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News from Elaine's garden... |
My articles featured in the Suburban Newspaper:Four not-too-Strenuous garden activities for late summer
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Here is how I updated my fall arrangement for the holiday season. Next year, for the fake fruit : squirrels loved nibbling on my pomegranates in the display.
Easily boost curb appeal with an updated fall arrangement displayed by your entranceway.
The planter I created above is a change from traditional orange and crimson plants and includes cream coloured ornamental kale, white mums, grasses from my garden and cute white mini-pumpkins. Read more about updating containers for the fall. I planted beet seeds in the spring on the sunny side of my home-right in my perennial border near my Josephine clematis-and I have been harvesting these gorgeous, tasty golden beets for weeks! Check out my tips page for an easy beet salad recipe.
The container of begonias I planted performed splendidly all summer long, but it's time to change it now that cooler weather is here to stay.
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'September Charm' Japanese Anemone is charming in my late summer garden. This year, the PPA selected long-loved white variety: 'Honorine Jobert' Japanese Anemone as Perennial of 2016.
![]() This Shasta daisy is one of the plants thriving in my garden, despite the droughty summer weather.
![]() Hellebore "Pink Frost" is a beautiful, early blooming perennial that blooms early in spring, when pollinating insects are most hungry.
Read by BLOG PAGE to see how I added colour to my front entrance this year.
Dwarf lilacs in my front garden in June.
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