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Brighten up with a pot of tulips

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My wife and I had friends visit near the end of February and they brought us a pot of tulips. Although their visit was enough to lighten our spirits on a cloudy, winter day, the tulips continued to perform that task for the next couple of weeks — long after they had departed. When it
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Crocus photo contest deadline extended

If your favourite crocus patch is still buried beneath the snow, don’t despair — the photo contest deadline has been extended until April 30. Not surprisingly, the official harbinger of spring on the Prairies, is still in hiding. Contest organizers are expecting it will make a late-April appearance due to the deeper-than-usual snow cover and
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Two quick tips

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Phoney foliage I am not a great fan of fake flowers and foliage, but I do have a few sprigs of good-quality artificial foliage that I use from time to time. It came in handy this spring when I received my bunch of Cancer Society daffodils. I stuck them into a vase but the arrangement
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It’s crocus photo contest time, but where are the crocuses?

Hobby photographers who enjoy getting early-bird photos of the Prairies’ first spring wildflower are likely to have a very narrow window to get the shot and enter this year’s crocus contest, says John Dietz, organizer of the annual Crocus Photo Contest at Arden, Man. Entries for the annual event sponsored by the Lansdowne Heritage Resources
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Try a Puruvian daffodil

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During April, garden centres and many retail establishments have shelves loaded with bulbs, tubers and corms of exotic plants of every description. A few years ago I purchased some Puruvian daffodils. These wonderful bulbs have produced lovely blooms for my outdoor garden every year since I bought them, and the bulbs keep reproducing so that
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Scout your sunflowers, expert urges

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Two dry years in a row doesn’t mean Manitoba sunflower growers can skip scouting for moisture-loving diseases. Producers should always be on the lookout for sclerotinia and rust, Holly Derksen said at the recent Manitoba Special Crops Symposium. “When we do have a wet year, those are ones to watch for,” said Derksen, a plant
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Weeping amaryllis?

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In late October, I enjoyed the unique beauty of a weeping amaryllis. As the accompanying photo attests, the blooms appeared to hang on pendulous stems that hung down from the pot. It was quite unusual, but very attractive; I called it my weeping amaryllis. Of course, there really is no such thing as a cascading
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Plant an old favourite

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When I was just a boy growing up on the farm, I started a flower garden. Of course, this was before the era of designer plants and before bedding plants were available in the spring, at least in rural Saskatchewan! If you wanted to grow flowers you did it the old-fashioned way — you planted
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Keep that Easter lily

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Perhaps you were fortunate enough to receive a potted Easter lily as a gift this spring or maybe, like me, you bought your own. I was lucky enough to find one with buds not yet open — one bud was just on the verge of opening — so I will get to fully enjoy every
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Need a spring tonic?

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April is a dreary month in the outdoor garden as everything is usually still brown. Although we go about our outdoor spring chores, and revel in the sun on cloud-free days, there is not a lot of colour. However, we can add a blast of colour to our indoor space by buying an inexpensive primrose.

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