They are Beasts, Beauties and Blizzards of a delightful hardy to -50C berry bush that you can easily grow in your garden, with extraordinary health benefits. The bushes are robust, and offer a great privacy screen, but are not too tall or very wide – so can be grown in a small space. The berry flavor is a unique and …
Growing Hardy Zone 3 Garden Apricots in Alberta Manchurian Apricots are a winter-hardy relative of the native plum. This tree can stand some drought, but will not handle standing water or saturated moist soils. They are wonderful trees for conservation and diversity projects, and can be used in shelterbelts, thickets, or as a specimen tree in a sheltered back yard. …
How to Choose Plants Hardy to Your Zone Our farm and tree nursery, Prairie Gardens, is dedicated to producing plants that grow on the Canadian Prairies – which range from zones 0 (hardy to Alaska) to zone 4 (hardy in Edmonton). Our tree nursery was established in 1956 – with almost 70 years of experience, naturally, we get a lot …
In-depth Fruit Tree Planting Tips for the Home Garden in Alberta The following suggestions will help you to successfully plant fruit trees in Canadian Hardiness Zones 0 to 4 for Alberta gardens, whether it is spring, summer or fall, and you’ll have an in depth understanding on how to grow hardy fruits in the north! Spring Planting Springtime is the …
Hardy Fruit for Zone 2 Gardens The American Highbush Cranberry grows wild in Alberta. It is found around lakes, in shady forest glens, and along forgotten streams that flow in the spring. You’ll smell them on the breeze before you see them. They have a distinct aroma, vaguely reminiscent of blue cheese or more likely – “stinky socks”! The fruit …
It’s not too late to plant cherries in the prairies! Cherry plants that have been grown in containers can be planted from spring and right through until fall. We have planted sour cherries well into early October with great success. We mulch the root balls with about 12” of wood shavings or wood chips the last week of October to …
Plus a few tips on the secret lives of trees – below ground. Fall planting allows just enough time for the roots of a fruit tree to become established before winter. And that acclimation period is extremely important. After a summer of big swings in weather – with excessive heat and drought in the spring, followed by excessive wet and …
In many ways, growing kiwi fruit is much like growing grapes. They are vigorous growers and need to be properly pruned, trained, and trellised. But, when they’re treated right, you’ll have more fruit than you can handle. Growing kiwi fruit should be on every gardeners to-do list! Variety selection is everything. For the Edmonton region (Canadian Hardiness Zone 3) we …
State of being precocious; a measure of time to flowering within the life span of an orchard. Dwarf rootstocks are typically more precocious than semi-dwarf or standard rootstocks. Apple varieties can differ in precocity too — for example, Honeycrisp is typically very precocious, while Northern spy is notoriously late bearing. What is the earliest harvest apple? Below is our shortlist …
