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Well folks, autumn is right around the corner, and the turning of the seasons marks a change in the way we ought to be working around the garden! Here are a few things to do as fall rolls around in order to get your Calgary-area landscape prepped for winter: Plant New Evergreen Plants Evergreen plants and trees are hardy green fellas year-round....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!...