1623 Search Results for "hot wing maple"
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Cool and unique plants for your garden
Garden centres are brimming with plants that will add instant pizazz
Shopping for a plant that is a conversation starter? If you are in the market for a unique focal point, dramatic contrast, shocking beauty, or something out of the ordinary, you don’t have to look too far. There are so . . .
Posted: 2024-06-29
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GARDENING: To your health
Plants that make medicine and spirits
Do a little digging and you will soon discover fascinating facts about the plants that grow in your garden. Some have a dark, secret past that may shock or intrigue you, while others have a practical value that goes far . . .
Posted: 2013-11-30
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GARDENING: Contain your enthusiasm
Some expert suggestions on how to create stunning container gardens
For all of the practical aspects that a garden centre may offer, from landscaping essentials such as trees and shrubs to gardening tools and advice, it's the annuals and flowering perennials that captivate our imagination. Monochromatic colour schemes may have . . .
Posted: 2013-05-25
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Taking baby steps
Planting more small trees could help curb loss from disease and infestation, arborist says
Trees are top of mind these days. With the news this week that Canada’s climate is warming rapidly and faster than the global average, the current prospect of losing a significant portion of Winnipeg’s mature urban forest to disease and . . .
Posted: 2019-04-06
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The Green Spot is in the spotlight
Expansion of Brandon's largest garden centre brings inspiration
The Green Spot Home and Garden is the largest garden centre in Brandon. Open year-round, The Green Spot is adding another 5, 500 square-feet this spring to its existing 120, 000 square feet of greenhouse space that will soon include . . .
Posted: 2021-05-01
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Build it and they will come
Lacoste Garden Centre wants to be a year-round destination
For Jordan and David Hiebert, co-owners of Lacoste Garden Centre in Winnipeg, the future might have turned out very differently. Avid fisherman, they could have been reeling in fish today and operating a northern fishing lodge. Instead, the brothers took . . .
Posted: 2020-05-16
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Commemorative tulips to bloom across Canada
Flowers a gift for liberating Netherlands from Nazi occupation 75 years ago
Next spring, a very special flower bulb — the Liberation75 tulip — will bloom across Canada. The Liberation75 tulip honours the Canadian men and women who served during the Second World War and is a symbol of the enduring Dutch-Canadian . . .
Posted: 2019-09-21
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Ecological Peace Garden coming to Mennonite Heritage Village
A matrix of perennials and grasses will give the garden mass appeal
When the Dirk Willems Peace Garden at Mennonite Heritage Village in Steinbach officially opens in August, visitors will discover a well-planned and well-executed naturalistic planting scheme featuring drifts of grasses and flowering perennials. The diversity of plants selected for the . . .
Posted: 2022-06-11
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Crepe expectations
Tasty delicacies just the beginning at 'little slice of Europe'
One of Manitoba's most unusual and charming attractions recently underwent an extensive renovation. The Whytewold Emporium, often referred to as "a little slice of Europe" on the western shore of Lake Winnipeg, is now 3, 000 square-feet larger due to an . . .
Posted: 2014-07-12
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Inspiring ideas for seasonal colour
Headingley landscape designed for year-round interest
In late summer, colour starts to fade in the perennial garden but as temperatures cool, the foliage of trees, shrubs and ornamental grasses decorate the landscape with brilliant shades of colour. Often, in a climate with a short growing . . .
Posted: 2024-09-07