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Hummingbirds love the nectar from turtlehead

By Judith Adam Filed Under: August in the Garden, Making a Garden, Plants, Summer

turtlehead

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

By Judith Adam Filed Under: Making a Garden, Plants, Summer

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

The scents of it all

By Jodi DeLong Filed Under: August in the Garden, Plants, Summer

When Jodi DeLong walks in her garden, she breathes in the scents – layers of fragrance from petite sprigs of lavender to huge blooms of angels’ trumpet.

6 secrets to abundance in the edible garden

By Carol Pope Filed Under: Food, Summer

Here are six secrets of the best choices for powerhouse producers that will provide you with easy, yet exquisite, edible garden fare all summer long.

‘Blue Paradise’ summer phlox

By Judith Adam Filed Under: Making a Garden, Plants, Summer

The ‘Blue Paradise’ summer phlox (Phlox paniculata ‘Blue Paradise’) is lavishly blooming in Judith’s sunny front bed. It’s a cultivar bred for mildew resistance.

For the love of monarchs

By Jodi DeLong Filed Under: July in the Garden, Plants, Summer

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

By Judith Adam Filed Under: July in the Garden, Making a Garden, Plants, Summer

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.

The joys of sharing plants

By Jodi DeLong Filed Under: Summer, Tips for gardeners

Nova Scotia gardener Jim Smith shows the joy of sharing plants with a Dominion Day rose. Its red-and-white striped buds normally open on Canada Day.

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