and forms in one container. |
| Sunflowers |
Tall, majestic & beautiful. Sunflowers come in a variety of colours including shades of yellow, brown, red & white. They are often grown to fulfill a variety of purposes such as: educating young gardeners, beautifying the vegetable garden, supplying protection for more tender vegetables such as cucumbers & tomatoes, the production of sunflower oil as well as providing birds & people alike with delicious seed. |
| Vines |
Vines can help soften the landscape as well as hide unsightly elements such as walls & fences. Although they look beautiful on a trellis against your house, vines are versatile plants that can – and should - be experimented with to create unique focal points throughout the landscape. |
| Tomatoes |
The favorite vegetable for the home garden. Rich in vitamins A, B, & C, tomato varieties are available to produce fruit from early in the season to frost. |
| Lilacs |
Lilacs are one of the easiest shrubs to grow, especially in the Cariboo. These long-lived shrubs prefer our neutral to alkaline soil and, if given a minimum of six hours of full sun, they will bloom their hearts out for you. |
| New Introductions |
Plant breeders around the world continue to develop new varieties at breakneck speeds. Every season, the gardener is awarded with numerous new selections. Not only may a plant have vibrant blooms, but also interesting foliage, texture, fragrance, fall colour, pest resistance, vigour, etc |
| Fragrance In The Garden |
Quesnel had the wonderful opportunity to hear garden expert Brian Minter’s talk on ‘Plants for the New Millennium’. One of the points that Brian stressed was having your garden appeal to all your senses, not just your visual sense. People should be planting fragrance in the garden. |
| REPELLING CATS FROM THE GARDEN |
Tips on how to keep cats out of your garden... Contributed by Jean Atkinson |
| WHAT DO THOSE NUMBERS ON THE FERTILIZERS MEAN? |
Tips on fertilizing your garden |
| Fruit Trees |
With the latest Government roll backs, un-stable stock markets, trade conflicts with the US and produce at more than a dollar a pound at the supermarket, some of us are starting to think about the merits of becoming more self sufficient. Starting your own home orchard is a great first step. |
| Tubs & Hanging Baskets |
Imagine a large container filled with healthy, vigorous growing plants cascading over the edge in a fountain of richly coloured foliage & irresistibly scented blooms. |
| Planting Combinations |
Gardener's are always moving plants about. A plant doesn't perform well in one location so it is moved somewhere else. Some plants clash in size, colour or vigor and the gardener instinctively knows that one of these plants has got to move. |
| 50 NEW perennials for our 50th Anniversary |
We have grown 50 NEW perennials to celebrate our 50th Anniversary. Check out the descriptions of these unusual, hardy plants for your northern garden. |
| Gardening with Kids |
Rather than dropping your children off in your local nursery's play area, why not involve them in this year's plant selection process. |
| 2006 Perennial Plant of the Year |
And the winner is....Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Firewitch' |
| Perennial of the Year 1990 - 2006 |
Let this list of past winners take the guess work out of finding some of the best perennials for your garden. |
| Colourful New Shrubs for the Landscape |
Here are some new ornamental shrubs for 2006 |
