I remember walking around my dad’s nursery when I was a teenager, helping out and getting distracted at the same time when I spotted a tree I had seen there before but had never really seen it for what it was. Black Walnut.
Now that the snow has come and it feels like winter, we might as well talk about winter hardiness. We are often asked if we sell plants that are not comfortable with our lower temperatures.
Do you know what really is the pits? When people say they are going to do something I never do. So here I am, with the long-awaited part three to this series.
Heavy, wet snow load is changing columnar trees into weeping trees this fall!
Tent worms, army worms and canker worms. We often hear and use these names interchangeable for a very similar issue. There is a web full of caterpillars forming on your tree.
Does it seem to you like the fall colours are a little more vivid this year? I think they are.
Mancana Manchurian Ash, Lace Weeping Willow, Ming Cherry, Gentry and Nobility White Ash, Spring Snow Flowering Crabapple, Northern Acclaim Honeylocust, Patmore, Trojan and Prairie Spire Green Ash, Autumn Blaze Maple, Skyfest and Siouxland Cottonwood as well as various hybrid Poplars and even more varieties after that.
Ever play with those little brown helicopter seeds when you were a kid? The ones you can toss on the air and they fall while spinning in fast circles? Officially, they are Maple seeds, but helicopter seeds are much more fun and relatable.
Lantana is a plant that I find has a very specific demographic. To those who actually know about it, it is the most wonderful, colourful, and unique plant.
Swiss Stone Pine seems to be an uncommon tree in every aspect. We rarely see it in our landscape here in Manitoba, but even in its native environment it has a small range where it can be found.