By Susie Cosack, Master Gardener, SCMG A short guide to popular colours, varieties, and care tips. Poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) are classic holiday plants admired for their bold bracts and festive colors. While the traditional scarlet-red…
By Susie Cosack, Master Gardener, SCMG Buying a live Christmas tree? Here’s how to select and care for it: - Buy fresh. In general, local tree lots may have fresher trees than those sold at…
By Joan Sundeen, Master Gardener, SCMG Having trouble remembering where you put your keys? Are evil spirits a problem? According to the ancients, you need rosemary in your life. Greek students wore wreaths of rosemary to…
By Christine March, Master Gardener, SCMG The holiday season will be in full swing any minute now and we will soon be decorating our homes with festive flair. Poinsettias, evergreen branches and Christmas cactus all…
By Marianne Lepa, Master Gardener in Training, SCMG Fall is a great time to get your garden ready for spring. In fact, you can even think of the next gardening year starting after October 1st.…
By Susie Cosack, Master Gardener, SCMG Pumpkins, especially those that have been carved into jack-o’-lanterns, are an iconic symbol of Halloween. Evolving over centuries from a blend of folklore, agriculture and North American cultural practices,…
By Cathy Krar, Master Gardener Not again! Invasive fish, invasive plants, invasive insects, invasive pathogens and now our native ecology is threatened by invasive Asian Jumping Worms. Asian Jumping Worms were first confirmed in Ontario…
By Christine March, Master Gardener, SCMG Most of us associate the fall gardening season with planting the bulbs that will provide beautiful and much-needed colour in the spring, but there’s another bulb you might consider…
By Susie Cosack, Master Gardener, SCMG Spring garden bulbs are a popular way to add colour and beauty to gardens, and they are ideal for those busy or beginning gardeners. Bulbs planted in the fall, need…
By Gail Cocker, Master Gardener, SCMG As the growing season winds down and the days are getting shorter and cooler, do you have a sense of relief in knowing that your garden labour is nearly…