Dutch Elm Disease
By Dorothy Dobbie American elms and Dutch elm disease The native elm bark beetle, Hylurgopina rupifes, and the smaller European elm bark beetle, Scolytus multistriatus,
Canada's Local Gardener
January 29, 2020
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Trees & Shrubs
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 the Prunus or cherry families,
Canada's Local Gardener
January 27, 2020
About Trees
1. The lungs of the world. Trees produce oxygen in exchange for carbon dioxide. A large tree puts out enough oxygen to sustain four people
Canada's Local Gardener
September 23, 2019
About Peaches
1. Clingstone or freestone. When you eat a peach and the flesh comes neatly away from the pit, that is a freestone. With clingstone types,
Canada's Local Gardener
September 12, 2019
About Planting Trees
1. The roots don’t reach to China. Many tree planting failures can be traced to digging the planting hole too deep. The hole should only
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September 9, 2019
About Apples
1. They are so pomaceous! Pome is from the Latin word for fruit, pomun, but in our world, we apply this term only to certain
Dorothy Dobbie
August 29, 2019
Cranberries
Lowbush cranberry The lowbush cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) is a North American plant, related to the blueberry, that grows naturally in eastern Canada and in B.C.
Canada's Local Gardener
August 27, 2019
Chokecherries and Chokeberries
Chokecherry fruit 1. Not the same. Chokecherries and chokeberries look quite similar to the untrained eye and they both taste very astringent, but they are
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August 1, 2019
Pruning Shrubs
New life for old shrubs Nearly all well-established gardens have at least one old shrub which is often ignored until it begins to look poorly.
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July 23, 2019
Common Birch Tree Pests
The bronze birch bark borer and the birch leaf miner Several pests attack birch trees, especially those that are under stress. Know what to look
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February 22, 2019