Photo and article by Monika Smith There’s quite a list of plants you should not have in your yard. I don’t mean fragile, rare, water loving plants that just squeak by in our Zone 4a. Nope, these are plants that the Government of Alberta has given the big NO to having in your yard.Check out: alberta.ca/provincially-regulated-weeds. Prohibited noxious weeds pose […]
Got Purple Creeping Bellflower?
If you have creeping purple bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides), please get rid of it. This is an ‘uber’ super weed! A ‘Campanula’ gone bad. You don’t want to deal with it as a mature plant and eye to eye and really hard to eliminate. It’s a thug and listed as invasive! Across Calgary, the purple creeping bellflower has taken over, bullying […]
Is Black Knot Fungus in your trees?
This is a problem all over Calgary and Alberta. It’s in our shrubs on the community association grounds. Now is the time to get rid of infected branches. The fungus is very distinctive and once you’ve seen it, you’ll recognize it. It’s easily spread.If you have Schubert Chokecherry, chokecherry, mayday tree, plum or other species from the Prunus family, it’s […]