Marigolds can easily be started from seed indoors in early spring or purchased as seedlings in late spring. With a variety of sizes and colours ranging from shades of yellow,…
Nutritious and able to withstand snow and frost, peas make a hardy addition to vegetable gardens. You can plant them early in the spring or in mid-summer for a fall…
Fresh, sweet, nutritious peas straight from the garden are a delicious way to add variety to your summer meals. If you’ve never grown peas, you may be pleasantly surprised to…
The fragrant, flowering sweet pea (Lathyrus ororatus) and the tall form garden vegetable pea (Pisum sativum) are both climbing vine plants. Whether you prefer to grow the flower to enjoy…
Peas are everyone’s garden favorite. There’s nothing like the taste of fresh sweet peas in spring. Northerners and southerners have different ideas about the meaning of the word “pea.” To…
The honeysuckle family (Lonicera spp.) consists of 180 species of shrubs and vines, producing fragrant showy flowers that are attractive to bees and hummingbirds. Both the shrub and vine are…
Like many other plants you may grow, the honeysuckle is no stranger to harmful diseases. These diseases can take aim at the bark and leaves of this beautifully ornate plant.…
Honeysuckle (Lonicera) is a group of shrubs and vines, both evergreen and deciduous. The fragrant flowers in a broad range of whites, pinks, corals, yellows and even purples provide nectar…
Honeysuckle is a fast-growing vine that appears in the summer months. It produces orange and pink trumpet-shaped blooms that emit a strong, pleasant fragrance. Due to its rapid growth, many…
Honeysuckles are members of the Lonicera genus, a branch of the Caprifoliaceae family containing around 200 species. Honeysuckles are woody, herbaceous vines and shrubs typified by their sweet-scented, nectar-rich, trumpet-shaped…