Alberta Yards & Gardens: What to Grow

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Alberta Yards & Gardens: What to Grow discusses what grows best in Alberta, whether it be:

ornamental trees and shrubs
small fruits and berries
flowers
vegetables
herbs
water plants

The hobby gardener and the serious horticulturist need help dealing with Alberta’s challenging growing conditions, in either large rural gardens or small city gardens; this resource can provide that support. Colour-coded charts provide a wealth of information.

236 pages

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Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Woody Ornamentals
Home Landscape Planning and Design
How to Plant
Pruning Notes

Basic Pruning Principles
When to Prune
Deciduous Trees
Coniferous Evergreens
Vines

Browning of Evergreens

Autumn Needle Shed
Drought Damage
Winter Injury

Recommended Trees and Shrubs
Recommended Trees and Shrubs - chart
Height Selector Chart
Flowering Crabapples
Flowering Crabapples - chart
Roses
Winter Hardiness
Planting and Growing
Wintering
Roses - chart
Tree Fruit
Planting
Pruning
Fruit Production
Recommended Tree Fruit

Apples
Apples - chart
Apricots, Pears & Plums
Apricots, Pears & Plums - chart

Bush/Small Fruit
Getting Ready
Recommended Bush Fruit

Sandcherry Plum Hybrids
Bush Cherries
Sour Cherry
Currants and Gooseberries
Other Berry
Grapes

Native Fruits

Saskatoon
Chokecherry
Pincherry
Buffaloberry

Recommended Small Fruit

Lowbush Blueberries
American Highbush Cranberry
Raspberries
Rhubarb
Strawberries

Annual & Biennial Flowers
Planning Flower Beds
Starting Transplants
Handling Seedlings
Planting and Maintenance
Geraniums

Wintering Indoors

What to Grow in Alberta
Annual Flowers - chart
Speciality Gardens
Container Gardening

Considerations
Planting
Ideas for Container Gardening

Butterfly Gardens

Choosing a Site

Bird Garden

Set-up

Water Gardening

Water Gardening - chart
Wintering Aquatic Plants

Bulbs
Spring Flowering Bulbs

Selecting Bulbs
Location
Planting
After Flowering Care
Tulip
Narcissus
Crocus
Scilla
Other Spring Flowering Bulbs 42

Summer Blooming Bulbs

Gladiolus
Tuberous Begonia
Dahlias
Cannas

Perennials
Planting a Perennial Bed
Winter Care
Selections

Iris
Lily
Garden Chrysanthemum
Peony

Ground Covers

Description
Growth

What to Grow in Alberta
Perennials - chart 156
Lawns
Construction

Grading
Timing
Seeding
Starting Seed
Feeding
Mowing

Sodding

Preparation
Laying Sod
Initial Care

Maintenance

Feeding
Mowing

Recommended Mixtures and Rate of Seed Application

Where Lawns Can Be Watered
Where Supplementary Water Is Not Available
Low Maintenance Grasses

Vegetables
Considerations

Extra Protection
Planting Tips

Selector Charts for Planting by Date
Vegetable Planting Information - chart

Recommended Vegetable Cultivars

Herb Gardening
Planning and Planting
Propagating Herbs

Steps

Harvesting Herbs
Preserving Herbs
Herbs - chart
Glossary

For more information about the content of this document, contact Rita Splawinski.
This document is maintained by Jennifer Rutter.
This information published to the web on May 1, 2001.
Last Reviewed/Revised on January 21, 2019.