Alberta Trees And Shrubs

When roots are burned, the first sign is often scorched looking needles. Check the plant daily for the first week or so and then every other day there after. It creates a barrier between the roots of the plant and fungus and pathogens that can cause root...

Simply mix the recommended amount of Bio-tone into the back fill soil and water in generously when back filled. It also will help to maintain the acid level in the soil that Castle Spire Holly trees need to thrive.

The true dwarf varieties seldom grow to more than 3 feet. If you've never heard the term “bones of the garden,” it's not as peculiar as it seems. For many of us, it's not too soon to be thinking about planting shrubs when the ground warms up.

In the southeastern United States, three fertilizer applications per year are usually adequate to supply your Templehof Hinoki Cypresss nutritional needs. However, in some instances, this severe pruning could be even more drastic.

To keep your trees at a particular height requires cutting the central leader and then shearing all outside branches. Plant 4 to 8 feet apart, depending upon your desired results. Never plant Dragon Lady Holly deeper than originally planted in the pot.

Nothing says summer like huge, colorful blooms on a small tree. Whether the Limelight Hydrangea Tree is planted in a container, on the patio or in the garden, it offers the perfect accent to practically any planting location.

Fortunately, through appropriate plant selection we can make our gardens truly a four season event complete with bright colours and architectural interest. The beautiful reds, yellows and oranges of sugar maple and beech have finished their seasonal show.

The persistent winter foliage reminds us of eventual spring, and shelters songbirds on frosty nights. Evergreens are ever popular in the home landscape. Mahonia 'Soft Caress' was named Plant of the Year at the 2013 Chelsea Flower Show.

Ginkgo biloba, also known as the maidenhair tree, is grown in almost every temperate region of the world and has earned a place in the heart of many a plant-lover. Throughout history, the ginkgo has held a high allure for reasons both magical and practical,...

By fall most of the tender grasses, forbs, and plants that are eaten in spring and summer are but a memory. Oak is a choice wood for burning in fireplaces and campfires. Oaks are generally strong, long-lived trees that are an important part of ecosystems...

Water at the base of the plant near the soil line only. In general gardening terms, pruning is probably the most misunderstood gardening chore, and certainly, the chore that is most likely neglected.

Ericaceous shrubs are among the most important plant families for providing ornamental shrubs. This two-part series will introduce you to these less well-known cousins. Rhododendrons, azalea, heaths and heathers are well known representatives.

So as you can see, in zone 6 and colder, there are a host of ericaceous, acid-loving shrubs that can be incorporated with your rhododendrons, heaths and heathers, to provide a wide diversity of plant forms, textures and flowers.

Water using the counting method for the first few weeks. For the most part, container trees can be planted year around, provided the ground isn't frozen. When planting a potted tree, remember the only water source the tree has, is its small root ball,...

Elements such as Magnesium, Sulfur, Calcium, Iron, Manganese, Copper, Zinc, Boron, and Molybdenum play very important roles in providing gardenias with adequate nutrition. (Use less fertilizer for gardenias in a container.) “Fertilizer burn” can occur...

If you are looking for a fertilizing routine tailored to your specific conditions, a soil sample should be taken and the fertilizer and trace elements matched to the needs of your soil.

Christmas Jewel Holly normally have only a few insects that cause any real problems. Planting to deep can cause rotting of the stem and death to the tree. Great specimen for a privacy or noise screen.

When looking at most fertilizers, they are described by three numbers on the bag. Mulching helps to keep weeds away which will compete with your new investment for water and nutrients.

Starter fertilizer is the best product to use at the time of planting. Don't over prune in the beginning – make the basic cuts and then allow the plant to grow, and continue shaping over time.

Potassium is the element represented by the third number on the fertilizer bag. Knives, hand cutters, saws, and shears should be sharpened if necessary before pruning any plant. Pruning a specific plant to look a specific way, involves art in creating...

These observations should give you a good idea of how the plant tends to grow, and also how and when you should prune the plant. We do not recommend using straight topsoil or compost as a back-fill soil because more times than not these products will...

It can grow up to 80 feet tall with up to a 40 foot spread. Lodgepole Pines are also an important commercial timber varietyPines have such a broad range of types and many of them have interesting histories and growing culture.

If you are looking for a fertilizing routine tailored to your specific conditions, a soil sample should be taken and the fertilizer and trace elements matched to the needs of your soil.

They are often planted in rows like classical columns, or occasionally in pairs like pilasters, or once in a while one finds a single specimen standing tall like an obelisk. The wood is aromatic and was used to construct coffins in ancient Egypt and to...

As a member of the Ericaceae (heath) family, it claims such relatives as blueberry and azalea. Thin plates of the grayish-brown bark exfoliate, and the attractive reddish young bark that lies beneath it is revealed.

The following is an introduction to some of the most commonly grown species. Coral trees include well over 100 species of some of the most beautiful flowering trees originating from all around the globe.

The longleaf pine can live up to four hundred years and reach a height of one hundred-twenty feet.The wood of longleaf pines is dense and strong. The center of these dead trees is filled with sap which keeps them from rotting.