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I live near UBC. Near Lord Byng High School to be more precise. Years ago - too many years ago - I planed two amaryllis belladonnas. I ignored...
Any sentient being can get Amaryllis to bloom. Hundreds of articles say how to do it and they all agree on the (simple) process. I have been...
Years ago I planted some iris rhizomes in an area about 1 m x .5m If I recall correctly, some irises bloomed at first but for some years nothing...
There must be dozens if not hundreds of web sites with the information that I seek but for some reason I can't find any. Long ago I bought an...
I have several day lilies in an area that does get enough light for them. Every year they produce a few flowers each and then languish. If SWMBO...
The grass on the right has, until today, been under my (movable) picnic table for a few months of rain and cold weather; the grass on the left has...
It is time for my annual rodent concern. Is this a young rat, or a vole?
I have a "Rose of Sharon" that is about 20 years old and that now consists of five or six trunks (with their branches of course). Each trunk is...
I am going to be using some very large pots. What should I fill them with? The answer, if I look at the bags in the stores, is some sort of...
This bush/shrub is growing in what seems to be fairly deep shade on the west side of Alma street in Vancouver. BC. I could have knocked on the...
... are said to require US zone 8. Vancouver is a bit cooler than that so I wonder it anyone has successfully overwintered them here outdoors.
I am not a dahlia specialist but I always grow a few each year. I plant tubers with one eye and get plants consisting of one stem. But this year...
And this, 5' tall, is presumably another invasive plant awaiting the foolish gardener who thinks to transplant it into his tiny garden?
This has suddenly appeared in the midst of a weedy area and all that I know is that I am not responsible for its presence there. Can anyone add...
I have several epiphyllum cacti that I grew from seed several years ago. Some of them tend to have leaves - or whatever they are - that look sick...
I got this from an in-law who does not speak any language that I speak. Appears to be a "forest cactus" of some type:
One strange plant in my garden was revealed to be a dangerous intruder and I believe that this one, although not the same plant at all, must be...
Did I plant this? I don’t know for memory does not tell me so but this secret let me tell: memory does not serve me well. Blooms in the...
For reasons too lamentable to mention, I want t0 completely to renew my 60%-creeping-buttercup lawn. So I really need to get rid of every living...
I have a shared area where I grow primulas. At this time of year it gets absolutely full of mushrooms, perhaps 6" across (except for the fact that...