trees and shrubs

Local Gardener Trees & Shrubs 

Ontario Story: Dawn redwood

February 6, 2020February 4, 2021 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 2865 Views Local content, metasequoia, trees and shrubs

Dawn redwood or Metasequoia glyptostroboides. Is it an acquired taste, the conifer that loses its needles in the fall? Or

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Trees & Shrubs 

Dutch elm disease

January 29, 2020January 29, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 1285 Views tree diseases, trees and shrubs

By Dorothy Dobbie American elms and Dutch elm disease The native elm bark beetle, Hylurgopina rupifes, and the smaller European

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Trees & Shrubs 

Black Knot on Cherry Trees

January 27, 2020January 29, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 1903 Views ornamental trees, tree disease, trees and shrubs

In the wintertime, black knot infections become increasingly apparent. Black knot is a fungus, Apiosporina morbosa, that colonizes members of

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Gardening How-to Trees & Shrubs 

Pruning shrubs

July 23, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 3688 Views gardening how-to, pruning shrubs, trees and shrubs

New life for old shrubs Nearly all well-established gardens have at least one old shrub which is often ignored until

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Garden Pests Trees & Shrubs 

Common Birch Tree Pests

February 22, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 7071 Views birch tree pests, garden pests, insects that infect birch trees, trees and shrubs

The bronze birch bark borer and the birch leaf miner Several pests attack birch trees, especially those that are under

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Gardening How-to Trees & Shrubs 

Birch trees in the urban landscape

February 22, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 4334 Views birch tree, Gardening for Beginners, trees and shrubs

by Dorothy Dobbie When and where to plant a birch The best time to plant a birch tree is spring

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Gardening for Beginners Trees & Shrubs 

When to call an arborist

February 22, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 1381 Views arborist, Gardening for Beginners, tree professionals, trees and shrubs

Trees are complicated organisms. It is hard to identify a problem without the help of a professional. You need to

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Gardening Magic & Mysteries Trees & Shrubs 

How trees communicate

February 21, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 1260 Views gardening magic and mysteries, how trees communicate, how trees talk, trees and shrubs

By Dorothy Dobbie Literature and myth abound with stories about trees talking to people and people talking to trees. Many

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Trees & Shrubs 

Flowering shrubs

February 19, 2019January 29, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener Magazine 1004 Views flowering trees, trees and shrubs, what are black knots, what are suckering trees

By Dorothy Dobbie I love spring. When the trees and flowering shrubs have shaken off the chills of a Canadian

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