cascading nasturtiums

July’s a good time to find plant bargains

July’s a good time to find plant bargains

If you have gaps in your gardens, or want to re-fresh your containers, July can be a good time to bargain shop for good plants at reputable garden centres.

Perennials that bloom the first year from seed

Perennials that bloom the first year from seed

Sowing seed indoors during deepest winter can prompt some perennials into blooming in their first season. How to grow perennials that bloom the first year from seed.

Secrets to growing a stephanotis vine

Secrets to growing a stephanotis vine

A pot of white stephanotis vine (Madagascar jasmine) with clusters of deeply perfumed flowers can become a lovely vine grown in a container.

‘Honorine Jobert’ is a lovely late Japanese anemone

‘Honorine Jobert’ is a lovely late Japanese anemone

The sparkling white ‘Honorine Jobert’ Japanese anemone begins flowering about the middle of September, and is a Judith Adam favourite. Its tall stature gives it architectural presence.

Hummingbirds love the nectar from turtlehead

Hummingbirds love the nectar from turtlehead

Pink turtlehead, sometimes called twisted shell flower, are showy plants that provide nectar loved by hummingbirds. They prefer nectar over sugar water.

Mildew-resistant lilacs

Mildew-resistant lilacs

Dealing with powdery mildew on lilacs can require replacing them with mildew-resistant cultivars. Mildew spores are active in late summer.

Time for more Martagon lilies

Time for more Martagon lilies

The flowers resemble butterflies in flight, says Judith Adam about Martagon lilies. Their appeal includes tall skinny stems and speckled petals.

‘Blue Paradise’ summer phlox

‘Blue Paradise’ summer phlox

The ‘Blue Paradise’ summer phlox (Phlox paniculata ‘Blue Paradise’) is lavishly blooming in Judith’s sunny front bed. It’s a cultivar bred for mildew resistance.

For the love of monarchs

For the love of monarchs

Jodi DeLong plants rosy milkweed (Asclepias incarnate) and several of its relatives to support monarch butterflies. Monarchs are pollinating insects.

Rio portulaca for hot spots

Rio portulaca for hot spots

Rio portulaca plants are now on Judith Adam’s front walk gallery of ornamental plants because the location is too hot for tomatoes in containers.

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