Normally I think of landscaping as fun, hard work. I’m totally happy outside working with plants and soil. Some days […]
Bring some spring to your patio
It’s time to bring some spring to your patio. This morning I was at a Starbucks in Suter Brook Village […]
Hint of colour in snowy landscape
Incredibly, I recorded all three plants on my site while walking around with a snow shovel. Lots of snow from […]
Are you planting trees correctly?
Tree planting sounds easy. Dig a hole, get the tree out of the pot and put it in. Backfill. Maybe […]
Uncommon strata landscape trees
Our Lower Mainland multi-family (strata) complexes tend to get planted with the same plants. Over and over. It makes sense […]
Best booth at CanWest Hort Show
There are many trade booths at the annual CanWest Hort Show. The plant ID booth is by far the best. I am […]
Adequate space for plants
Plants require adequate space. Especially when they reach their mature size. This is a common problem with trees. People select […]
Soils are key!
Interviewing one of my landscape horticulture apprentices about his year two course recently, I asked him what he disliked the […]
Fantastic Ligularias
Ligularias are fantastic ornamental plants. Out of all the sites I work on, only one has Ligularias. Right now, mid-summer […]
A mystery solved
Earlier this year I walked through one of our strata title sites and found a woody shrub on the north […]
