Canadian Gardening: What's happening in your neck of the woods/Summer 2011, 1 by fancyvan

fancyvan wrote:
I have not gone for years- my mother used to like to come that week and go down and go thru all the exhibits but I dont bother. was there one morning last year working a shift at the Hort Society setup but not this year.

Oh lots of local folks go I'm sure. And lots use it as an excuse to go to parties all day and night and drink! Tends to be a noisy time.

It has rained all day. I took Sassy to be groomed and while waiting went out to Cobblestone Garden Centre. Bought myself one pretty little geranium and two
Agapanthus (Lily of the Nile). One is a dwarf type , the other full size. This is a South African plant ( bulb) and certainly not hardy here, needs to be in pots, and I have tried to grow it many times but never could get it to flower. Have never seen it in a garden centre before so I indulged myself and bought both sizes! A gentleman I got talking with at the cash said he has them and feeds them every two weeks to get to flower but also keeps them as basically indoor plants and puts them out on warm days so I guess it will be and in and out plant, not to be put in heavy pots!