Gardening Information
Here are some great gardening links:
Lots of of gardening advice is available on the Internet. However, sorting out the information that is applicable to our climate, soils and latitude can be difficult.
Introduction to Dividing Perennials Videos Dividing perennials improves the health of mature plants, and also allows you to increase the number of plants in your garden. In this video, author and instructor Janet Macunovich provides an introduction to dividing perennials, as well as an overview of the five different types of roots a plant may have.
Tree Planting City of Prince George
- Tree Planting
- Tree Selection
- Downtown Street Trees
- Native & Riparian Tree Planting
For specific information of tree planting techniques, information is available through the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) at http://www.treesaregood.com
Pronunciation Guide for Plants Always wondered how to pronounce it? have a listen.
The I Can Garden website is run by a master gardener in St. Albert, near Edmonton. Thousands of Canadian gardeners consult this site and share their knowledge.
Gardens West publishes three monthly gardening magazines for coastal BC, the Prairies and Northern BC, and Central Canada. The website has a forum and information that won’t fit in the magazine.
Gardenline from the University of Saskatchewan provides information for gardeners in cold climates.
The UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research has garden forums: http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/forums/.
A useful US site is High Country Gardens, located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The site is dedicated to natural gardening with drought tolerant plants. Gardeners in central BC will pick up many useful tips on xeriscaping and plant selection that they can apply locally.
*Thank you to Anne Hogan and Bob Steventon for some of the suggested links.
