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Ran into this in the front ranges in Alberta. I'd not noticed red willows before this. The shot is at an elevation of 5400 feet. Just high...
My understanding of black knot is that the black turds spread spores during wet periods, and establish themselves either on young shoots, or on...
I’m in Vancouver area until late August. I’ve been trying to find a 2nd hand soil mixer that I can inspect and possibly purchase. Something...
I've seen some posts on other forums that suggest that planting the graft below ground may allow the tree to sprout from the scion wood and get...
I bought a cute japanese maple in a low pot (not a true bonsai, but one that may have some potential) It was an impulse buy. We enjoyed it all...
I have a mixed species plantation, where trees are replaced at irregular intervals. I need a non-pressure compensating adjustable dripper. Max...
Problem 1: A plant wholesaler, who uses only botanical and no common names, except for named cultivars and trademarks has a listing Euonymus...
I just got a new load of compost from City of Edmonton. I performed the following test: Packed a pot solidly with compost to a density similar...
Sold this this tree this spring and it was doing well. Client planted it and it showed new growth, and seemed happy it it's new location. Then...
I'm in Alberta, zone 3. I have three problems that may have a common solution: Problem 1. Deer are eating my easter white cedar and many of my...
I'm near Edmonton. Zone 3. Suppose I took a zone 5 hardy Japanese maple, like Emporer's Blood and put it in a #15 pot with insulated sides. In...
I see notes for dormant oil generally "do not use on sensitive plants" and maple is listed as one of the sensitive plants. I have maple leaf...
I had a customer send me this pic of her opening parkland pillar birch. I'd not seen this type of symptom before. My first suspicion is water...
I have a vague recollection that maples are unusual in that you don't graft them in late winter/early spring like fruit trees, but now I can't...
A quick search found little about this. Silver maple generally does better in wetter areas than does sugar maple. It also is more tolerant to...
At this point I know of: Pacific Regeneration Technology -- Forestry seeedlings Boreal Horticultural Services -- Forestry seedlings, some...
I'm getting mixed information about Abies lasiocarpa var arizonica (Corkbark fir) hardiness, with citings of everything from zone 2 to zone 6....
I grow trees in central Alberta, mostly for acreages. I have an opportunity to add L. occidentalis (western Larch) to my lineup. I already carry...
Jeffries in Manitoba has 3 cultivars of sugar maple: Unity, Inferno, and Lord Selkirk. The latter is actually the seed run root stock when the...
I've heard a rumour of a Western red cedar near Jasper. Anyone know anything abou this one, or any other WRC on the eastern slopes?