Lovely lilac
Is there anything lovelier than a lilac with its swooning scent that perfumes all the air around it? Lilacs are
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Trees & Shrubs
Garden shrubs
Asian style shrubs My favorite pastime, when not working or gardening, is traveling! And when I do, I often end
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Cedar trees in Winter
Of all the trees in your garden, the one that causes the most grief over winter is the cedar. The
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Alberta Story: What to wrap?
What in the garden should you wrap for winter? Nothing. Wrapping can do more harm than good as wrapping materials
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Alberta Story: Willows are versatile and beautiful
All you have to do to start a new willow is tuck a cutting (or even a stick) in some
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Ontario Story: Dawn redwood
Dawn redwood or Metasequoia glyptostroboides. Is it an acquired taste, the conifer that loses its needles in the fall? Or
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Manitoba Story: Water for winter
It is heartbreaking to drive down the street in springtime and see dead evergreens, especially, cedars lining driveways. Homeowners planted
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Manitoba story: Red Maples for Manitoba
Let’s celebrate Canada’s heart beat with bred in Manitoba red maple trees. Plus 150 more wishes for Manitoba’s sesquicentennial anniversary.
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Dutch elm disease
By Dorothy Dobbie American elms and Dutch elm disease The native elm bark beetle, Hylurgopina rupifes, and the smaller European
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Black Knot on Cherry Trees
In the wintertime, black knot infections become increasingly apparent. Black knot is a fungus, Apiosporina morbosa, that colonizes members of
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