 | #75 - Vancouver Island Gardening |
| (Regional Gardening: Vancouver Island) :: The wonderful Mediterranean climate of Vancouver Island is a unique gardening paradise, but not without its own challenges. Victoria Garden Mall is a handy resource to know about with plenty of seasonal articles and links to all kinds of other... |
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| http://www.victoriagardenmall.ca/ |
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| #67 - Help with winter-protecting ROSES |
| (Roses/Winter protection) :: Hybrid Tea roses and climbers need special winter protection in colder regions. This site shows you step-by-step how to do it with success. |
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| http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/roses/winter.html |
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| #69 - Yet more ROSE overwintering advice. |
| (Roses/Winter protection) :: One more rose link to share with good winter protection methods. |
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| http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/TRA/PLANTS/winterrosecare.html |
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| #71 - Tender bulb storage advice. |
| (Tender bulbs/winter storage) :: Advice on digging and storing tender bulbs (such as Canna, Calla, Dahlia, Gladiolus, etc.) from the University of Minnesota. |
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| http://www.extension.umn.edu/info-u/plants/BG453.html |
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| #72 - Yet more advice on storing bulbs. |
| (Tender bulbs/winter storage) :: Storing Tender Flower Bulbs for the Winter, from the University of Illinois Extension. |
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| http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/bulbs/planting.html |
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| #73 - Toad-lily field trials in Chicago. |
| (Perennials/field trials) :: The Chicago Botanic Garden recently released information gleaned from their extensive 9-year trial of various Toad Lily (Tricyrtis) species and cultivars. You can view the whole list of Top-Rated Toad Lilies on their plant evaluation site. |
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| http://www.chicago-botanic.org/research/research/petopplants_tricyrtis.html |
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| #74 - Help with PRUNING HYDRANGEAS |
| (Hydrangeas/pruning) :: Hydrangea shrubs are often less than forgiving about being pruned at the wrong time. This link will help! |
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| http://www.cce.cornell.edu/suffolk/grownet/tree-shrub-maintenance/hydrang.html |
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| #66 - Garden radio show host BRUCE ZIMMERMAN |
| (Online resource/Gardening Personality) :: Bruce hosts a terrific call-in garden radio show on 610 CKTB out of St. Catharines, ON every Saturday morning. His site has great articles on many garden topics, and be sure to check out his month-by-month Gardening Calender! |
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| http://www.brucezimmerman.com/ |
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| #65 - Need advice on COMPOSTING? |
| (Online resource/Composting) :: The Composting Council of Canada has put together an excellent site with lots of "how to" information on composting, mulching and other organic gardening tips. |
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| http://www.compost.org/AboutComposting.html |
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| #64 - The Northern Garden - Gardening in Northern Br... |
| (Online resource/Cold-climate regions) :: Editor Diana Roberts comes up with a new issue of her site every Monday, with detailed ideas on how to succeed with gardening in far northern regions. She has a huge archive of past articles, many of them about perennial gardening. |
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| http://www.northerngarden.ca/ |
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