Climbing Vines in Hardiness Zone 4A Can you grow climbing vines in Hardiness Zone 4A? Yes you can, and you’ll read about two great ornamental examples right here. If you can get past the alliteration, you’ll learn that Clematis and Climbing Hydrangea vines can be just as beautiful and just as hardy in Western Canada’s
False No More: Western Solomon’s Plume Spring and summer in the Bridge Lake area can be measured by the appearance of many native wildflowers and plants that add depth to the landscape. Finally free from the name implying it was a false version of another plant, one of these local beauties can be admired for
Canadian Bakin’ Canadian bakin’ (and cookin’, gardenin’, and mushroom huntin’) is just some of what’s in store for The Renaissance Garden Guy and my wife Ann and me as we start our life together here in Bridge Lake, British Columbia, smack dab in the wild heart of the Cariboo Region. By John G. Stamos The
My Garden Is Fork-ready! “My Garden Is Fork-ready!” Damn straight. It’s “Arrivederci” to summer and a flower garden’s halcyon days. Relax. It might be “So long,” but it definitely ain’t “Goodbye.” By John G. Stamos I’m writing all this down at the tail end of August, which is a time, here in my USDA Hardiness
Gardening As a Salve in 1973 It was a difficult year in New Jersey, but the tomatoes and Brother Doug helped. By Russ Smith Fifty-two years ago I became an apprentice gardener, although perhaps lackey is more accurate. It was an odd job in a year of odd events. Quick backstory: In June, 1972, after
Growing Phlox in Sun through Shade Growing phlox in an ornamental garden is a piece of cake. There’s literally a perennial species for every sunlight level, and not one of them requires any fuss. The three kinds that I grow have never caused an ounce of trouble, and they’ve delivered a ton of awesome color
Does Well Water Stain Foliage? Does well water stain foliage? Loaded question. And the short answer is yes – and it happens when that well water is loaded with the Earth’s two most bodacious forms of iron. Stick around, have a read, and watch the included vid. It’s all pretty informative. By John G. Stamos
It’s Nice to Be Asked to Say a Few Words… It’s nice to be asked to “say a few words.” Whether those words are spoken live at a particular social event, or written in a printed quote, the idea that someone considers your thoughts important enough to be shared publicly is definitely flattering. And sometimes,
Foundation Plantings: The Whys, the Whats, and the Hows In “Foundation Plantings: The Whys, the Whats, and the Hows,” I’m spilling on my reasons for implementing foundation plantings in an ornamental garden, my own ideas about what actually makes foundation plantings actual foundation plantings, and what I think is an effective plan for implementing them.
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A May 2025 RGG Garden Tour There’s a May 2025 RGG garden tour lurking here in RGG YouTube Channel form. (You’ll find the link below.) It amounts to keeping tabs on my garden’s various planting beds as they recover from disastrous climate anomalies and equally disastrous decision-making. By John G. Stamos Got a short one
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