Birch Trees in the Urban Landscape
by Dorothy Dobbie When and where to plant a birch The best time to plant a birch tree is spring and early summer. An ideal
Canada's Local Gardener
February 22, 2019
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Trees & Shrubs
When to Call an Arborist
Trees are complicated organisms. It is hard to identify a problem without the help of a professional. You need to think about overhead power lines
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February 22, 2019
How Trees Communicate
By Dorothy Dobbie Literature and myth abound with stories about trees talking to people and people talking to trees. Many native cultures believe that this
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February 21, 2019
Manitoba’s Halfway Tree
by Joan Cohen It’s a tree beloved of Manitobans who regularly commute the 194 km along the TransCanada highway between Winnipeg and Brandon. “You look
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February 21, 2019
Flowering Shrubs
By Dorothy Dobbie I love spring. When the trees and flowering shrubs have shaken off the chills of a Canadian winter and are beginning to
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February 19, 2019
Basic Pruning Techniques
by Mike Allen There are some basic pruning techniques that must be followed to enhance and maintain a healthy tree. On our Canadian climate tree
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February 19, 2019
The White Pine
by Chris Conway Excerpt from The Lake used with permission from Great Plains Publications. The ragged breaks in the tree line at Lake of the
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February 5, 2019
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
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February 5, 2019
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
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February 5, 2019
How to Prevent and Deal with Winter Burn on Evergreens
Winter burning (also called “winter drying” or “winter browning”) is a common and recurring problem of coniferous trees in colder parts of Canada. Pines (and
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January 30, 2019