PRODUCT INFO
This 70th anniversary edition of The Prairie Garden features information on deciduous shrubs. Shrubs can be both the most mundane or the most exotic of garden plants. There is a large selection of deciduous shrubs suitable for the prairie garden. Before heading off to your local nursery looking for shrubs, plan ahead and consider all the various attributes of your intended purchase. Learn from the articles about mature size, seasonal colour, leaf texture, blossoms, fruit and bark of numerous shrubs.
Deciduous shrubs are an essential element of Prairie gardens, offering seasonal interest with their vibrant foliage and diverse forms. These shrubs typically lose their leaves in autumn, providing beautiful autumnal colour and structural variety throughout the year. There is information on the more popular shrubs including dogwood, lilac, spirea, sumac, maples, and potentilla. Look to the articles on the increasing interest in hydrangeas and the emerging purple-leafed ninebarks. Finally, try to challenge yourself and grow azaleas with the information provided on this more exotic shrub.
The general section contains a generous variety of articles on numerous subjects ranging from what to do to attract birds and butterflies to your yard, tree disorders, examining the health of prairie bee hives and the secret life of ticks.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Topics
Authors
Guest Editorial
Dr. Philip Ronald
An Editorial Note
Richard Denesiuk
The Top 5 Shrubs
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Introduction to Deciduous Shrubs
Dr. Philip Ronald
Prairie Lilacs
Freek Vrugtman
Pruning Deciduous Shrubs
J.A. Menzies & A. Gudziak
Problems and Solutions with Woody Shrubs in the Home Landscape
Michael Allen
Tiger Eyes Sumac – Fire on the Prairie
Vickie Pondell
The Colour Purple
Dr. Philip Ronald
Amur & Tatarian Maples – Red Splash in Your Landscape
Rick Durand
Bearberry – One Interesting Shrub!
Dr. Bill Remphrey
Barberries for the Northern Great Plains
Paul G. Olsen
Topgrafted Shrubs
Dr. Philip Ronald
A Lifetime of Endless Summers
Jim Kohut
Flowering Shrubs for the Prairie Garden
Owen Vanstone
Growing Azaleas on The Prairies
Jim Kohut
Spirea ...Not Just Another Petunia
Duayne Friesen
Ornamental Shrubs with Edible Fruit
Linda Matthews
Shrubs of Churchill, Manitoba
Dr. Karen L. Johnson
The Amorphas
Shirley Froehlich
Large Shrubs for Rural Landscapes: The Well-Mannered
Sara Williams
Shrubs for Woodlot Plantings
Ken Fosty
Shrubby Potentilla Cultivar Development at University of Manitoba
Louis Lenz and Linda Pearn
Pagoda Dogwood
Eileen Rosen
Shrubs as Houseplants
Susanne Olver
Breeding New Landscape Plants
Dr. Harold Pellett
Dwarf Conifers for the Mixed Border
Sara Williams
Ornamental Trees and Shrubs – Choosing Plants to Create a Four Season Garden
Jennifer Ewen
Wild Bonsai
Dean Laughren
Gardening for Butterflies on The Prairies
Dr. Richard Westwood
Small Ornamental Trees for The Prairies
Dr. Philip Ronald
Skybound Cedar - A Manitoba Introduction
Ron Boughen
Bronze Leaf Disease of Poplars
Dr. Philip Northover
A Garden for the Birds
Rudolf Koes
Wild About Backyard Birding
Sherrie Versluis
Perilla – Pretty or Poison or “Pretty Poison”
Frances Wershler
Own-Rooted Sugar Maple Study at the University of Manitoba
Teresa A Sutanto, M.Sc. Candidate
Prairie Wetland Plants
Dr. Eva Pip
Peonies – A Tree or Not A Tree
Sandy Venton
Control of Diseases of Trees
Dr. Gary Platford
Follow That Bee!
Todd Ashley Yakimishen
Ticks and the Garden
Dr. Terry D. Galloway
The Importance of Healthy Riparian Areas
Heather Davies
Henry Marshall
Melanie Penner
Frank Skinner’s Legacy
Hugh Skinner
In Memoriam: William James Turnock
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Keep Your Plants Pumping Iron
David C. Zlesak
50 Years Ago: Dianthus (Pinks)
A. Munro, F.R.H.S., Calgary
In Memoriam: Hugh Knowles
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Sara Williams - Winner of The 2008 Prairie Garden Award
Linda Pearn
Q & A
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