Keep Your Amaryllis Blooming
It is almost winter and you have received an amaryllis for the holidays! Lucky you. But, in truth, once these have bloomed most people toss them – hopefully into the compost and not the garbage! Amaryllis come in pink, white, red and variegated colours...
April Showers Bring May Flowers
Spring Flowers The earliest flowers in my cold Calgary garden are always alpines and woodland plants. The same is true in my mild west coast garden. But while the order of bloom is the same in different regions, the exact bloom time and quality of bloom changes with...
Nectar Sweeter When Bees are Buzzing
So here’s a question. Did you know flowers can hear very small sounds? Sure we’ve all heard that classical music makes plants grow better than heavy rock but seriously? Probably the first serious research to show the effect of sound on flowers was reported in National Geographic in January this year.
Vegetables in a beautiful bouquet?
And that’s when I saw the flower shop. Big fluffy roses packed into luxurious bundles combined with a plant we usually eat for supper. Yes, it’s true. The roses were bundled with tall stems of colourful kale.
A Few Quick Notes on Clematis
There are so many kinds and they seem to be in endless rotation so I don’t even put clematis names on my consulting lists any more. Instead, I suggest you choose the ones you like when you find them. If it is early colour you need try the ones that bloom on old wood (Type #1) and never ever cut them back in fall. Instead cut them as soon as they finish blooming in the spring.
