A House Plant Thermometer
Indoor gardening during the winter months can be a delightful way to bring greenery into your home. However, understanding the temperatureContinue Reading
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How to Save the Life of Your Gift Plant
The holiday season is by far the most important time of year for the sale of flowering potted plants: poinsettias,Continue Reading
An Ornamental Grass You Won’t Want to Grow
You can’t drive along a highway in many parts of North America without seeing mile after mile of a veryContinue Reading
A Gardening Miracle Explained: When Potatoes Produce Tomatoes
You’ll see this in newspapers or on television every 4 or 5 years (the time, I suppose, that the mediaContinue Reading
Perennial Doesn’t Mean Eternal
If you’re tearing out your annuals because they bloom only once and replacing them with perennials “because they live forever”, youContinue Reading
Do Trees Really Need Staking?
There is an old belief that you should always stake a tree solidly when you plant it. Indeed, this wasContinue Reading
Perennials for Non-Stop Bloom
Most perennials bloom for about 2 weeks. That means that, for a garden that is constantly in bloom, you have toContinue Reading
The Lily Beetle: How I Lost the Battle and Won the War
Yes, it’s true! I won the war against the scarlet lily beetle, also called the lily leaf beetle (Lilioceris lilii),Continue Reading
Let’s Bring Back A Forgotten Spring Beauty
When I first moved to Quebec City 40 years ago, I was astounded by the vast carpets of white flowersContinue Reading
A Few Tips for Gardeners
Larry Hodgson has published thousands of articles and 65 books over the course of his career, in both French andContinue Reading