Inside this issue - Information and inspiration for Gardeners
Seeds of Diversity; How to Build a Herbal Spiral; Water Garden Plants; Creating a Wildfire-Resilient Garden; Tisane Garden Plus … Ask Us; Feature Perennial; Wild Neighbours; Rural Roots and much more
Some of the Feature Articles in the Winter 2025 issue ...
Legumes
What comes to mind when you think of legumes? Green beans and peas grown in your garden and served fresh for dinner, or perhaps frozen or canned for future use. Everyday garden staples. Yet these humble plants belong to one of the oldest plant families under cultivation—the Fabaceae family. And not only do they feed millions worldwide, they also play a key role in soil health.
BY JANET MELROSE
Plant Picks 2026
Every year The Gardener features our garden experts’ favourite plants to help insure garden choices for the coming garden season. The selections include top choices in annuals, perennials, edibles and trees and shrubs.
Nicotiana
When I was establishing my garden and looking for sun-loving annuals to fill in between maturing shrubs, I grew ‘Jasmine’ nicotiana (Nicotiana alata grandiflora) to help keep weeds down and add colour to the developing landscape. Seeing other nicotiana in full bloom in the garden I was visiting reminded me of what I loved about this plant—its strong evening scent and unique flower shape, the insect activity it attracts, its prolific self-seeding and easy-care nature.
BY WILLIAM HRYCAN
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Know your growing zones
Canada´s plant hardiness zones are well known to Canadian gardeners. The original hardiness indices and zones were developed in the early 1960´s through regression models of several climatic paramaters and plant survival data from numerous locations across the country. Since that time Canada´s climate has changed and climate interpolation techniques have improved.
