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I suspect they fell victim to the same thing a lot of us struggled with — that nasty cold snap we had. I noticed the damage really didn’t show...
Before that horrible cold snap we had, I snugged my potted bay shrub and my pomegranate tight against the house wall on my balcony, wrapped and...
If the culprit plant is in photo 8, what you have there is buttercup. It likes moist soil, especially clay, and is particularly fond of compacted,...
I am growing a pomegranate shrub in a large tub on my south-facing balcony. In the summer it's fine on the roof deck but it needs to be on the...
I hope your bay trees survived the winter. I have a sheltered spot on my third-floor balcony in East Van where I placed both my bay tree and my...
Or replace with a Ceanothus variety that is more dwarf, if you like the look and the fact that it's evergreen. There are even ground cover height...
Because I largely garden on a roof deck, all my pots are filled 1/3 with packing peanuts to save weight. To avoid perched water tables, I place a...
I think you can trim off the dead stuff on that lavender, but be very careful. Lavender rarely sprouts from old wood when pruned, so run your eyes...
Gardenworks off Holdom in Burnaby had Chansonette earlier this year. Not sure if they still do.
Yes, Polystichum munitum was something we considered, and may yet try. The only reason the shrub doesn’t like the spot is the summer shade. The...
The issue with pots is that it’s literally right at the sidewalk, and many things have gone missing from that spot in prior years. My research so...
Hi — we need a tallish fern for a gap in the hedge between our tiny townhouse patio in East Van and the sidewalk. The rest of the hedge is...
Yes, you can separate the plants and re-pot. Your biggest problem is that the root balls will be very tough, so separating them might require...
Be aware that Fraxinus is relatively late to leaf out and often is the first to colour and lose leaves in its species forms.
The problem with conifers is that they do have lots of surface roots. What our strata did in a similar situation was to build a stainless steel...
Any shrub/tree marked Laurus nobilis is probably a bay tree. California bay (Umbellularia californica) is sometimes mislabelled as sweet bay, but...
English lavender is the hardiest. Out in Langley you have harder winters than we do closer to the coast. Under no circumstances consider Spanish...
Just a note: sweet box likes wet ground but it will RUN if it gets the chance (voice of experience, I had it near a leaky hose bib in a previous...
Sounds like Buxus is your boy, then. Seems to be tolerant of wet ground, and other than dogs we haven't had much trouble with it.
If you have dogs, don't let them pee on the Buxus, especially the mounding kind. Our strata had to haul all of ours out that the builder put in...
