Making a Garden – Garden Making

Perennials that bloom the first year from seed

March 1, 2021February 5, 2015 by Judith Adam

Camelot Mix foxgloves (Photo from Veseys)

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

October 15, 2018December 10, 2014 by Judith Adam

Stephanotis plants can be coaxed to rebloom. (Photo by Forest & Kim Starr [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons)

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

September 2, 2020September 8, 2014 by Judith Adam

‘Honorine Jobert’ Japanese anemone blooms in mid-September. (Photo from www.PerennialResource.com)

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

September 11, 2020August 26, 2014 by Judith Adam

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

January 4, 2019August 14, 2014 by Judith Adam

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