Trees & Shrubs Archives

Hardy Apple Cultivars

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. Quercus and the Celts Quercus is the botanical name for oak and it is from the Celtic language meaning