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This June 28, 2008 photo shows a 'Mardi Gras' rose in a garden in New Market, Va. (AP Photo/Dean Fosdick)

Friday Sep. 25, 2009 10:52 AM ET

Add colour and life to your garden

Colour in the garden peaked last month. True. But that does not mean that you cannot ADD colour to your garden in the fall! Full Story

This June 28, 2008 photo shows a

Mark blogs about growing the best roses

Roses get short shrift from many gardeners. There is this idea that they are rife with disease and insects and that they are fussy. Not so!

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How to keep your tropical plants safe this fall

Canadians have a habit of putting their hibiscus, oleander and banana trees outdoors for the summer. This makes great sense as all tropicals enjoy the fresh air, sunshine [to varying degrees] and rain. But it's important to get them back indoors well before frost.

A monarch butterfly sips nectar from a zinnia blossom Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, at the Dillon Nature Center in Hutchinson, Kan. (AP photo/The Hutchinson News, Travis Morisse)

Mark's tips on moving seedlings around your garden

Mark has tips for moving young seedlings around your garden. Check out his blog and watch the video too.

Red tomatoes are seen in a garden in New Market, Va., in this Aug. 12, 2006 photo. (AP / Dean Fosdick)

Mark Cullen's tips for growing great tomatoes

Mark reveals the secrets behind growing a healthy and robust tomato crop. Just follow his eight-step plan...

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Mark Cullen on creating your own garden water feature

Creating a water feature in your yard is a very popular thing to do today. In fact, it is one of the fastest growing trends in the gardening business across

An assortment of gardening tools is seen in this Monday, Jan. 14, 2008 photo in New Market, Va. (AP Photo/Dean Fosdick

Buying the best new tools for Father's Day

New Tools: When it comes to buying gardening tools for Fathers Day (or any other day) there are the usual offerings at retailers that are good, better and best.

A Henry Moore sculpture, part of the

Planting roses for Mother's Day

All roses, regardless of what family they come from, require a minimum of six hours of sunshine everyday. As long as you've got the sunshine you can deal with the soil.

Mark Cullen

Mark Cullen is a "garden communicator" unlike any other. Aiming to help horticulturalists of all skill levels, he writes books, hosts his own TV and radio shows, blogs and writes for print publications, and of course, appears weekly on Canada AM.

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