The new plants for 2014 in the President’s Choice Lawn and Garden collection pop with vivid colours. The PC plant unveiling is annual event, displaying selections made by Peter Cantley, vice-president of floral and garden at Loblaw Companies Ltd., and his staff. Guests are also invited to take plants home to try in their own gardens, so it gets a little frenzied at the end of … [Read more...] about Vivid colours in President’s Choice new plants
shady gardens
Scented plants for shade grown from seed
This summer I want to focus on making shady garden corners more rewarding. It’s so easy to disregard these leftover spaces and leave them unplanted until the weeds move in. My solution is to make wasted corners into “destinations” that I’ll want to visit. And it wouldn’t hurt if something sweetly scented was wafting out of those corners. I’m going to use long-blooming scented … [Read more...] about Scented plants for shade grown from seed