June in the Garden

‘Caradonna’ salvia (Photo by Brendan Adam-Zwelling)

Blue salvias highlight other colours in garden

Judith Adam

Blue flowers such as blue salvias are useful for accenting other colours in the garden. Try to have some in bloom from summer through fall.

Rio Deep Red mandevilla. (Photo by Brendan Zwelling)

Blushing mandevilla vine

Judith Adam

Judith Adam writes about beautiful Rio Deep Red mandevilla vine and how to care for them.

'Strawberry Fields' deutzia and Geranium phaeum. (Photo by Brendan Zwelling)

‘Strawberry Fields’ deutzia

Judith Adam

The familiar spring-blooming slender deutzia, sometimes known as Japanese snow flower, is an exuberant bloomer in full sun to part shade.

Garden Making Editor-in-Chief Beckie Fox

Container gardening: How to design and plant a container

Garden Making

How-to container gardening video. Beckie Fox gives container garden ideas and tips on how to design and plant a container garden. Choose colours and plants.

‘Coral and Gold’ peony. Photo courtesy of Blossom Hill Nursery.

Rain-proof peonies

Judith Adam

This was the week rain smashed the pale pink ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ peonies, which happens every year in early June. You just know there will be a downpour that will splatter the big double blooms across the lawn.

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