The Prairie Garden
Index by Subject

This comprehensive index covers all articles published in The Prairie Garden since it began in 1937. Searchable by subject, it is organized by more than 30 subject categories and numerous subcategories. The Prairie Garden index lists article titles for each category, along with the author, year, and page number. The index is also searchable by keywords like “tulip” or author names like “Frank L. Skinner.”

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Index Categories	Index Sub-Categories	Title	Full Name	Year	Page
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Evergreens for the Prairies	Richard H. Patmore	1962	100
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Newer Deciduous Shrubs Worthy of Consideration	P. J. Moran	1962	123
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Pruning Deciduous Shrubs	J. A. Menzies & A. Gudziak	1963	9
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Late Flowering Lilacs for the Prairies	W. A. Cumming	1963	95
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Pruning Ornamental Shrubs	J. A. Menzies and A. Gudziak	1964	13
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Favorite Shrubs	Mildred Trudgeon	1964	23
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Some Favorite Shrubs for Prairie Gardens	H. F. (Bert) Harp	1964	39
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Deciduous Shrubs for the Prairies	Richard H. Patmore and Burke McNeill	1964	124
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Low Growing Perennials and Shrubs	Mrs. A. R. Hood	1965	68
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Some of the Newer Worthwhile Shrubs	Frank L. Skinner	1965	88
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Recent Plant Introductions from Abroad	Frank L. Skinner	1966	10
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Plant Shrubs for Colorful Fruits	Stan Sheard	1966	36
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Why Not Grow Groundcovers?	R. H. Knowles	1966	40
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Plant Shrubs for Fall Foliage Color	P. D. Hargrave	1966	47
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Ornamental Shrubs Propagated by Softwood Cuttings	C. W. Cuperus	1966	69
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Centennial Plant Introductions (Lilac 'Miss Canada', Weigela 'Centennial')	W. R. Leslie	1967	6
Woody Plants	Shrubs	My Favorite Skinner Introductions	D. B. McNeill	1969	58
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Shrubby Cinquefoils	W. A. Cumming	1969	61
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Some Caraganas Are Useful Ornamentals	Harvey T. Allen	1969	70
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Seldom Grown Ornamentals Hardy in Calgary	Al Gordon	1970	4
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Two Medium Sized Shrubs: Cherry princepia, the Dogwoods	Hooty Hortus	1970	13
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Identification Section		1972	33
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Success With Tree Peonies	Brian J. Porter	1979	50
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Palibin Dwarf Lilac	Ruth Kvaalen	1985	126
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Sea Buckthorn – A Multi-Purpose Plant	W. R. Schroeder & Vesna Nikolic	1994	10
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Northern Lights Azalea	Phil Graham	1995	59
Woody Plants	Shrubs	On Planting Roses	Frances Wershler	1995	81
Woody Plants	Shrubs	The Not-So-Common Caragana	Anne Stacey	1998	120
Woody Plants	Shrubs	The Sweeping Hardy Brooms	James Bowick	1999	44
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Highbush Cranberry – My Favourite Shrub	Phil Graham	2000	87
Woody Plants	Shrubs	The Aphid and the Honeysuckle	Sara Williams	2004	69
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Viburnum! Yes!	Sara Williams	2005	24
Woody Plants	Shrubs	The Kalyna in Ukrainian Folk Medicine & Folklore	Orysia Tracz	2006	119
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Sea Buckthorn: Exploring its Prairie Potential	Laura Poppy	2007	132
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Growing Hydrangeas on the Prairies	Jim Kohut	2008	125
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Introduction to Deciduous Shrubs	Philip Ronald	2009	1
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Pruning Deciduous Shrubs	J.A. Menzies & A. Gudziak	2009	9
Woody Plants	Shrubs	The Top 5 Shrubs	Brad Gurr	2009	14
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Problems And Solutions With Woody Shrubs In The Home Landscape	Michael Allen	2009	15
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Tiger Eyes Sumac, Fire on the Prairie	Vickie Pondell Hines	2009	22
Woody Plants	Shrubs	The Colour Purple in Shrubs	Philip Ronald	2009	25
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Amur & Tatarian Maples – Red Splash in Your Landscape	Rick Durand	2009	27
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Bearberry – One Interesting Shrub!	William R. Remphrey	2009	30
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Barberries For the Northern Great Plains	Paul G. Olsen	2009	33
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Top grafted Shrubs	Philip Ronald	2009	36
Woody Plants	Shrubs	A Lifetime of Endless Summer Hydrangea	Jim Kohut	2009	38
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Flowering Shrubs for the Prairie Garden	Owen Vanstone	2009	43
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Growing Azaleas on The Prairies	Jim Kohut	2009	46
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Spirea, not just another Petunia	Duayne Friesen	2009	48
Woody Plants	Shrubs	The Top 5 Shrubs	Linda Matthews	2009	57
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Shrubby Potentilla Cultivar Development at University of Manitoba	Louis M. Lenz and Linda Pearn	2009	65
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Pagoda Dogwood	Eileen Rosen	2009	69
Woody Plants	Shrubs	The Top 5 Shrubs	Dale Herman	2009	71
Woody Plants	Shrubs	The Top 5 Shrubs	Sara Williams	2009	84
Woody Plants	Shrubs	The Top 5 Shrubs	Harold Pellett	2009	136
Woody Plants	Shrubs	The Top 5 Shrubs	Stefan Fediuk	2009	138
Woody Plants	Shrubs	The Top 5 Shrubs	Jim Kohut	2009	143
Woody Plants	Shrubs	The Top 5 Shrubs	Bryce Farnsworth	2009	147
Woody Plants	Shrubs	The Top 5 Shrubs	Bill Remphrey	2009	164
Woody Plants	Shrubs	The Top 5 Shrubs	Philip Ronald	2009	173
Woody Plants	Shrubs	The Top 5 Shrubs	David Zlesak	2009	viii
Woody Plants	Shrubs	The Top 5 Shrubs	Dorothy Dobbie	2009	viii
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Pruning Shrubs	Brad Gurr	2011	148
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Large Shrubs for Rural Landscapes	Sara Williams	2012	167
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Vibrant Viburnums	Sheryl Normandeau	2018	110
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Dogwood: A Canadian History	Rick Durand	2018	113
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Never-Ending Flowers – Shrubs that Break the Rules and How They Do It	Philip Ronald	2021	8
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Growing Hydrangeas on the Prairies	Colleen Zacharias	2021	15
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Prairie-Bred Potentilla Shrubs are Making a Comeback	Wilbert G. Ronald	2021	22
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Inflorescences – The Ultimate Expression of Flowering	Philip Ronald	2021	25
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Flowers without Fruit – Sterility in Shrubs	Philip Ronald	2021	31
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Spring Magnificence: How to Grow Mockorange	Sheryl Normandeau	2021	32
Woody Plants	Shrubs	The New Ninebarks	Wilbert G. Ronald	2021	35
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Salix candida ‘Iceberg Alley’: A New Canadian Shrub Introduction	Todd Boland	2021	40
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Some Outstanding Graduates from the Jeffries Shrub Cultivar Trials	Philip Ronald	2021	42
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Finding New Plants for the Market	Tim Wood	2021	50
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Frank L. Skinner's Shrub Introductions	Hugh Skinner	2021	54
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Drought-Tolerant Shrubs	Sara Williams	2021	60
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Japanese Barberry: Success Often Comes in Small Packages	Philip Ronald	2021	65
Woody Plants	Shrubs	An Underrated Treasure: Our Native Highbush Cranberry	Darlene Belton	2021	69
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Nanking Cherries	Tiffany Grenkow	2021	72
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Other Shrubs with Edible Fruit		2021	74
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Forever Lilacs	Jane Cahill	2021	75
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Magnolia Breeding for Northern Landscapes	Todd P. West	2021	79
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Landscaping Using Trees and Shrubs: Woody Plant Advantages	William Dowie	2021	83
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Consider Weeping Shrubs to Add Interest in Your Garden	Melanie Mathieson	2021	86
Woody Plants	Shrubs	The Sumac Garden	Dietmar Straub and Anna Thurmayr	2021	87
Woody Plants	Shrubs	In a changing climate, is the Hydrangea species a good choice for the home landscape?	Colleen Zacharias	2023	74
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Overwintering Prairie Plants in Pots	Tim Evans	2026	138
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Thalictrums You Didn’t Know You Could Grow on the Prairies!	Tim Evans	2026	161
Woody Plants	Shrubs	Starting tree peonies from seed	Sandy Venton	2026	169
Woody Plants	Special Uses	Hedges	Horticultural staff, Morden Experimental Station	1938	25
Woody Plants	Special Uses	Hedges	C. Ray Ure	1942	33
Woody Plants	Special Uses	Hedges for Beauty and Utility	John Walker	1945	36
Woody Plants	Special Uses	Hedges	W. R. Leslie	1946	20
Woody Plants	Special Uses	Slope Binders and Ground Covers	W. R. Leslie	1957	21
Woody Plants	Special Uses	Hedges for Town Properties	H. F. (Bert) Harp	1957	27
Woody Plants	Special Uses	Windbreaks	John Walker	1958	91
Woody Plants	Special Uses	The Value of Windbreaks	F. J. Greaney	1961	155
Woody Plants	Special Uses	Of Trees and Wind	Stan Sheard	1962	109

The Prairie Garden Index by Subject

The Prairie Garden
Index by Subject