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Fire Blight Problem on Ornamental Fruit Trees

In Canada, fire blight, caused by the bacterium, Erwinia amylovora is a destructive disease of fruit trees and ornamental shrubs. Outbreaks seriously injure and kill

Flowering Trees of Canada

Story by Michael Rosen, RPF Photos by Daniel Tigner Flowering trees are by definition deciduous trees – trees with leaves (as opposed to needles). Evolution

How Trees Get By in Extreme Weather

Canada’s climate is far too extreme for growth in winter, though in the southwest British Columbian evergreen rainforest, photosynthesis can proceed in mild spells. For most of Canada, however, how do the above-ground parts of trees cope with a Canadian winter weather?

Beguiling Begonias and its Other Species

We have been growing begonias in our homes and garden for about three centuries. There are many, many hybrids in addition to the 1,400 different

About Trees and How They Grow

When you carve your initials into a tree at eye level, do the initials grow higher with the tree or stay at the eye level?

Rosemary

Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis, ‘Dew of the Sea’) is a woody, Mediterranean perennial that grows where the summers are hot and sunny, the winters temperate and

Wildflowers

Wildflowers have that special power to delight and surprise us, maybe as we are not responsible for putting them there. Perhaps it is because they,

Growing Garlic in the Garden

  Garlic – The goddess of the edible garden By Dave Hanson Few ingredients can be as ubiquitous, raunchy and intense, yet all the while

Why Start Planting in the Fall

Wise gardeners and bargain hunters alike know that fall is one of the best times to plant and shop. Not only can you find plants

Fire Blight Problem on Ornamental Fruit Trees

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