We all love flowers in the landscape. Every spring we look forward to the spectacular blooms of ornamental flowering crabs, rhododendrons, lilacs and azaleas. Our gardens bless us with an array of blooms following a seasonal succession we come to know and love — spring bulbs, carpets of creeping phlox, iris, lilies, daylilies, etc. They’re [...]
Winter is generally considered to be the dead season, the time when plants and trees lie dormant until warm weather arrives. But with some planning and design, your winter garden can be the season you enjoy most – when all the work has been done and there is nothing left but the beauty to look [...]
Were it not for Asian cultures, we would not know the joys of yoga, sweet and sour pork or tea. Our world would be absent the ancient martial arts, silk and the dwarfed trees known as bonsai. And from this world comes a great gardening truth: those that reflect seasonal change are among the [...]
Helen Chesnut, Times Colonist
A little over a week ago I was walking along a brick pathway between some municipal flower beds in Qualicum Beach when I noticed two women ahead of me bent over one of the beds. As I approached, they asked whether I knew the name of the little yellow flowers that carpeted [...]
Autumn is nearing, and the apples are ripening. Local orchards are cranking up their cider mills, setting up corn mazes and welcoming weekend visitors out to pick a few baskets or bushels for applesauce, apple pie or just plain eating.
Those who have had their fill of apples can stop by a roadside stand for home-grown [...]
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