In our home garden, clematis climbs on trellises and up walls on two sides of the house. We provide support on the wall with a series of screws and wires. It climbs to about 10 feet on both sides. We had the first flowers in early June and we often see the last flowers in November. To … Continue reading →
Culinary herbs are planted in various locations in the home garden, many near vegetable beds, but some are also in borders and rock gardens. Most are grown for use in the kitchen, but some are supported for their decorative value. The word “herb” is used by botanists to refer to any plant with soft, succulent tissues, but gardeners … Continue reading →
When we hiked the trails around the area in late March, we saw the first appearances of sagebrush buttercups and yellow bells. At the same time, early spring flowers started to bloom in our home garden. Most of these were bulbs we planted some years ago. The first leaves poke up in the third week of March and in … Continue reading →
Mock orange (Philadelphus lewisii sp.) is a native long-lived deciduous shrub that is an attractive addition to the home garden. It can be spotted more in the Okanagan Valley than in the drier grasslands of the Kamloops hills. Our home garden mock orange shrubs started as a purchased cultivar. It grew to about 3 m and produced beautiful and … Continue reading →
