2023 Perennial of the Year: American Gold Rush
This year’s selection is a black eyed susan ‘American Gold Rush’. It is on the cusp of hardiness for Ottawa, however 2023 has also been... Read More
Green Thumb Newsletter: Spring 2023
Green Thumb Newsletter Spring 2023 We are late with our newsletter this year. We are open and ready to help you with your gardens, notwithstanding... Read More
Perennial of the Year: Little Bluestem
This year’s winner is Little Bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium, and its cultivars. It is a bit unusual to include ‘its cultivars’ but it seems that this... Read More
Green Thumb Newsletter: Spring 2022
Green Thumb Newsletter Spring 2022 Well, well, well! That’s what I said in 2020, and in 2021 we didn’t even issue a newsletter. With COVID-19... Read More
2020 Perennial of the Year: Aralia – ‘Sun King’
This year’s winner is Aralia ‘Sun King’ – it can be quite large, almost shrub-like (up to 6’ x 6’), and is very hardy for... Read More
Green Thumb Newsletter: Spring 2020
2020: Curbside pickup now! Full opening later? Well, well, well! I don’t know how many times I have composed this year’s newsletter and it most... Read More
Green Thumb Newsletter: Spring 2019
An early winter with lots of snow, ice, cold and wind, and now a late Spring. What surprises will await us as our gardens wake... Read More
2019 Perennial of the Year: Stachys – ‘Hummelo’
This year’s winner is Stachys – ‘Hummelo’ or betony, in the same family as lamb’s ears, but it looks very different and is a long... Read More
Green Thumb Newsletter: Spring 2018
Wow – 30 years in business! Every gardening year is different, and this one seems to fit right in. Snippets from the Farmers’ Almanac suggested a ‘volatile... Read More
2018 Perennial of the Year: Allium ‘millenium’
This year’s winner is Allium ‘millenium’ – also known as the millenium ornamental onion. Unlike some allium, this is not a bulb. It is an herbaceous perennial, meaning... Read More