Wes Porter

Wes Porter is a horticultural consultant and writer based in Toronto. Wes has over 40 years of experience in both temperate and tropical horticulture from three continents.

Most Recent Articles by Wes Porter:

Making Mole Hills Out of Mountains May 13, 2017
TULIPS BRIGHTEN IAN FLEMING’S OTTAWA May 6, 2017
Mother's Day and Diversions
Questions We’re Often Asked: Coriander April 30, 2017
Herb of the Year for 2017 is Coriander
Priapos, Garden Protector April 29, 2017
Some academics propose that this is the origin of the modern cult of garden gnomes. And today many believe that no garden is happy without its resident gnome...
Slugging It Out April 22, 2017
Conchologists--scientists who study slugs and snails
The Fern That Walks April 15, 2017
The real fern fanatic may try cultivating Walking Fern
Beauty and the Beast Rose April 8, 2017
LILY DEATHS, LAWN DAMAGE, MORE April 1, 2017
April Showers and Diversions
Questions We’re Often Asked: Flowering Indoor Plants March 30, 2017
An introductory selection for the novice plant fancier:
Going to Pot: The Stoned Age March 29, 2017
True Blue to Dye For March 22, 2017
Mycoheterotrophic Plants A.k.a. Fungus Flowers March 22, 2017
The Only Leprechaun Colony West of Ireland March 15, 2017
Portland Oregon
SPRING ARRIVES—SORT OF March 8, 2017
In March, that month of wind and taxes
Questions We’re Often Asked: Low Care Indoor Plants March 1, 2017
Staghorn fern, Spider Plant, Dragon tree, Rubber plant
Mighty Ash Yggdrasill February 11, 2017
Norse god Odin formed the earth and its surrounding sea from parts of the evil giant Ymir he had killed.
Angels v. Devils: Revealing Plant Names February 9, 2017
G. K. Chesterton once pointed out, "The reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly."
Practical Pollinators February 7, 2017
So when it comes to moving pollen from male stamen to female pistil, the ways could, and indeed do, vary
RENEWED INTEREST IN INDOOR PLANTS February 4, 2017
An amazing 52 percent of home owners now use houseplants to counter pollution
A Garden of Limericks November 22, 2016
Questions We’re Often Asked: Houseplant Care November 20, 2016
Spider Mites, Aphids, Whitefly or scale insects
The Love of Amaryllis November 19, 2016
The story of Amaryllis, a shepherdess in Greek mythology
A Town Named Weed November 18, 2016
Siskiyou County, Northern California
Remembrance Day: Demeter and Her Poppies November 11, 2016
Gardening Separated by Sex, UFOs, MHPs, Raking November 9, 2016
Questions We’re Often Asked: Japanese Knotweed October 30, 2016
Attractive and hardy ornamental plant. Japanese knotweed, Invasive Species
The Hyacinths of Apollo October 23, 2016
Hyacinth flowers were said to have risen from the blood of Hyakinthos
Weird Witch Plants for Halloween October 16, 2016
"Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men."
King John Died 800 Year Ago—from Peas or Peaches October 9, 2016
The official version has it was dysentery that carried off the fifty-year-old monarch. Food historians beg to differ
WILL OLD MAN WINTER RETURN? October 2, 2016
The demise of El Nino