Garden Muses: A Small Toronto Gardening Services Company Blog: April 2015

28.4.15

A Leslieville, Toronto spring garden cleanup

A spring garden cleanup in Leslieville

Here are some before and after pictures of a recent garden cleanup for the front and back gardens in the Leslieville neighbourhood of Toronto.

For the front yard, I pruned the roses and hydrangeas, raked last fall's leaves and collected a half bag of garbage that blew in.

Spring garden clean up Leslieville
before Paul Jung Gardening Services Toronto

Spring garden clean up Leslieville after
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Paul Jung Gardening Services Toronto
Leslieville spring garden cleanup before

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Leslieville spring garden cleanup after

Spring garden cleanup Leslieville before
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Spring garden cleanup Leslieville after
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Same type of cleanup in the backyard--removing sedum and peony stalks, pruning hydrangeas and raking up leaves.

Leslieville spring garden cleanup before
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Leslieville spring garden cleanup after
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Leslieville spring garden clean up before
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Leslieville spring garden clean up after
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Paul Jung Gardening Services Toronto
Leslieville spring garden clean up before

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Leslieville spring garden clean up after

15.4.15

A Toronto spring garden clean up in the Summerhill neighbourhood

A Toronto spring garden cleanup on Roxborough St. West

My first garden clean up of the season! I removed the stalks from last year's Purple Coneflowers, Russian Sages, daylilles, hostas and "Annabelle" hydrangeas from this front yard located just north of the Bloor-Yorkville area.

Roxborough West spring cleanup before Paul Jung Gardening Services Toronto

Roxborough St. West yard spring cleanup before

Roxborough West spring cleanup after Paul Jung Gardening Services Toronto

Roxborough St. West yard spring cleanup after

In the picture below, I'll plant annuals under the old purple leaf sandcherry s to punch up the front bed and add colour until late fall.

Paul Jung Gardening Services Toronto Summerhill spring cleanup before

Summerhill neighbourhood yard
spring cleanup before

Paul Jung Gardening Services Toronto Summerhill spring cleanup after

Summerhill neighbourhood yard
spring cleanup after

Summerhill spring cleanup before Paul Jung Gardening Services Toronto

Summerhill neighbourhood front yard
spring clean up before

Summerhill spring cleanup after Paul Jung Gardening Services Toronto

Summerhill neighbourhood front yard
spring clean up after

Paul Jung Gardening Services Roxborough West spring cleanup before

Roxborough St. West spring cleanup before

Paul Jung Gardening Services Roxborough West spring cleanup after

Roxborough St. West spring cleanup after

4.4.15

Centennial Park Conservatory Spring Flower Show 2015

More spring blooms in Etobicoke (under glass)

Toronto is not experiencing higher temperatures (say, above 60 degrees F. or 10 degrees C.) yet. Even tulips and daffodils are reluctant to emerge, although I did see a few winter aconites flower nearby. Most local gardeners, I suspect, are winter-weary, just aching to see some colour outside.

Several posts ago I showed some highlights from my recent visit to a local Conservatory to catch its Spring Flower Show ( you can click here: Centennial Park Conservatory 2015 Spring Flower Show ). I'll finish up with the remaining photos from that visit in this post.

I feel it's going to be one of those springs in Toronto in which the temperatures will zoom from about 5 to 20 degrees Celsius overnight. If that's the case, we should be seeing flowers and foliage exploding all over the city soon.

Come on spring! Don't be coy!