Good News About Monarch Butterflies!
Over several years, the media have been warning home gardeners that a favorite butterfly, the monarch (Danaus plexippus), is inContinue Reading
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Wishbone Trees
Splitting a wishbone may bring good luck to the person who gets the larger piece, but when a wishbone-shaped treeContinue Reading
How to Move … Without Losing Your Plants
I’ve been writing a weekly horticulture column for the French-language newspaper Le Soleil de Québec for 37 years. My son,Continue Reading
100 Garden Moments of Canada
Canada’s Fabulous Garden History in a Nutshell! 2022 is the Year of the Garden in Canada and for that occasion,Continue Reading
Rhubarb: Not for the Veggie Patch
Unlike almost all other common vegetables (the other main exception being asparagus), rhubarb (Rheum × hybridum) is neither an annualContinue Reading
The Azalea Sawfly: My Exception to The Rule
I share many horticultural ideologies with the Laidback Gardener. One of them is to avoid putting any effort into plantsContinue Reading
Update on the Laidback Gardener Blog
Dear Readers, If you’ve been used to receiving a daily gardening blog from the Laidback Gardener website (and, hopefully, enjoyingContinue Reading
Leafrollers: Surprising, But Not Really That Harmful
By Larry Hodgson Do you have plants in your garden—perennials, shrubs, trees, etc.—which present a curious habit? Some of theContinue Reading
Make Your Cut Flowers Last Longer
There are a few simple steps you can take to make your cut flowers last longer. By Larry Hodgson YourContinue Reading
Sheep Sorrel: Tangy Taste, But Thuggish Behavior
I have good news and bad. The good? Your plant is edible and even delicious. The bad? It’s also aContinue Reading