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Native Perennials Are Ideal in an Alberta Landscape!

If you’re looking for the right perennials for your Calgary landscaping, you should consider perennials native to Calgary and Alberta. Perennials that are native here are most likely to survive. These plants are used to the cold snap of winter, and the highs of summer. Of course, Calgary Plants is your online and in-store source for local native plants! Let’s go over...

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How To Organize Your Landscape with Our Plants

Sure, our garden centre, Calgary Plants, offers landscaping services and landscaping consultation - but there are plenty do-it-yourselfers who love to design their own landscapes. If you’re looking into tackling a new landscaping project, you’ll need to give some serious thought about how to organize your plants and trees! Here are a few things you might consider before implementing a design… Watering Consider how...

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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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Annuals or Perennials?

I’m planting flowers, but can’t decide on a perennial or an annual! What to do? Don’t fret, this is a common concern and question here at our garden centre in Calgary! Let’s take a glance at annuals first. Annuals live, as the name suggests, for only one year. Generally, they’re in full blossom during their lifetime, and their bloom lasts longer as...

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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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Feature Plant - Daylilies

Wherever you see a glorious display of colour in a well-planned perennial bed, you’ll probably find daylilies in there somewhere. The beautiful, trumpet shaped blooms are available in myriad colours and will thrive in anything from full sun to partial shade. Why are they called daylilies? The elegant blooms of hemerocallis only last for a day, but because the plants produce so...

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How to Buy

Buy Plants Online in 5 Simple Steps It’s easy to buy your plants online at CalgaryPlants.com. Even if you have no idea what you want, choosing is fun with our colourful plant descriptions, and purchasing is quick and simple. Then all you have to do is sit back and relax while your plants are delivered straight to your home.  Chose the type...

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