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 [...]
Gardening on a hillside presents a unique set of challenges. Hillside gardening without deer fencing exponentially increases the challenges.
My own home has a steep rise from the street to the front fence. For decades, families of deer have used this narrow space as their well-carved trail to access the tasty treats in the unenclosed neighborhood [...]
It’s easy to add a dash of homegrown lemon flavor to recipes, even if you don’t live in the tropics! All you need to do is grow your own lemon herbs. Lemon balm, lemon verbena, lemon grass, and lemon thymes, mints, and basils all add a bit of zest to recipes. To help you [...]
by Moralea Milne
The Victoria Native Plant Study Group (VNPSG) has been at the forefront of the plant rescue movement in British Columbia. By negotiating with developers we save native plants, even some quite rare ones, from sure eradication under the blades and tracks of land-clearing machinery. You must be a member of our organization to [...]
Chervil
The leaves resemble parsley in appearance and taste, with delicate overtones of anise.
Sow: Sow seeds directly into the garden about three to four weeks before the last spring frost and again in late summer; thin seedlings to 6 to 9 inches apart.
Grow: Prefers part shade.
Parsley
Two different forms include the familiar curly parsley and the [...]
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