Drought Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
GardenLine / Trees and Shrubs / Drought Tolerant Trees and Shrubs Drought Tolerant Trees and Shrubs Beautiful red colour in fall Elaeagnus angustifolia Inedible fruit, silver-grey leaves Can be invasive, long living Inedible fruit, turns red in ... [... more]
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Aquatic Gardening
A mini-aquatic garden in a tub or other container located close to the back door, patio or deck can provide you with some very special gardening pleasures. The challenge of something new when the petunias have been blooming the same color all summer! [... more]
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Sunflowers Are All The Rage
Sunflowers are enjoying a renaissance of popularity perhaps unseen since Van Gogh painted his celebrated still life of them a century ago. Canadians are growing them in record numbers, and in the USA they have been named the flower of the year ... [... more]
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Okra
Okra is heat loving crop, originating in North Africa, where it was been cultivated for centuries. Okra was introduced to Brazil in 1658 and entered North America with the slave trade. With an increasing interest in regional cooking, okra is ... [... more]
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Good Reading for Gardeners
GardenLine / Porpourri - Miscellaneous / Good Reading for Gardeners Williams was a graduate student in horticulture. This is provided as a service of the Division of Extension and Community Relations and the Department of Horticulture Science, ... [... more]
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Spider Mites
GardenLine / Common Saskatchewan Pests / Spider Mites on House Plants Spider mites are tiny arthropods that are more closely related to spiders and ticks than to insects. They have 8 legs as opposed to 6, which is the easiest way to differentiate ... [... more]
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Black Knot
Black Knot is an extremely common fungus affecting both wild and cultivated species of the genus Prunus, which includes cherries, plums and mayday trees. Rough, elongated, hard black swellings are commonly found on twigs and branches. Spores are ... [... more]
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Diseases of the Elm Tree (Part 2)
GardenLine / Trees and Shrubs / Diseases of the Elm Tree (Part 2) Symptoms of Dutch elm disease usually appear just as the leaves are emerging in spring. The leaves on one or more branches in an affected tree will be lightOEalmost lime-green and ... [... more]
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Oak Galls
Galls are modified plant tissue. This tissue is often highly elaborate, species-distinctive and host-specific. Most galls form when the invading organism causes hormonal changes in the plant, which stimulates rapid abnormal plant growth. These ... [... more]
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Spiny Rose Gall
Galls are abnormal plant growths resulting from activity of the tiny, non-stinging cynipid wasps - (Diplolepis bicolor). Rose galls occur on leaves or stems of the rose plant and are specific to the species of gall maker. The spiny rose gall is ... [... more]
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Winter Injury
The winter of 1990 was devastating for many trees and shrubs. Especially affected were apple, crabapple, mountain ash and cotoneaster. The Hort Info Service (formerly Garden Line) at the University of Saskatchewan received many hundreds of calls ... [... more]
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Starting Seeds Indoors: Part 4
Transplanting To reduce injury to young seedlings during transplanting, handle them as carefully as possible. It is better to pick up a young seedling by the leaves (while at the same time supporting the root system) rather than by the stem, ... [... more]
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