Flower care, occasions, GTA flower markets and zone 6b gardening for backyards, balconies and condos.
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How much sun, water and humidity a bird of paradise gets through a Toronto winter, when it can summer outside on GTA dates, whether it's safe with pets, and what 12 GTA shops charge.
The date Toronto's nights get long enough to set buds, the GTA week to bring the plant in, how to spot a Thanksgiving cactus, and what GTA sellers charge.
Where to cut, why every leaf stays, the week it can go outside in the GTA, and the count-back that puts the next flower on a date you choose.
We read 23 GTA wedding florists' own price pages. Eight price all five items, six price nothing, and the bridal bouquet median is $160.
What florists that deliver in Toronto charge for a dozen roses, the delivery fee and same-day cutoff on top, and the premium four of them add for Valentine's Day.
October is the planting month at five of the seven GTA weather stations, and the first frost is not your deadline. Here is the window, the depth and the price, from seven stations and nine GTA sources.
We checked 21 GTA tree programmes. Ten come with no price attached, seven charge a set price, four pay part of the bill. Who qualifies, and which windows are open.
The average first fall frost is November 6 downtown and October 13 in Markham. Here is the autumn shutdown in the order those two dates force it, task by task.
Old wood or new wood decides the date. The species-by-species calendar for GTA gardens, tied to Environment Canada frost data, RBG's lilac bloom record and the by-laws that can stop you cutting.
Toronto is Canadian hardiness zone 7a, not 5b or 6a, and the GTA's frost-free season varies by 47 days end to end. Here is the calendar that follows from those two facts.
What "low light" is in foot-candles, what a Toronto December actually leaves you, and ten plants that cope, each checked against the ASPCA's toxic-plant database for cats and dogs.
Mid-August to mid-September is Ontario's real seeding window. Here are the soil temperatures each species needs, the Pearson climate normals behind the dates, and the four ways a seeding burns your money.
