
When to prune spring-flowering shrubs
Although spring-flowering shrubs such as lilacs can vary in their bloom times, there’s far less leeway about when to prune spring flowering shrubs.
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Ginkgo trees capture attention
Judith Adam is getting started with a collection of ginko trees. Ginkgos have been around for more than 150 million years.
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Heat-proof lobelias
A second generation of breeding has produced heat-proof lobelias. Lobelias have intensely blue cascading flowers for hanging baskets or as an upright form.
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Penstemons with red foliage
For diversity in foliage colour, Judith Adam appreciates red foliage plants such as ‘Husker Red’ and ‘Dark Towers’ beard tongues (penstemons).
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How to plant garlic
Here is a basic guide on how to plant garlic. In order to harvest your own tasty garlic next year, you need some tasty garlic to plant this year.
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Urban beehives make tasty honey
Healthy bee colonies are important. Here’s what can we do to help make bees happy. Info about the role of urban bee colonies? She where honey come from.
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