Plants
For the love of monarchs
Jodi DeLong
Jodi DeLong plants rosy milkweed (Asclepias incarnate) and several of its relatives to support monarch butterflies. Monarchs are pollinating insects.
Rio portulaca for hot spots
Judith Adam
Rio portulaca plants are now on Judith Adam's front walk gallery of ornamental plants because the location is too hot for tomatoes in containers.
Problem-solving SunPatiens catch the eye
Judith Adam
SunPatiens, a new strain of New Guinea impatiens, thrive in full sun to part shade, bloom from spring to frost. They’re resistant to downy mildew.
Shopping for a new sedum
Judith Adam
New sedum varieties. Judith Adam wanted ‘Autumn Fire’ autumn stonecrop, but found some other tall sedums such as 'Matrona' and ‘Maestro’ sedum.
Vivid colours in President’s Choice new plants
Beckie Fox
President’s Choice new plants for Loblaw Company stores in 2014 pop with vivid colours of dahlias, verbenas, calibrachoas, begonias, gloxinia.
