Plants
Plant picks: New for 2015
Beckie Fox
More plant picks for 2015 from nurseries, plant breeders and wholesalers, and seed companies.
Perennials that bloom the first year from seed
Judith Adam
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.
In praise of Verbena bonariensis
Jodi DeLong
Christopher Lloyd planted Verbena bonariensis, commonly called tall verbena, at Great Dixter in England, and now Jodi DeLong enjoys it in Nova Scotia.
4 quick-snip edible plants for containers
Carol Pope
Here's how to create a year-round supply of nutritious, edible garden plants in a cut-and-come-again garden with container gardening.
The joys of sharing plants
Jodi DeLong
Nova Scotia gardener Jim Smith shows the joy of sharing plants with a Dominion Day rose. Its red-and-white striped buds normally open on Canada Day.
