Canada 150 special
Cut flowers, harvested fresh from your garden
Stephen Westcott-Gratton
Four examples of how to bring cut flowers from your garden inside and present them in simple but beautiful arrangements. Tips and techniques for vases.
Cimicifugas: Superstars of the autumn garden
Stephen Westcott-Gratton
In late summer, the aristocratic purple-leaved cimicifugas are in heavy bud and the first Japanese anemones are just beginning to flower.
The joy of growing figs
Stephen Westcott-Gratton
Enjoy the singular culinary delight of growing an ancient fruit – sweet, voluptuous and totally decadent figs (Ficus carica cvs.). How to grow figs in pots.
Super-sized flowers for late summer
Stephen Westcott-Gratton
Cooler zones are already beginning to get subtle hints that autumn is coming. Flowers for late summer include spotted Joe Pye weed and common rose mallow.
Bountiful midsummer flowers: Hardy hydrangeas
Stephen Westcott-Gratton
Hydrangeas are one of the most loved and widely planted flowering shrubs in Canada. Stephen grows the smooth hydrangea and the panicle hydrangea.
