Despite evidence to the contrary, this photograph does not illustrate why they call it “o-bee-dient” plant. Though the flower does […]
Why, but why, do they call it Obedient Plant?
Saving a 150-year-old tree
This story happened in Quebec, but it’s a story that could have happened anywhere with trees. Take one 150-year-old sugar […]
Bloomsday in the Country
My second garden is two hours outside of Toronto, where I exult in tons of space, sun and sandy soil […]
The Seductive Lure of Plant Names
When I’m at the nursery on a plant buying spree, (oops, did I say, spree? I meant visit) the thing […]
Blooms Day: Mid-August in Toronto
By August, my front garden is past its floral (tongue firmly in cheek as I write this word) glory. Spring […]
Is this Hemerocallis ‘Chicago Apache’?
If there’s one thing I’ve noticed when trying to ID daylilies: some of them are very variable in form. This […]
The humble face of hope
C’mon, little tomato flower (our first one). We’re rooting for you. You can do it! We have faith. And, do […]
Welcome to my cosmos
There are 23,000 species in the Compositae or, much more fun to say, Asteraceae family – including coneflowers (Echinacea), sunflowers […]