Category: Plant Varieties Explained
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From The Friends of the Bees: Favorite Annuals for 2025
Repost from fotb.ca: The Friends of the Bees have selected interesting annuals we recommend you try for the year of 2025! Consider trying these varieties which provide both stunning looks, and help assist your pollinator friends. Growers celebrating with the Friends of the Bees will often offer FOTB annuals of the year for you to…
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How to Build Cheap Flower Baskets and Planters (2025)
Hanging baskets are a beautiful part of the summer. Whether they’re hanging in your city’s downtown or over your porch, they always deliver a punch of colour. They’re also quite expensive to buy in-season, especially when they’re purchased from somewhere convenient like a grocery store. These days, seeing prices of up to $75+ per planter…
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Different Colour, Different Needs
If you’re reading on Tee’s Plants, you probably love flowers. That means you might even have a favorite colour! I love orange marigolds, for example! Something you may (or maybe not) have experienced is, (occasionally) when you buy two of the same plants but different colours of an annual at a nursery, they have a…
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How does Tee’s Select New Varieties?
Not many people have starting seeds as a top priority in January. Variety selection every year is like an open-ended research project. Typically, seed companies finalize their seed lists in the late fall, and start shipping shortly after. If you’re passionate about starting from seed, ordering early is essential to make sure you get what…
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Onions in SW Ontario
Nestled in the heart of southwestern Ontario, Chatham-Kent stands as a testament to the bounty of nature. Particularly noteworthy is its classification as a Zone 6b region by the Canadian Plant Hardiness Scale. This distinction makes it an optimal location for growing a variety of plants, for this article’s focus, we will discuss long day…
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The Perfect Garden
Creating the perfect garden is subjective. That is, no single garden will be perfect for everyone. Knowing what you like comes with nothing less than good experience. If you’re new to gardening, let’s make some suggestions for what to start with, and why they’re a good choice for you. Tomatoes Tomatoes come in mostly 2…