The Growing Season Matt McFarland

The GTA has had record levels of rainfall over the last 6-8 weeks. What does that mean for gardeners. Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland open this week’s episode of The Growing Season with a rant from Matt. Matt is offended! Fear does all this rain mean for the growth of your plant material outside of rapid growth? Disease and fungus can be exacerbated by rain. What should you look out for when it comes to moisture and disease. The trio chat about pruning at this time of ...

LLLLLEEEETTSS GET READY TO RRRRRUUUUUMMMMBBBBLLLLEEE!In what will be called the greatest battle horticulture has ever seen The Growing Season has ringside seats in the fight between annuals and perennials.Which will come out victorious? Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland weigh in on the debate on this week's show? Aren't annuals more financially feasible? Why choose perennials? What is an annual? Is a Butterfly Bush an annual? For The Growing Season it kinda ...

Follow my lead! Green is all you need. In some cases, the statement above is correct. Horticulturally, green is used to keep your plant pals growing strong. But what about colour? Is it possible to have all that green hold hands with some prolonged colour over the course of the spring, summer and fall?Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland talk about long bloomers on this week's episode of The Growing Season.What is a long bloomer? How long is long in a bl...

Easy now! There's no reason to get upset.Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland dive into trees that tear tirelessly. They WEEP! You get it? The various organisms that are pendulous in nature become the focus of this week's episode of The Growing Season. "Pleaching" is discussed but Matt has no idea what it is.Weeping beech, weeping willow, weeping redbud, weeping Japanese maple and the HOLY GRAIL of weepers - The Camperdown Elm are just some of focus. This is flowerin...

Oh-oh-ah-ah-oh! Oh-oh-ahhhh-oh! So what the heck are The McFarland’s using on landscape designs in 2024?The Growing Season follows Matt into his annual practice of wiping the slate clean and starting over with his choices of plants. Yucca is back on the menu! For over 20 years the McFarland’s refused to use a yucca on a design. They explain why. Phlox! The science of hybridizing plants is discussed. Why the phlox are there sooo many new varieties of phlox!?A new variety of pyramid...

Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland steer this week's episode of The Growing Season into all things Yellow. The Growing Season's Colour Series continues with a colour that tends to be a divisive topic amongst gardeners.Are you a fan of the colour yellow? Do you dislike it? If so, why?Many of the heavy hitters in a yellow variety feature: Dandelions, witch hazel, forsythia, daylily, tickseed, black eyed susie.Matt detests forsythia and he explains why.The trio discuss the loveli...