Getting Your Wildflower Bed Ready For Winter
Originally published in the 2020 November Issue of the WildFlower News Fall maintenance Most of the wildflowers and grasses in our...
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susan5383
Sep 161 min
Fruits Of September
Lingonberry ( Vaccinium vitis-idaea ), Whitemud Park South, 2024-09-02. Photo: M. Parseyan. Wild lily-of-the-valley ( Maianthemum...
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susan5383
Sep 162 min
Poison Ivy vs. Wild Sarsaparilla
By Patsy Cotterill Western poison ivy ( Toxicodendron radicans var. rydbergii ) and wild sarsaparilla ( Aralia nudicaulis ) are both...
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susan5383
Sep 166 min
Plant Rescues: An Ethical Dilemma?
By Patsy Cotterill The other day I was reading through my file of old BEN ( Botanical Electronic News ) newsletters. BEN , which has...
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susan5383
Sep 162 min
River Valley Planning Modernization – Again
By Patsy Cotterill The City of Edmonton’s River Valley Planning Modernization team will be presenting their reports on Phases 3 and 4 of...
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Cherry Dodd
Sep 145 min
Collecting Seeds from Native Plants in your Garden
September is the main seed harvesting month and you will find that with a bit of practice it is easy to save the seeds from your favourite n
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susan5383
Aug 291 min
Fruits of August
The flowering season is coming to an end but the fruits of plants’ seasonal labours are now in full evidence as many species ripen their...
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susan5383
Aug 281 min
Picture Perfect - Images of Fort Saskatchewan Prairie in August
A visit to Fort Saskatchewan Prairie on August 26 revealed a few remaining wildflowers and grasses still in bloom. Purple prairie clover...
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susan5383
Aug 278 min
The Light Eaters: A Book Review and more ...
By Patsy Cotterill The Light Eaters, by Zoë Schlanger, 2024. New York, N.Y., HarperCollins Publishers. “A single plant is a marvel. A...
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susan5383
Aug 263 min
Exploring the Slopes of Peace River Parkland
by Kate Wilson The Aspen Parkland biome – which fills a wide expanse from central Alberta through Saskatchewan and Manitoba to North...
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susan5383
Aug 252 min
Plant Profile: Chokecherry, Prunus virginiana
By Patsy Cotterill Chokecherry is a deciduous shrub or small tree in the rose family (Rosaceae) reaching 1-6 m tall, and is common as an...
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Vivianne Todd
Aug 34 min
Prairie Rose Propagation
Originally published in the April 2015 issue of the WildFlower News Family: Rosaceae Scientific name: Rosa arkansana Common names:...
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susan5383
Jul 241 min
The Muttart Demonstration Bed
Text and photos by Liz Deleeuw, Coordinator In 2012 the Edmonton Native Plant Society acquired the use of a bed by the parking lot at the...
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Melanie Watson
Jul 201 min
Picture Perfect – Images of Nisku Prairie in Early July
A visit to Nisku Prairie on the 5th of July revealed a grassland flourishing from the spring rains earlier this year. Grasses in...
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susan5383
Jul 201 min
Summer Fruits - A Photo Essay
Many spring- and early summer-flowering plants are producing ripe fruits in July.
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Patsy Cotterill
Jul 204 min
Our Local Anemones
By Patsy Cotterill We have four common Anemone species in the Parkland area, if you include two that were formerly in the genus Anemone :...
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Patsy Cotterill
Jul 202 min
Nature’s Guardians
A hats-off to two people who have adopted local natural areas and are doing a great job of monitoring and communicating about them for...
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Patsy Cotterill
Jul 203 min
The Problem of “Wildflower” Seed Mixes
By Patsy Cotterill Gardening season is in full swing, and once again the problem of wildflower seed mixes has surfaced. “Wildflower”...
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Patsy Cotterill
Jul 202 min
Wolf Willow, American Silver-berry (Elaeagnus commutata)
PLANT PROFILE The flowers on my wolf willow shrubs have been so profuse and so divinely sweet-smelling in June this year that I’m happy...
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Susan Neuman
Jul 201 min
City of Edmonton Naturalization Survey
For more than 25 years, Edmonton has been reverting sections of City green spaces to a more ecological state through naturalization....
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