featured Attracting Hummingbirds with Your Landscape
Attracting hummingbirds is a bit difficult here in Calgary, Canada, as these birds can’t handle the cold of a Canadian winter. You’ll need to beautify your Calgary landscape if you want to see one of these little guys come summer! Bird watchers, these tips are for you! Plant lots of flowers Of course! Hummingbirds survive and thrive on flower nectar, and they...
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Bees, Plants, and Trees!
If you’re considering planting fruit trees in your Calgary landscaping, then you’re going to be dealing with bees. Bees are of the hundreds of thousands of animal species - including birds and bats - that pollinate plants and trees. If you’re considering planting a garden full of flowers and fruit trees, you might attract quite a few of these majestic little beasts!...
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Featured Plant – Gladiator Flowering Crabapple
This month’s featured plant is a beautiful, flowering tree with stunning, glossy purple leaves and a compact shape that makes it perfect for smaller spaces. Malus x adstringens ‘Durleo’ – or the Gladiator Rosybloom Crabapple – grows to about 20’ high, with a spread of about 6-9’. In the spring it’s covered with a profusion of gorgeous pink, fragrant blossoms, followed by...
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