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dawn redwood

Local Gardener Trees & Shrubs

Dawn redwood

February 6, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 6216 Views Local content, metasequoia, trees and shrubs

Dawn redwood or Metasequoia glyptostroboides. Is it an acquired taste, the conifer that loses its needles in the fall? Or

dutch elm disease

Dutch elm disease

January 29, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 2609 Views tree diseases, trees and shrubs

By Dorothy Dobbie American elms and Dutch elm disease The native elm bark beetle, Hylurgopina rupifes, and the smaller European

black knot on cherry trees

Black Knot on Cherry Trees

January 27, 2020 Canada's Local Gardener 4024 Views ornamental trees, tree disease, trees and shrubs

In the wintertime, black knot infections become increasingly apparent. Black knot is a fungus, Apiosporina morbosa, that colonizes members of

pruning shrubs shears

How-to Trees & Shrubs

Pruning shrubs

July 23, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 6612 Views gardening how-to, pruning shrubs, trees and shrubs

New life for old shrubs Nearly all well-established gardens have at least one old shrub which is often ignored until

common birch tree pests

Garden Pests Trees & Shrubs

Common Birch Tree Pests

February 22, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 10053 Views birch tree pests, garden pests, insects that infect birch trees, trees and shrubs

The bronze birch bark borer and the birch leaf miner Several pests attack birch trees, especially those that are under

how to care for birch trees in the urban landscape

How-to Trees & Shrubs

Birch trees in the urban landscape

February 22, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 7261 Views birch tree, Gardening for beginners, trees and shrubs

by Dorothy Dobbie When and where to plant a birch The best time to plant a birch tree is spring

arborist

Gardening for Beginners Trees & Shrubs

When to call an arborist

February 22, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 2534 Views arborist, Gardening for beginners, tree professionals, trees and shrubs

Trees are complicated organisms. It is hard to identify a problem without the help of a professional. You need to

how trees talk nature

Gardening Science Trees & Shrubs

How trees communicate

February 21, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 2714 Views gardening magic and mysteries, how trees communicate, how trees talk, trees and shrubs

By Dorothy Dobbie Literature and myth abound with stories about trees talking to people and people talking to trees. Many

flowering shrub

Flowering shrubs

February 19, 2019 Canada's Local Gardener 2269 Views flowering trees, trees and shrubs, what are black knots, what are suckering trees

By Dorothy Dobbie I love spring. When the trees and flowering shrubs have shaken off the chills of a Canadian