Columnist Mark Cullen offers some tips on producing early blooms.

Wow, two gardening shows in Toronto. At this time of year, who could ask for more? The only trouble is (don't ask me why) the...

Mark Cullen launches a weekly column in New in Homes & Condos today. His first musings are on what he calls the "greatest...

The snow comes, the snow goes. After last week's sudden whomp, Toronto is back to being green again. Yet my garden – out in the...

Woo hoo. Here's a hot date not to be missed. "Heathcliff of the Hedgerows" is coming to town.

Remember Cattleyas? They're the orchids that our grandmothers used to wear as corsages.

All gardeners develop particular passions. I'm crazy about clivias, because it's unbelievably exciting when they deign to bloom...

Anthuriums are an acquired taste. For years, I gave them the cold shoulder because their heart-shaped leaves (called spathes...

I adore amaryllis – such show-offs, so wonderful in winter – and it's not too late to buy them. Although most people stock up on...

Container gardening and online marketing are increasing the popularity of succulents, transforming the likes of hens and chicks...

The gardening industry needs to rethink the word "forced." It always makes me think of terrified plants being tortured...

Paperwhites are popular gifts at Christmas, packaged in pretty boxes.

The classy clivia, my deah. Like Greta Garbo, it wants to be left alone.

Cyclamens, once prized and expensive, are suddenly everywhere. You can find them in florists, garden centres, supermarkets, even...

If you're fed up with in-your-face icicle lights and inflatable Santas, drop by the conservatory at Allan Gardens during the last...

Today, believe it or not, is National Poinsettia Day. And, no, some marketing smarty-pants didn't dream this event up.

These tulips have been around for a long time. But for some strange reason, they're suddenly hotter than the Sahara. Every...

This is one of those trees that fanatical gardeners die for. Glossy evergreen leaves. Unusual orange fruit. Enormous creamy-white...

Is it too early to think about indoor cheer-up plants for the winter? Brr! Clearly not.

Autumn crocus is worth planting if only to startle your neighbours. When they ask why your crocuses are blooming this time of year...

Flower fanciers have generally forsaken native plants over the years for the fashionable and the flashy, but the robust perennials...

With harvest season winding down, it's time for dessert. How about some candy, real candy, from the garden?

Crocus that bloom in the fall? Yes, believe it or not.

Black-eyed Susans have a bittersweet quality to me. Like corn and ripe tomatoes, they always signify the end of summer.

Why are some window boxes so beautiful while others are so blah?

How incredible crocosmias can be. I was in Stratford last week and couldn't stop oohing and aahing over a clump of the kind...

Good on the Aussies. They've come up with this exciting new garden plant, but they haven't saddled it with a cutesy (or... (0)