It's so easy to get swept up in the allure of non-native bulbs like tulips and daffodils when planning for spring flowers, but there's a whole world of native perennials that deserve your attention!

Fall planting has benefits that spring planting does not.

While you likely don't want to completely envelop your driveway or garage with flowers, you can somewhat camouflage them with ...

Come September, plants appear ready to bust free of their beds in landscaper James McCain’s garden.

With that feeling comes what I think of as “The Cleanies.” Time to tidy up, thin out, clean, and start fresh, in the garden ...

Flower gardening is always most effortless when you have plenty of sun to work with, but this is only sometimes possible.

Reading through the Tropica catalogue I looked and split candidates into categories of foreground, midground and background, with a sub-category of a colourful plant as a focal point. I decided on a ...

Adding a water feature or pond to your garden will not only benefit the wildlife in our area, but has great benefit to people ...

The cardinal flower is a brilliant scarlet-colored native wildflower that grows in marshes, stream banks and low woods.

It may self-seed in optimum growing conditions, forming attractive colonies. Great Blue Lobelia needs constant moisture and usually appreciates partial shade. However, it can tolerate full sun in ...

If you have space, plant zucchini, pumpkins, cucumbers ... Other colourful annuals include vinca (Catharanthus roseus), lobelia and impatiens. Pretty-as-a-picture spring blossom trees include ...