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March 2023 The balcony in my new condo is in 24-hour shade. Can you suggest a few plants or shrubs that could handle both living in pots and constant shade? […]

March 2023 I was wondering how I can figure out if a blueberry plant is the pollinator? I already have one, but today we learned that we need a pollinator. […]

Looking for a local farmer’s market in your neighbourhood? Almost every southern Vancouver Island communiy has a farmer’s market hosting local farmers and their wares. Attending farmer’s markets is not […]

Congratulations to Victoria Master Gardener Linda Cross, recipient of the MGABC Golden Trowel Award for 2022. Linda became a Master Gardener in 2004 and since then has been instrumental in […]

How do I grow white and pink fawn lilies? Pink Fawn Lily (Erythronium revolutum) Erythronium, is a member of the lily family and is commonly known as the Western Trout […]

Thyme: Plant has green and yellow leaves Thyme: Thyme companions in a container Return to: You Asked Us Question Topics Victoria Chapter page

Dec 2022 My thyme plant has green & yellow leaves. What does this mean? Thyme is a hardy, aromatic, perennial, evergreen herb in the mint family (Lamiaceae) and the fifty […]

Dec 2022 What type of hybrid is Aspabroc broccolini? Aspabroc broccolini (Brassica oleraceae var. italica) is a natural hybrid of cultivars of broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) and gai lan […]

Grafting: When to take scions for grafting Return to: You Asked Us Question Topics Victoria Chapter page

When do you take scions for grafting? (December 2015) Grafting and budding are used as the principle methods of propagating in certain plants such as fruit trees. They are techniques […]