Last summer, earwigs literally wiped out the flower production of the Clematis that are planted along our cedar fenceline (types Henryi, Jackmanii Superba, Rouge Cardinal, Nelly Moser, Westerplatte, The President, and Ken Donson). The earwigs eat huge ragged holes in

I have, over many years of gardening used a garden claw tool to loosen the topsoil between plants in my beds to, in my mind, make it inhospitable for weeds, let water penetrate and to make the bare patches look

My garden is being "invaded" by raspberry bush shoots coming from the underground roots of my neighbour's raspberry bushes. Since my garden is fully planted with trees, shrubs and perennials, the option of digging out the underground raspberry roots is

We live in Nanaimo, B.C. and have some Blue Fescue ("Elijah Blue" ) ornamental grass in my garden - my wife calls it "Cousin It"! It is beautiful but I noticed that it tends to go mostly brown in

As an expatriate Brit, every spring I mourn the unavailability of spring cabbage. Please tell me why no one grows it here? Swiss chard and spinach have their place, but cooked they disolve into a soggy green heap in

The broad beans I planted to grow up the side of my shed seemed to be doing well and were producing lots of flowers. Then I noticed the bottom flowers were dying off (shrivelling and then turning black).

I have a tulip tree that is about 23 years old and about 50 feet tall. Starting last summer, some of the bark starting peeling off one of the branches. Now two of the branches have died and

I planted a double flowering plum tree and it's not looking too good.

The leaves are still green, but very wilted looking or droopy. The soil looks like its getting enough water. What should I do?

I have an absolutely gorgeous rose called "Summer Wine" that cascades over a bank. This rose has beautiful scented flowers and I would like to take cuttings; please tell me how!

Also what pink flowering dogwood do you

What are "wood bugs"? Is that their correct name? Are they good for the garden or bad? What do they do exactly in the garden?

How about "earwigs"? Are they good for the garden or bad?