28.9.14

Early fall Baby Point garden clean up in Toronto

Removing garlic mustard, maple saplings, wild grape vines and more from a west end Toronto garden


Lesley and Alan, homeowners of this Baby Point area garden in Toronto, hired me to weed and prune the backyard garden bed that overlooks a ravine. And, yes, the before photos show the ravine trying to reclaim the bed!

This extensive clean up of the large backyard bed, side garden and two front rock gardens took about 10 hours, filled 20 yard waste bags, and left 4 large bundles of twigs and branches.

Prominent weeds include garlic mustard (infesting the entire back bed), maple seedlings and saplings, goldenrod and an out of control wild grape vine.

Here are some before and after shots of the back bed from south to north, looking west:

Baby Point garden cleanup before Paul Jung Gardening Services Toronto
Baby Point garden cleanup before
 Paul Jung Gardening Services Toronto

Baby Point garden cleanup after Paul Jung Gardening Services Toronto
Baby Point garden cleanup after
Paul Jung Gardening Services Toronto

Baby Point garden cleanup Toronto after Paul Jung Gardening Services
Baby Point garden cleanup Toronto after
Paul Jung Gardening Services

Baby Point garden cleanup Toronto before Paul Jung Gardening Services
Baby Point garden cleanup Toronto
before Paul Jung Gardening Services

Toronto Baby Point garden cleanup before Paul Jung Gardening Services
Toronto Baby Point garden cleanup
before Paul Jung Gardening Services

Toronto Baby Point garden cleanup after Paul Jung Gardening Services
Toronto Baby Point garden cleanup
 after Paul Jung Gardening Services

Toronto Baby Point garden cleanup Paul Jung Gardening Services before
Toronto Baby Point garden cleanup
 Paul Jung Gardening Services before

Toronto Baby Point garden cleanup Paul Jung Gardening Services after
Toronto Baby Point garden cleanup
Paul Jung Gardening Services after

23.9.14

Toronto garden staging/fall garden cleanup in Mount Pleasant West/Davisville

Toronto garden staging/fall garden cleanup in Mount Pleasant West/Davisville


Richard and Nadia are putting their house on the market and hired me to weed and mulch the front garden to make it presentable to potential buyers. The area is partly a raised bed around a mature linden tree and wraps around the side going to the backyard.

The garden was full of maple saplings, creeping thistle, goldenrod, and petty spurge. After weeding the garden, I applied a layer of mulch to reduce weeding and improve the overall appearance. 

The three garden mums were my idea!



Davisville Toronto garden clean up before Paul Jung Gardening Services
Davisville Toronto garden clean up before
by Paul Jung Gardening Services

Davisville Toronto garden clean up after Paul Jung Gardening Services
Davisville Toronto garden clean up after
by Paul Jung Gardening Services

Davisville Toronto garden clean up after Paul Jung Gardening Services
Davisville Toronto garden clean up after
by Paul Jung Gardening Services

Davisville Toronto garden clean up after Paul Jung Gardening Services
Davisville Toronto garden clean up after
by Paul Jung Gardening Services

Mount Pleasant West Toronto garden clean up before Paul Jung Gardening Services
Mount Pleasant West Toronto garden clean up before
by Paul Jung Gardening Services

Mount Pleasant West Toronto garden clean up after Paul Jung Gardening Services
Mount Pleasant West Toronto garden clean up after
by Paul Jung Gardening Services

Toronto garden clean up Davisville before Paul Jung Gardening Services
Toronto garden clean up Davisville before
by Paul Jung Gardening Services

Toronto garden clean up Davisville after Paul Jung Gardening Services
Toronto garden clean up Davisville after
by Paul Jung Gardening Services

Toronto Mount Pleasant West garden clean up before Paul Jung Gardening Services
Toronto Mount Pleasant West garden clean up before
by Paul Jung Gardening Services

Toronto Mount Pleasant West garden clean up after Paul Jung Gardening Services
Toronto Mount Pleasant West garden clean up after
by Paul Jung Gardening Services

21.9.14

Bedford Park garden clean up

A late summer garden clean-up in the mid-town Toronto neighbourhood of Bedford Park.




It's early September and I was hired by Sharon to weed her back yard garden beds.

 In the following pictures, you'll see a wonderful assortment of mature weeds "native" to Toronto! These include Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense), Lamb's quarters (Chenopodium album), Ragweed (Ambrosia spp.), Yellow Nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus), Goldenrod (Solidago)  and some type of mint creeping from the neighbour's yard.


Besides hauling out the 10 yard waste bags, I was amazed at how the hostas actually survived under all the weeds. Now these are tough perennials!



Bedford Park Toronto garden cleanup before Paul Jung Gardening Services
Bedford Park Toronto garden cleanup before
Paul Jung Gardening Services

Bedford Park Toronto garden cleanup after Paul Jung Gardening Services
Bedford Park Toronto garden cleanup after Paul Jung Gardening Services

Bedford Park garden cleanup before Paul Jung Toronto Gardening Services
Bedford Park garden cleanup before
 Paul Jung Toronto Gardening Services

Bedford Park garden cleanup after Paul Jung Toronto Gardening Services
Bedford Park garden cleanup after
 Paul Jung Toronto Gardening Services

Toronto garden cleanup Bedford Park before Paul Jung Gardening Services
Toronto garden cleanup Bedford Park before
Paul Jung Gardening Services

Toronto garden clean up Bedford Park after Paul Jung Gardening Services
Toronto garden clean up Bedford Park after
Paul Jung Gardening Services

Toronto garden cleanup Bedford Park before  Paul Jung Gardening Services
Toronto garden cleanup Bedford Park before
 Paul Jung Gardening Services

Toronto garden cleanup Bedford Park after Paul Jung Gardening Services
Toronto garden cleanup Bedford Park after
Paul Jung Gardening Services

6.9.14

September blooms in Toronto

Fall blooming perennials in Toronto: early autumn bloomers


September in Toronto is lovely. It usually still feels like summer with temperatures in the mid to low 20 celsius range and little humidity. And my birthday is coming up in a few weeks, but I digress!

The stars in the perennial garden are from the Asteraceae and Malvaceae families but others can join in as well. Here are some pictures of early autumn bloomers hardy to zone 5 Toronto. There's a mixture of mainly perennials, some annuals, some natives. 

Who says there's little going on in the garden this time of the year?



Chelone obliqua turtlehead by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Chelone obliqua (turtlehead)

Alexander Muir summer annual bed by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
A summer annual bed at Alexander Muir
Memorial Gardens in Toronto
 

Bee on liatris spicata by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
A hungry bumbleee on Liatris spicata (blazing star) 

Cup plant Silphium perfoliatum by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum)

Eurybia divaricata White wood aster  by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Eurybia divaricata  (White wood aster)

Eutrochium purpureum Joe pye weed by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Eutrochium purpureum (Joe pye weed)

Globe thistle Echinops ritro  by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Globe thistle (Echinops ritro)

Helenium autumnale Sneezeweed by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Helenium autumnale (Sneezeweed)

Japanese Anemone tomentosa 'Robustissima' by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Japanese/grapeleaf Anemone
(Anemone tomentosa 'Robustissima')

Malva moschata pink musk mallow by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Malva moschata (pink musk mallow)

Morning glory rudbeckia by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Morning glory among the rudbeckia 

Pink Rose of sharon Hibiscus syriacus by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Pink Rose of sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

Red Heart rose of sharon Hibiscus syriacus by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
"Red Heart" rose of sharon
(Hibiscus syriacus "Red heart")

Rozanne geranium cranesbill  by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
"Rozanne" geranium / cranesbill 
Sky Blue Aster Aster oolentangiensis by garden muses not another Toronto gardening blog
Sky Blue Aster
 (Aster oolentangiensis)

Toad lily Tricyrtis hirta by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Toad lily (Tricyrtis hirta

Tricyrtis hirta Toad lily by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Tricyrtis hirta (Toad lily) 

Verbena bonariensis tall verbena by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Verbena bonariensis (tall verbena)

White wood aster Eurybia divaricata  by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
White wood aster
(Eurybia divaricata)

Yellow coneflower Ratibida pinnata by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Yellow coneflower
 (Ratibida pinnata) 


New England aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae by garden muses not another Toronto gardening blog
New England aster
(Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England aster by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
 (New England aster) 

Anemone x hybrida September Charm Japanese anemone by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Anemone x hybrida "September Charm"
 Japanese anemone 

Fall columbine leaves by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Fall columbine leaves 

Anemone hupehensis var. japonica Pamina by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Anemone hupehensis var. japonica "Pamina"

Pamina Japanese Anemone hupehensis japonica by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
"Pamina" Japanese Anemone
(Anemone hupehensis japonica "Pamina") 



Anemone × hybrida Honorine Jobert Japanese anemone by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Anemone × hybrida "Honorine Jobert"
("Honorine Jobert" Japanese anemone)
Grape-leaf anemone Anemone tomentosa 'Robustissima' by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Grape-leaf anemone
(Anemone tomentosa 'Robustissima')
 Anemone tomentosa 'Robustissima' Grape-leaf anemone by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
 Anemone tomentosa 'Robustissima'
(Grape-leaf anemone)
Geranium ‘Rozanne’ cranesbill by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Geranium ‘Rozanne’ cranesbill

 
Honorine Jobert  Anemone × hybrida Japanese anemone by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
"Honorine Jobert" windflower or Japanese Anemone
(Anemone × hybrida "Honorine Jobert") 


Anemone hupehensis japonica Pamina Japanese anemone by garden muses-not another Toronto gardening blog
Anemone hupehensis japonica "Pamina"
("Pamina" Japanese anemone)










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