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A garden rooted in memory: Joan and Frank Quinn’s backyard retreat in Edmonton

March 31, 2025 Canada's Local Gardener 295 Views hosta, lilac, lily, Shade garden

By Joan Quinn This garden story appeared in the 3rd issue of Canada’s Local Gardener. As someone who grew up

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Trees & Shrubs

10 Neat Things About Hardy Apple Cultivars

September 4, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 1408 Views hardy apples

1. Named apples. You can never plant a seed and expect to get a certain type of apple, no more

10 Neat Things Flowers Trees & Shrubs

10 Neat Things about Hydrangeas

May 28, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 1376 Views drought tolerance, flower color change, Hydrangeas, native plants, oakleaf hydrangea, panicle hydrangea, Plant Care, pruning tips, reblooming hydrangeas, smooth hydrangea

1. Five types. There are about 75 species of hydrangea in the world, but only five species typically grown in

10 Neat Things Plants Trees & Shrubs

10 Neat Things About Trees Waking Up in Spring

April 2, 2024 Dorothy Dobbie 2729 Views chilling hours, fruit-bearing trees, mycorrhizae, root activity, tree awakening, tree care, tree dormancy, tree growth, tree memory, Trees in spring

1. I’m not sleeping. I’m just resting my twigs. So do trees really fall into a deathlike slumber over winter?

Gardening for Beginners Trees & Shrubs

How Do Plants Breathe?

November 10, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 3355 Views breathe, Plants

Understanding how plants breathe and preventing winter burn Plants breathe through their leaves. It is estimated that the total water

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Trees & Shrubs

10 Neat Things About Sea Buckthorn

September 29, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 3402 Views drought tolerant plants, Medicinal plants, nitrogen fixer, Omega-7, radiation burn treatment, Sea buckthorn, Siberian pineapple, skin care, sustainable farming, vitamin C

1. Shiny horse. Sea buckthorn, Hippophae rhamoides, is a shrub or tree, growing eight to 12 feet tall, native to Europe

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants Trees & Shrubs

About Raspberries

May 5, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 3113 Views black raspberry, raspberries, raspberry colors, raspberry folklore, raspberry history, raspberry ketone, raspberry medicine, raspberry nutrition, raspberry pruning, thornless raspberries

1. Oh Ida, how red your blood. Raspberries, Greek mythology has it, were once white. Then along came Zeus’ nursemaid,

10 Neat Things Annuals Bulbs Flowers Perennials Trees & Shrubs

Early Spring Flowers

March 24, 2022 Shauna Dobbie 1804 Views crocus, daffodils, forsythia, hellebores, Pansies, prairie crocus, primula, Pulsatilla, scilla, snowdrops, spring flowers

1. Hellebores. One of the early spring flowers, Hellebores, are poisonous, as are many plants in the garden. The sap

10 Neat Things Plants Trees & Shrubs

About Big Trees

February 24, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 2023 Views aspen grove, Big trees, coast redwood, dragon tree, giant redwood, Montezuma cypress, Pando, rain tree, sequoia, tallest trees

Sequoia National Park, California 1. What kind of big? You can measure the biggest trees as the tallest, the thickest

Plants Trees & Shrubs

10 Native Maples of Canada

February 2, 2022 Canada's Local Gardener 5438 Views bigleaf maple, black maple, Canada trees, Manitoba maple, mountain maple, Native maples, red maple, silver maple, striped maple., sugar maple

The 10 species of maple trees native to Canada have been growing here well before our country was discovered by

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