In response to a reader’s question, Barbara takes the mystery out of repotting an African Violet.

Two weeks later, sadly I have to report that the poor wee African Violet hasn’t fared so well under my tender care. Here’s what it looked like yesterday when I sent an SOS message to Barbara asking if I had [...]

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Many lovely plants just can’t survive a cold winter like ours in Southern Ontario. But you can have them again next summer if you bring them indoors for the winter months. In this video, Barbara brings in a beautiful brugmansia.

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You can have your favourite plants back year after year, even if they are annual, if you carefully take cuttings of them. Here, Barbara takes cuttings of a lovely tall Impatiens plant.

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As part of your fall garden cleanup you’ll be breaking up large pots. Watch out for “residents” already established, as Barbara found out the hard way!

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Helen gets to work breaking up a large pot containing geraniums, salvia and some very determined perennials.

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You may remember, earlier this summer, Helen and I planted some old-fashioned varieties of pole beans in a pot with some herbs.  Well, this is my third harvest, and there’s more to come.  The yellow beans came first, then the purple and now the green & more purple.  I’ll definitely do this again next year! 

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I’ve got a lovely container filled with Coleus and Hibiscus that needed a little attention.  The coleus was starting to get a little leggy - and unlike the human world, leggy in the plant world is not such a good thing.  Basically, the stems were stretching out and I wanted the plants to be bushier.  [...]

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Here, Bruce shows Helen how to revive a flagging flowerbed by removing old plants and replacing them with new ones he has started in his greenhouse. We also talk about a special pest issue around marigolds and how to deal with it.
Sorry about the noise on parts of this video — it’s the wind blowing [...]

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Here is a container of pansies I started in April.  As you can see, while it is still blooming, it has become overgrown and the centre of the pot is bare.  Pansies are really a cool weather plant.  When it becomes too hot, the pansies become long and leggy.  So, when your pot looks like [...]

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Hopefully you’ve followed along with our video and have started your own container garden, or perhaps purchased a pot fully planted from the garden centre.  In order to keep them looking fabulous, here are just 3 steps to follow:
1.  Water frequently - Most pots will have to be watered daily, unless they are out in the yard and there’s [...]

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