Our Hypertufa Trough Planting workshop was the last planned event of the season. Some wonderful troughs gardens were created. We are still at the farm until mid-November but we are winding down sales. The soil is getting to be too cool to install warm-season plants, and many herbaceous plants are entering dormancy. I want to… Continue reading Winding Down
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Hypertufa Workshop
The first part of our two-day hypertufa workshop produced some fine small bowls and troughs. If you didn’t participate in the first half, you can still come to the planting workshop on Sunday, September 27th. Purchase one or more of the troughs I have made up and have on hand, and plant up your troughs… Continue reading Hypertufa Workshop
May I Introduce: Dwarf Canadian Primrose
My first encounter with this charming little native primrose was on the wave swept shore of Lake Huron, on the Bruce Peninsula, where limestone pavements shelve incrementally down to the water’s edge. Nestled in tiny, moist cracks in the limestone, never far from the spray, were some small pink flowers with yellow centres, Primula mistassinica.… Continue reading May I Introduce: Dwarf Canadian Primrose
Miniature Crevice Garden
This hypertufa trough, planted only weeks ago, is doing remarkably well. I used a technique I read about in the North American Rock Garden Society quarterly, and sandwiched a thick clay mud between vertical slabs. One would think that the little Erigeron pinnatisectus or Feather-leaf Fleabane, perched at the top, would not have had a… Continue reading Miniature Crevice Garden
Fun with Hypertufa Troughs
The hypertufa troughs I made last fall weathered over the winter (to wash out alkali from the cement) and now comes the fun part: Planting them! This trough, which broke along one side when unmoulded, was especially fun to do. I call it “Strata Garden.” It is modelled on the popular Crevice Garden style but… Continue reading Fun with Hypertufa Troughs
Beaux Arbres Plantes Indigènes / Native Plants 