Healthy roses in bloom

Knock-out rose

The roses are looking healthy and so far I don’t see any sign of the dreaded black spots that often plague the foliage of these… Read more

Japanese maples on a budget

Japanese maple (Photo by Brendan Zwelling)

Apart from fall-blooming perennials, the big show this season is colourful autumn foliage. Leaving out enormous trees like sugar maple (Acer saccharum, Zone 5), nothing… Read more