Silver Maple Blog Photo

Silver Maple – Prairie Silver

This tree is almost native to Manitoba. I have found Silver Maples growing very close ...

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Froebel Spirea Blog Photo

Froebel Spirea

So many spireas! There are so many kinds to pick from! Some with white flowers and som...

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Common Lilac A Fragrant Tapestry Of Spring

Common Lilac: A Fragrant Tapestry of Spring

When I started working in sales at our nursery and saw how many different lilacs varie...

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Blizzard Mockorange Blog Photo

Blizzard Mockorange: Not an Orange…

As spring arrives the early bloomers like cherries, plums, apricots and forsythia are ...

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Swiss Stone Pine Blog Photo

Swiss Stone Pine: The Alps… Pine

Swiss Stone Pine seems to be an uncommon tree in every aspect. We rarely see it in our landscape here in Manitoba, bu...

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Amur Maackia Blog Photo

Amur Maackia

Amur Maackia, first thing that I asked when I heard about this tree is where did that name come from. You may have he...

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Agincourt Beauty Lilac Blog Photo

Agincourt Beauty Lilac: A Cut Above the Rest

"A Cut Above the Rest", it’s a play on words segueing into Lilacs. Lilacs make great cut flowers! I have not seen the...

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Love Lies Bleeding Amaranth

Love Lies Bleeding Amaranth: The Tragic Love Story

Love Lies Bleeding, also known as Amaranth, is a gorgeous plant getting monstrously ta...

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How Close Is Too Close Part 2

How Close is Too Close? (Part 2)

Now where did we leave off last time? Oh yes I was talking about plants being too close to the house causing heat and...

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