I love going for walks through my neighbourhood and on garden tours, and seeing which plants the resident...
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Perennials
How to harvest lavender for bouquets, culinary uses, and DIY projects
My love for lavender stems back to a trip to Provence before my last year of university. I have a...
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Pink perennials for the garden: A gradient of rosy shades from pale pink to fuchsia
I’ll admit it, one of my favourite colours is pink. If I see pink perennials at the garden centre...
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How to plant roses: Planting bare root roses and potted shrub roses
In the last few years, plant breeders have come out with some really great varieties of hardy...
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Deer-resistant perennials: Beautiful blooms and foliage for spring, summer, and fall
The other day I watched a deer walk through one of my raised beds, ignore the sage and chives, and...
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The daylily: A perfect perennial for the summer garden
A daylily is perhaps the perfect perennial. It thrives in full sun to partial shade, grows happily...
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