Sometimes too much choice isn’t a good thing, especially if you’re a newbie gardener at the nursery. We’re beginning a series of videos to show you what to look for in finding the right plant for your conditions.

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I’ve added a short video to the end of the Amaryllis and Hyacinth planting post. Scroll way down to the bottom of the post if you’ve already watched the planting videos. Otherwise, you might want to watch them first.
The Hyacinths are still sleeping away the winter in the office fridge, but look at how the [...]

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Helen gets busy raking leaves, mowing and fertlizing the lawn, while Barbara … well, just watch the video!

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Clematis tangutica is a beautiful climbing vine that blooms from mid to late summer.  While the waxy yellow bell-like flowers are small (3cm-1.25″) - they cover the vine.   The flowers are produced on the current year’s growth, so any pruning must be done early in the spring before it starts to grow.  Clematis tangutica climbs by twining.  It is a terrific [...]

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We have some great videos coming up next week, and this is just to give you a little hint about what to look for.
First, Barbara talked in one of our videos about people who collect specific types of plants. We spent some time last week in the garden of Barbara’s friend Jim Dalziel, who specializes [...]

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When I was in Scotland a few weeks ago, I made a video of my brother Bruce showing me how to create instant colour in his front garden (although he made me do most of the work!) If you haven’t seen the video, have a look at it now here, and then check out these [...]

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Remember, just a few days ago, I showed you the little flowers on the pea plants - well, from flower to pod it only takes days.  So, be sure you do a daily walk in your veggie garden - you wouldn’t want to miss your peas at their peak.

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So, for the next two weeks, I’ll be posting stills while Helen polishes up that accent of hers.  (Hope we won’t need subtitles when she returns!) 
Barbara

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Here is today’s photo of Helen’s peas that were planted a little over a month ago.  See those white blossoms?  Well, if the little insects do their work, each one of those flowers will be come a pea pod - which means, it won’t be long before we’re eating peas right from the garden!

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We’ve already posted some of the videos of Barbara’s ground cover plants, which we shot in mid-May. Here is one more. Of course all of these plants have come along quite a bit in the past month.
This one is called Euoymus fortunei ‘Sarcoxie’.

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