The Growing Season

Well, it's that time of year!

Many of us are annually planting our annuals on an annual basis.  That's right, Jadies and Lents, The Growing Season chats annuals on this episode of TGS.

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland discuss many of the flowers you will be inserting into those sacred spaces left in your flower beds.  Impatiens, begonias, nasturtium, morning glory, nicotiana and many more are all touched on.

Laugh along with the McFarlands as they debate which blooms longer, a celosia or a dahlia.  It gets HEATED. 

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It's all about pot!

Not what you're thinking... This week's episode of The Growing Season is all about pots, containers and hanging baskets - anything that can be a home for those annuals that need to be contained.

How often do you have to fertilize a hanging basket?  How many plants are used in a medium sized pot?   What type of material is best used for pots?

All of those questions and more are answered by The McFarlands in their typical humorous style.

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WE'RE SEEING RED!

The TGS Colour Series continues with one of the most popular colours to use in a horticultural setting - red.

Fireball Beebalm, Amur Maple, Paul's Scarlett Hawthorn, Sumac, Norway Spruce, Cotoneaster, Phlox, Weigela, Coreopsis and Geraniums are just some of the 40+ plants that Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland chat about over the course of 53 minutes. 

In typical Growing Season fashion the info is rapidly paced and packed with humour.  Hit play and get planting those redders!

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In part 2 of our TGS Colour Series The McFarlands dive into one of the most widely used colours in the horticultural spectrum - Purple.

Is purple a "real" colour?  Jack, Lynne and Matt debate it and they dive into the surprising history of this shade. 

Beech's, hydrangeas, smokebush, weigelas, lavender, veronica, salvia and may more are just some of the plants that will be discussed during the course of the episode. 

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What flowering shrubs do you recommend in the yellow tones?

What perennials will flower yellow in partial shade?   We get these types of questions constantly so we decided to jump right down that rabbit hole.

Yellow will be the first entry in our TGS Colour Series.  All the trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals that are packed full of sunshine.

The McFarlands keep things mellow and yellow on this week's episode of The Growing Season.

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"I'm not crying, you're crying.  Its the onions, I swear!"

On this week's episode of The Growing Season Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland discuss the pendulous, weeping and cascading nature of the trees and shrubs that feature as accents in our gardens.

Lavender Twist, Young's Weeping Birch, Weeping Willow, Nootka False Cypress and many more of the weeping wonders are examined for their characteristics with a dash of the typical McFarland humour.

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Sometimes you just gotta go up!

The McFarlands spend this week's episode of The Growing Season chatting about uprights and accents.  All the plants that travel skyward and those that catch the eye are discussed.

Junipers, beech, oak, cedars, hazel, spruce and many more are some of the plants that you'll see featured in Show Bits and on the podcast. 

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We always get asked "what are some of your favourite plants?"

On this episode of The Growing Season the McFarlands chat about some of their landscape design tricks, including using blue to make a space feel bigger. 

When Jack and Matt are designing what plants do they tend to favour?  Well, the trio dive into some of the gems that they've unearthed over the years.  Junipers, flowering shrubs, ornamentals and perennials are all discussed at length. 

Lynne gushes about shasta daisies and their history is discussed.  Are they native to Canada?  You'll find out.

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So its spring and you want to reno your garden.  Now what?   

LET'S TALK DESIGN.

On part 4 of the Celebrating Spring series, The McFarland's chat about a subject near and dear to their heart - Landscape Design.

Jack and Matt discuss their process, their likes and dislikes and dive into anecdotes from the drafting table and jobsite that highlight topics of interest from their discussion.

Get your pencil out and start drawing!

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Suckers, water sprouts, latent buds and many other terms you may not have heard of come into focus on The Growing Season's Celebrating Spring pt. 3.

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland examine the ins and outs of early flowering spring shrubs including magnolia, forsythia and eastern red bud. 

How do you prune lilacs?  Are they pruned in the spring?  What to do.  What about blueberries?  The McFarland's discuss edibles and the shrubs that grow them.

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