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I spoke with so many people last year that had new and different garden experiences - birds they've never seen before now visit regularly - insects are eating plants they've never eaten before - and some are frustrated with plant viruses they've never had to deal with. My neighbours large, stunning, magnolia developed a nasty case of magnolia scale - after 20 years! And I had a case of cucumber mosaic. Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is most often spread by aphids, but can be carried by wind and rain from other sources. And once it's there, it can overwinter in the soil. There's no cure - remove the damaged plants to try to minimize the spread to other cucumbers, melons and squashes. Your best bet is to purchase CMV resistant seeds. The first sign of the disease was a vine that just looks weak - and leaves with a mosaic type pattern throughout and spotted with holes. The fruit did start to grow, but quickly became distorted and discoloured. Lucky for us, we did get a good size harvest before the CMV hit, but the virus spread to neighbouring plants. This year they will be planted in different beds around the garden to hopefully avoid any disease issues.
Invite Butterflies into the Garden

The Language of Flowers...
Primula polyantha
– aka Primrose, are vibrant,
early-spring bloomers,
that grow 6 to 12 inches
high and are hardy from zones 3b to 7b. One of the first spring plants to give us hope that our gardens will once again flouriish, Primula polyantha enjoys light shade and is available in a wide range of stunning colours.
Primrose signifies “young love”, which when you think about it, for us gardeners it makes sense – we’re falling in love with our gardens once again

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Rat's Tail Radish

