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TOLERANT RESISTANT

 Achillea  Achillea

 Aquilegia  Aconitum ATTRACT  Aster  Agastache  Coreopsis  Ajuga BUTTERFLIES  Echinacea  Alchemilla

 Anemone  Achillea  Gaillardia  Aquilegia  Ajuga  Hemerocallis  Artemesia  Alcea  Hosta  Astilbe  Alchemilla  Iris  Bergenia  Aquilegia  Lavender  Brunnera  Aster  Monarda  Campanula  Astrantia  Papaver  Centaurea  Bergenia  Rudbeckia  Chelone  Centaurea  Russian Sage  Convallaria  Chelone  Sedum  Coreopsis  Coreopsis  Shasta Daisy  Delphinium  Delphinium  Dianthus  Dianthus  Dicentra  Echinacea  Digitalis  Eupatorium SHADE  Echinacea  Gaillardia  Geum  Helenium TOLERANT  Helenium  Hemerocallis  Heuchera  Heuchera  Aconitum  Iris  Knautia  Aegopodium  Lavandula  Lavendula  Ajuga  Liatris  Liatris  Anemone  Lilium  Ligularia  Astilbe  Monarda  Lupinus  Bergenia  Nepata  Nepata  Convallaria   Papaver HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL SELECTION GUIDE  Phlox Dicentra HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL SELECTION GUIDE  Pulmonaria  Rudbeckia  Filipendula  Salvia  Salvia  Heuchera  Sedum  Scabiosa  Hosta  Sempervivum  Sidalcea  Lamium  Tiarella  Solidago  Ligularia  Veronica  Tradescantia  Polygonatum  Vinca  Veronica  Primula  Pulmonaria

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HARDINESSHARDINESS ZONEZONE MAPMAP ignoring a plant’s zone rating is an invitation for winter damage. damage. forwinter invitation is an rating zone plant’s a ignoring thrive under conditions very different from their zone rating. rating. zone fromtheir different very conditions under thrive For example, an extreme September frost fall. Woodyplants need adequate timeand suitable conditions cies whose survival depends on certain climaticvariables. An informed gardener An informed will takeno Tip killandbolecrackingare not stock must be carefully selected even when bud grafting hardy snow combined with coldtemperatures can have lethal effects on Typical winter damage onwoody ornamental protection, snowcoverandurbanheatisla Remember that zone ratings areonly aguideline for plant selectio mum wintertemperature,frostfreeperiod, sn A zoneratingisanattemptto matchapl the harshest conditions in the region wh inthe the harshestconditions and shelter, and 2)careful ap stretch the limitsof ornamental species in the landscape throug plication of fertilizer so as to allow proper fall shutdown. soas to allowproper fallshutdown. plication offertilizer only related to winter conditions but, morei only relatedtowinterconditions but, te ofplanthardiness whenmaki ere the finished plant willbemarketed. ere thefinishedplant ant’s survival with asetof environmental conditions. These conditions mini- include may bemoredamaging to aSilverMapl nds. Forthisreasontherewillalwaysbe s includes winter browning, root injury, browning,rootinjury, s includeswinter ow cover, and windspeed. Most zonema Nevertheless, there arelimitsto varieties.Ideally,seedlingroot to setbuds and enter dormancy prior to facing extreme cold. h: 1)properplant placementto ng plantselections. However,oneshould to not hesitate n. Plant survival isalsoimpact the rootsof certain species. Itisfor this reason that root- mportantly, the onset of those conditionsinth mportantly, theonsetofthose e than abitter cold spell in January. trees and shrubsthat tip killandbolecracking.Theabsenceof ps include alistof indicator plant spe- this flexibility andinmostc this flexibility stock shouldbesourced from take advantage of snow cover ed by bodies ofwater,wind defytheoddsand ases e lated and can be used to cross pollinate each other. lated andcanbeusedtocrosspollinateeachother. Toka (complex hybrid) can serve as pollinizers forhy (complex hybrid)canserveas Toka 1. APPLE: 9. STRAWBERRY: BUCKTHORN: 8. SEA 7. SASKATOON: 6. RASPBERRY: 5. HONEYBERRY: 4. GRAPE: evengreater. yields canbe neargooseberries grown rants are & GOOSEBERRY: 3. CURRANT 2. CHERRY: 1. BLUEBERRY: 5. PEAR: may notbecrosspollinatedbyanotherhy 4. PLUM: PLUM: 3. CHERRY 2. APRICOT: larger berries andbetteryields. and requireapollinatorforfruitproduction. Most hardy fruit shrubs are self-fertile anddono are fruit shrubs Most hardy Most hardy fruit trees require cross pollination fruit treesrequirecross Most hardy Require cross pollination byanotherpear Requirecross Requirecrosspollination by acompatible plum Require crosspollinationforAll a fruitset. Many areself-pollinating,ho Selfpollinating; onlyonevarietyrequired forfruitproduction. Produce more reliably when pollinated Producemorereliably Many are self-pollinating, howeverplanti are Many Self pollinating; only one variety required forfruitproduction. required variety Selfpollinating;onlyone Self pollinating; only one variety required forfruitproduction required variety Selfpollinating;onlyone Require cross pollination by another cultivar or by Sweetberry Honeysuckle. Honeysuckle. byanothercultivarorSweetberry pollination Requirecross Self pollinating; only one variety required forfruitproduction Self pollinating; varietyrequired only one Require cross pollination byanother ch Requirecrosspollination Require crosspollination by anothe Pears when To determine topick. fruit areready when indicatorstodetermine useful are andflavour Colour, firmness left to tree-ripen, they mayturnbrownandsoft. left totree-ripen, tree. the from separates stem (3) fleshfrom toughandpulpy changes tocrisp andjuicy; and(4)fruit turnbrown; coats toturnyellow;(2)seed portions oftheskinstart may be left on the tree until readytoeat. on the tree beleft may Self pollinating; only one variety required forfruitproduction.Ifcur- Self pollinating;varietyrequired only one SMALL FRUITPOLLINATION FRUIT TREE POLLINATION should bepickedwhenstillfirm wever some hybrids (e.g. Minneso wever somehybrids(e.g. brid plum. Cultivars suchasBrookgold ( lack ofpollinatinginsects. pollination may behamperedby pollinator trees aregrowingwi Insects willcrosspollinateafr proximity forsuccessfulpollination and fruitproduction. same groupmust beplantedinrelativelyfrom the close speciesat For cross-pollinated of genetically-distinctplants. flowers between to thetransferofpollen Cross pollinationrefers UNDERSTANDING CROSS-POLLINATION CROSS-POLLINATION UNDERSTANDING cultivar or Ussurian Pear seedling. or Ussurian cultivar apples brid cultivars such as Brookred andPembina. Brookred as such brid cultivars by other apricots or Nanking Cherry. orNanking by otherapricots pples, crabapples and applecrabs are closely re- pples, crabapplesandapplecrabsare Ornamental crabapples pollin Ornamental crabapples t require cross pollination by another cultivar. t requirecrosspollinationbyanothercultivar. by another cultivar from the same group. same cultivar fromthe by another HARVESTING FRUIT FRUIT HARVESTING ng multiple cultivars often results in resultsin ng multiplecultivarsoften cultivar or native plum species. Hybridplums plumspecies. cultivar ornative r cultivar forfruitproduction r are ripe, look for the following: (1)green are ripe,lookforthefollowing: erry plum cultivar or Sandcherry. erry plumcultivarorSandcherry. and somewhat green in colour.If and somewhatgreenin

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FRUIT POLLINATION INFORMATION FRUIT POLLINATION INFORMATION

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PRAIRIEPRAIRIE LANDSCAPELANDSCAPE PLANSPLANS H G F E D C B A nepata and coreopsis K J I geranium, hemerocallis, iris,rudbeckia phlox, andveronica P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A PinkBeauty Potentilla (x 14) Cool Splash Dwarf Honeysuckle (x 9) Perennials or ground cover; use dwarf dayliliesmix or of a usa yrs x1) (x 16) Cypress Russian nael yrne x3 (x 3) Hydrangea Annabelle Incrediball Hydrangea (x 9) Hydrangea Incrediball Atomic Amur Maple (x 2) Medora Juniper (x 8) Spring Snow Flowering Crabapple (x 3) (x Crabapple Flowering Snow Spring oiiyWieAh( ) Nobility White Ash (x 1) Vegetables and herbs and Vegetables 1) (x CloudMaple Silver Annuals of choice with spring bulbs spring with choice of Annuals Black Black Hill’s White Spruce (x 1) wr igdBrigBs x7 (x 7) Bush Burning Winged Dwarf Prairie Horizon Alder (x 1) Alder Horizon Prairie Ivory Pillar Tree Lilac (x 1) Hughes Juniper (x 11) (x 1) Hawthorn Snowbird Starlite Flowering Crabapple (x 1) (x Crabapple Flowering Starlite Mixed perennials includingaster, coreopsis, Echinacea, (x 3) Forsythia Gold Northern (x 3) Spruce Colorado Blue Baby Tiny Wine Ninebark (x 8) (x Wine Ninebark Tiny Annuals Annuals of choice 3) Ash (x Mountain Showy ugnyGo jg x6 6) (x Ajuga Glow Burgundy Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternate Alternate Alternate Alternate Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates WELCOMING FRONTYARD : herbaceous perennial groundcover groundcover perennial : herbaceous Spirea Snowhite : AlpineCurrant, : AlaskaCranberry, Pine Mugo : MordenYew,Dwarf : Summer Wine Ninebark, Ninebark, : SummerWine Lilac Korean Dwarf Lilac, Lady : Little BlueJuniper Wichita : SkyboundCedar, : IvorySilk Tree Lilac, Miss KimTopgraft Lilac Hawthorn Toba Crabapple, Snow : Spring Spruce Blue Hoopsi : SelectBlueSpruce, Oak Admiration Linden, : American : Darts Red Spirea, Magic Carpet Spirea Spirea Carpet Magic : DartsRedSpirea, Yew Morden Juniper, : Arcadia : Little Rebel Dogwood, Western Snowberry Snowberry Western Dogwood, Rebel : Little Ninebark Candy Lemon : Golden Currant, Hawthorn Snowbird Crabapple, Snow : Spring Topgraft Plum Flowering Double Plum, : Muckle Ash : Mountain Snowbird Showy Hawthorn, Cherry Amur Goldspur Plum, Kay : Princess : Black Hills White Spruce Oak Admiration Buckeye, : Autumn Splendor Hackberry Maple, : UnitySugar FAMILY BACKYARD

Miniglobe Honeysuckle Miniglobe

Center Glow Ninebark Ninebark Glow Center

S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A M L K J I H G F E D C B A P O N Purple Beauty Aster (x 7) Aster Beauty Purple Mango Tango Potentilla (x 13) Moonbeam Coreopsis(x 4) Russian Cypress(x 9) lc ydSsn x3 3) (x Susan Eyed Black Dwarf Winged Burning Bush (x 4) Bush Burning Winged Dwarf Mohican Viburnum (x1) Mohican Mohican Viburnum (x10) Mohican Arcadia Juniper (x4) Juniper Arcadia Goldspur Amur Cherry (x Amur 1) Cherry Goldspur osRs x2) (x 20) Rose Moss Blue Oat Grass (x 3) 1) (x Wings Maple Hot rii pr re s x1 1) (x Ash Green Spire Prairie Annuals Annuals of choice Purple Coneflower(x 3) Cosmos (x 6) Toba Hawthorn(x 2) Lambert Closse Rose (x 12) (x Rose Closse Lambert Black Black Hill’s White Spruce (x 5) Little Rebel Dogwood (x 2) (x Dogwood Rebel Little odno x3 Goldenrod (x 3) Compact American Cranberry (x 1) Skybound Cedar(x 3) Purple Spire Crabapple (x 1) Crabapple Spire Purple Skybound Pyramidal Cedar(x 9) 4) (x Crabapple Flowering Starlite Ground Ground cover uunRdMie rs x2 Japanese Painted Fern (x 6) (x 2) Grass Maiden Red Autumn Snowberry (x 1) Goldflame Spirea (x 10) (x Spirea Goldflame Mixed Mixed perennials utrl lePnuho lwr( ) Butterfly Blue Pincushion Flower (x 6) Annabelle Hydrangea (x 14) Hydrangea Annabelle Alternate Alternate Alternate Alternates Alternate Alternates Alternate Alternate Alternate Alternates Alternate Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates Alternates BACKYARD FOR ENTERTAINING BACKYARD FORENTERTAINING : Variegated Feather Reed Grass Reed Grass Feather : Variegated : Catmint Monarda : GrandParade Viburnum : Nannyberry Dogwood : Redosier Cypress : Russian : PuckerUpDogwood Viburnum : Nannyberry GARDEN FORBIRDS : RomanyAster, Solomon’sSeal Aronia Magic Autumn Honeysuckle, : Sweetberry : Techny Holmstrup Cedar, Cedar Cherry Amur Goldspur Crabapple, : Gladiator : Phantom Hydrangea, Endless Summer Hydrangea Hydrangea Summer Endless : Phantom Hydrangea, Ninebark Wine : Summer Rose Joy Prairie Rose, Parks : Winnipeg Junipe Plumosa : Compact : Pink BeautyPotentilla, MordenPotentilla Snow Cedar Holmstrup Cedar, : BrandonPyramidal Spirea Carpet Magic Spirea, : Goldmound Viburnum : Nannyberry,Snowball Maple Wings Hot Crabapple, : Pink Spires Topgraft Lilac Kim Miss Crabapple, Spire : Emerald Hawthorn Snowbird Crabapple, Snow : Spring Spruce Blue Hoopsi : SelectBlueSpruce, Ash White Nobility Linden, : American

Alternate Alternate Alternate Alternate Alternate Alternate

, Snowhite Spirea Spirea , Snowhite r, Icee BlueJuniper : CoralBells : Impatiens : CommonFern : Coleus Thistle : Globe Thistle : Globe

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104104 through themiddle ofsummer.Eventhou most desirable, soprune only to correct growth defects. o growth.rent year’s growth, remove up to two-thirds ofthe length ofnewly “candles” ofnew needles become mature. Pines seldom o according to their varied growth habits. during formative years for a tree or shrub. With fewexceptions, ev Hedges may be pruned twice ayear, inspring and again inmid-summer, tokeep themdense andattractive. prune new growth back whenever itgrows another 6 to 8 After theinitial pruning atplanting, hedges need to be finish blooming: Shrubs that Prunetoprotect peopleand property. 4. Prunetoimprove plant appearance 3. Prunetomaintain plants; intended purposes inalandscape, such as: 2. Prunetopromote plant health 1. pruning can also be considered preventive maintenance. Pruning isahorticultural practice that alters the forman Shrubs grown grown Shrubs stems such asclematis and shrubroses shouldbe prunedback to livewood. Shrubs that ninebark smokebush sumac Cedars andjunipers Pines Forsecurity purposes, prune shrubs th Prune branches that obscure vision atintersections. o o When plants arepruned well, itisdifficult tosee that they have been pruned! into tight geom shrubs Avoid best. shearing form is plant’ a to essential is landscape inthe Appearance maintaining a desired tree fo maintaining a densehedge,or encouraging flowerand fruit development, o o o together. rub that stubs branch and branches Remove infestation, insect severe disease, by injured branches dying or dead Remove o animals, storms, orother adverse mechanical damage. o bloom earlyin the growing season bloom onnew growth only put onasingle flush of tipgrowth each spring andthen stop growing. Prunebefore these primarily fortheirfoliage control plant size, o keep o Prune to: evergreens well-proportioned

ergreens (conifers) require littlepruning. Diffe grow continuously throughout the growing season. Theycanbepruned anytime saskatoon early forsythia lilac blooming chokeberry double golden spirea weigela flowering currant plum elder itn hry owo hnyuke honeysuckle burningbush dogwood barberry cistena cherry alpine currant PRUNING LANDSCAPEPLANTS PRUNING may bepruned in spring before growth begins. Plants with marginally hardy ratherflowers than shouldpruned be REASONS FOR PRUNING gh theseplants will tolerate heavysh PRUNING EVERGREENS: EVERGREENS: PRUNING TIMING OF PRUNING rm orspecial garden forms. PRUNING HEDGES: on last year’s growth should bepruned immediately after they pruned often. Once the hedge reaches the desired height, at obscure the entry to your home. home. toyour theentry obscure at expanded candles. Don’t prune further back than the cur- d growth of a plant. Based on aesthetics and science, science, and aesthetics on Based plant. ofa d growth Many problems ma problems Many need pruning,but ifyouwant to promotemore dense inches. Prune to within 2inchesofthe lastpruning. etrical forms that can adversely affect flowering. s usefulness. Formostlandscapes, aplant’s natural rent types of evergreens shouldbe pruned in spring, before growth begins: y be prevented by pruning correctly earing, their naturalformis usually 105 105

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