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Perennial GrassesBlue Grass suggests trying Big Bluestem, Blue Clumping Wheat Grass, Blue Fescue, Blue Hair Grass, Blue Lyme Grass, Blue Oat Grass, Little Bluestem and Switch Grass.
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Blue Grass suggests trying Big Bluestem, Blue Clumping Wheat Grass, Blue Fescue, Blue Hair Grass, Blue Lyme Grass, Blue Oat Grass, Little Bluestem and Switch Grass.
Blue Grass suggests trying Blue Fescue, Hakone Grass, Japanese Blood Grass, Maiden Grass and Switch Grass.
There are many factors that can affect the yield of fruit trees. Here are some of the most common reasons for a poor yield. Immature plant. Newly planted trees will require a few years to establish and start to produce fruit. Poor site selection. Too much shade or competition with larger trees Cool rainy weather [...]
When we are ready to get growing in the early spring, there is no plant that is more loved or promoted as the spring annual to plant. Generations of gardeners have planted pansies for their full, colourful faces, happy flowers, and spring (and fall) hardiness. Violas have been jumping up in our gardens for years [...]
Apples & Crabapples In order to have fruit, you need a second tree for cross-pollination. Two different apple or crabapple trees including ornamental varieties, that bloom at the same time and are within 500 feet (150m) from each other, should ensure pollination will occur. Apricot In order to have fruit, you need a second tree [...]
Thinning fruit trees – the removal of some young fruit from a tree. The main reason for thinning are: Improves remaining fruit size, colour, and quality Reduces stress caused by overproduction of fruit Prevents damage to branches from heavy fruit Stimulates next year’s crop
There are several strategies to help maintain success in the garden even during periods of drought or extreme heat in our gardening zone. Blue Grass recommends the following steps to achieve garden sustainability when things start to heat up. Also consider planting some of the plants in the attached list in some of the hot [...]
Blue Grass suggests trying such cool season grasses as Blue Clumping Wheat Grass, Blue Fescue, Blue Hair Grass, Blue Lyme Grass, Blue Oat Grass, June Grass, Moor Grass, Reed Grass, Ribbon grass, Tufted Hair Grass, and Variegated Bulbous Oat Grass.
Designing your landscape can be exciting, overwhelming, and intimidating. The garden landscaping season is upon us, and you have plenty of time to check everything off your list this year (with our help, of course). We put together the top 15 landscaping ideas we know you’ll love this year. Enjoy! #1: Walkways A classic weaving [...]
Preparing for Alberta’s landscape and gardening season is tough with Mother Nature’s mood swings. Are you leaving for work in your winter jacket and shedding layers by lunchtime? Albertans know they can’t predict their spring wardrobe or the last snowfall, but we’ve perfected preparing for a better 2022 landscape season. How to Prepare for the [...]
Well, the May Long Weekend is behind us and hopefully most of you have gotten all your annuals and vegetables and are either done or well on your way to getting them planted. No worries if you’ve just gotten started, we have a good supply of most things still in store. As our summer progresses, [...]
Following a beautiful weekend among the fall colours of Banff, I was certainly not prepared to see the snow that had befallen us overnight here in Calgary. I am sure that I’m not alone in not being ready for winter and still have plenty to accomplish in the yard before it’s ready to be put [...]
How quickly we are back among the late summer, and early fall days of our short garden season. A cool and wet spring led the way to the record breaking temperatures that we are still experiencing. The lack of late season rain is showing on many a garden, park and landscape. Trees are yellowing early [...]
Call them lazy or hazy days of summer, we’ve been enjoying plenty of good summer heat this season. Unfortunately, our hazy days are due to the BC wild fires, as along with the warm weather our natural landscapes are susceptible to high fire hazard. Please be extra careful and pay attention to fire bans and [...]
Finally, we’re into the full swing of the garden season! Mother Nature was sure slow to get us started this year, impatient gardeners everywhere are now well into getting gardens planted, creating beautiful patio containers and tending to perennial and shrub beds. Weeding, watering and adding plants has become part of daily routine. Watching skies [...]
Let’s hope that all our recent moisture in April will produce fantastic floral results. Leaf and flowers buds are lying in wait, ready for some warm temperatures to burst into botanical beauty. All of us are itching to get into our gardens and start cleaning, creating and growing. Our Greenhouse, Garden Centre and Tree and [...]
Wow, suddenly spring is upon us! With a bit of a later start than last year, signs of spring are showing up all at once. Prairie crocuses are waking up among the dead grasses in various parks around Calgary, trees are quickly budding up, tulips and spring bulbs are well on their way and temperatures [...]
Spring is one of the best times of the year. The gardens come alive, and colour bursts are all over the neighbourhood. We enjoy the thriving nature all summer long, but fall brings another season filled with its own list of pros and cons for our gardens. Some of your favourite flowers may no longer [...]