It’s that time of the year to get seedlings ready. What do you have going so far? Flowers? Vegetables?

Hi all, so I know there’s very little chance here but I have to ask about planting tulip bulbs in winter.

Due to my Dad’s passing this fall, I was too preoccupied to plant my tulip bulbs. Now the ground is pretty frozen even on sunny days. Tulips were his favourite flowers and it would bring me such joy to see them this spring.

Does anyone have any tips for planting tulips in winter? Would pouring hot water on the ground and then digging potentially work? I’d give anything a try. Thanks in advance

Hey everyone,

I just bought my house a year ago, and I’m looking to put in some cherry trees, but having trouble with what kind. It’s mostly sunny in the spot I’m looking to put them. I know Evan’s cherry trees do well, but I’ve got kids and would like something with sweeter fruit for them. Any suggestions?

Has anyone ever tried growing peanuts?

Firewings

I always purchase bulbs/roots online from these two vendors. Curious as to know where u buy ur plants from & why.

I've had great luck growing these beutiful flowers every year. Would like to know if you grow them as well.

The prairie mix was not available at the time, and I honestly liked the idea of some less seen varieties locally.

This blend of North American native wildflower species was selected for areas with cold winters and hot summers. The ideal region straddles the Rocky Mountains and foothills, from BC’s central interior to Calgary, and from Jasper National Park down to central Oregon and western Idaho. This cold hardy blend can take a fairly harsh winter, and return each spring to feed wild pollinators and increase biodiversity. It’s composed of 100% native wildflower species. Check out the list of Upland Blend Wildflowers Ingredients:

Arrowleaf Balsamroot Balsamorhiza sagittata Deerhorn Clarkia Clarkia pulchella Globe Gilia Gilia capitata Lewis Flax Linum lewisii Munro's Globemallow Sphaeralcea munroana Oregon Sunshine Eriophyllum lanatum Pale Evening Primrose Oenothera pallida Palmer Penstomen Penstomen palmeri Rocky Mountain Bee Plant Cleome serrulata Rocky Mountain Penstemon Penstemon strictus Silvery Lupin Lupinus argenteus Sulpher Flower Eriogonum umbellatum Utah Sweetvetch Hedysarum boreale Yellow Gaillardia Gaillardia aristata

Thoughts on how they'll perform in Edmonton?

Hey everyone! I'm interested in converting my front lawn to something other than grass, I've thought of moss, native wildflowers or even clover. Pretty much anything nice looking that doesn't require much mowing and that I can slowly add some hedges, stones and perennials to. I'm not very picky just hate the look and feel of grass. I live in central AB and most of my lawn is full sun most of the time. I'd prefer to tackle most if not all of it at once, but I'm not sure that's possible. Does anyone have any experience with this, or have any advice? Thank you!

Hi folks,

Hoping I'm not breaking any community rules here by accident. Went looking through various threads/posts, but hoping to hear more information.

Situation:
Edmonton. My parents live in a house. A decently sized back yard, with a significant chunk of it once being used for veggies, various flowers like hydrangeas, even raspberry bushes and others. Almost 40 years now.

They're coming up on 80yrs, but still love being able to garden, but bending down, kneeling, etc is difficult due to a brutal amount of arthritis. Worse most of their garden beds got invaded by grass, weeds, etc. The Arthritis has caused a lot of damage... I'm trying to remedy that.

I am looking into senior citizen aids and tools to help with the physical motion situation... but... Gardening, that's really not my thing. I want to help them and let them keep gardening, but knowing what plants work in what containers, really not my strong suit.

I've picked up a few raised tomato planters for them. And one metal, 1-2ft raised bed that won't require bending over to maintain. I'll be buying them more I think, but... I have no knowledge in terms of what plants work well in pots, planters, raised beds, etc as far as veggies or flowers are concerned. And fertilizer, watering or general maintenance concerns.

Carrots, lettuce, cabbage, potatos (plus the tomatos, but they're in their own containers already covered) - are the veggies in question. Maybe others if any of you would recommend, but those are the significant ones.

Hydrangeas, roses, daisies are a few of what I'm aware of for flowers they had once before. Would be willing to hear about more that are possible in Alberta, and are container friendly.

If anyone here has thoughts or thread links, guides or otherwise they'd recommend, I'd be more than happy to take a look.

I am looking to set up some flowering native perennials perennials in my new house. We have an established mountain ash tree (though with a ring of tree suckers around it). I was hoping to plant some native perennials under it. I have either some wild strawberry seeds or some twinning honeysuckle I was hoping to plant under it.

I know I can't just pile up soil on the earth under as it'll harm the tree. It seems like adding a few inches of soil and compost under a tree to plant is fine.

My question is, is there anything specific to mountain ash that I should keep in mind? It seems like they are hardy. Also if anyone has done something similar, then how did you remove the grass underneath the tree?

Now that Halloween is gone and I still have my harvest pumpkin display, are there any good recipes for the pumpkins? These have sat outside for a month and are still firm.

I ordered a bunch of bulbs (tulips and irises) from Brecks and the delivery was delayed. Is it too late to plant them now that it’s reached freezing temperatures at night?

If I wait for a chinook will they stand a chance? Or should I wait until spring?

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I did not know sunflower seed shell can be white! It's not because the seeds are immature. The seeds are the normal size. There is a well formed kernel in the seeds I opened.

Does anyone know how the seeds are white; is it a genetic thing? Does anyone else also have sunflowers with white seeds?

I'm new to gardening in Alberta, and gardening in general, and the weather took me by surprise. My squash still doesn't look ready, but temperatures are getting cold. Should I cut them from the stem now? It's a light green/yellow and my nail goes through the skin.

I'm thinking of doing a living fence around my neighbors and front side walk.

On second thought, I should have stated that they don't need to be native, as long as they can survive Alberta cold snaps. Thanks.

Pulled carrots out of the ground yesterday and left them overnight in an unheated shed (weatherman said low of 5) and unwashed. This morning they seem to be a bit limp and rubbery. I currently have them soaking in ice water in the sink to hopefully put some life back into them. Ideally I’d like to store them in the fridge to use throughout the next couple months. Will they last now or will we have to eat them fairly quickly?

It is the Legacy variety. First time sowing this. How much mulch would you add?

And how does one control them? I don't mind the look but I'm forever beating them back and don't want them to completely take over my flower beds. Thanks!

Anyone try outdoor cannabis plants? I am in 3b and i tried a plant but i find the plant flips too late and encounters frost before flowering can finish. Anyone have any Alberta specific tips for getting it to flower easily before it frosts?

I let my vegetable garden keep going since it has been so temperate this fall (hey fall tomatoes!) and my plan has been to do some work to fix the junky soil before winter (add some nutrients, break up the clayish soil, then add more mulch on top) as it was my first year with these beds and the rock hard soil made it tough to get things growing. I started taking my plants out and the leaves, mulch, etc. have tons of ladybugs cozied up in them already! I am panicking that if I start taking out plants and mulch that I'm going to kill all these friends when the frost comes (or just accidentally smoosh them moving stuff around). Did I just miss the boat and wait too late to start digging stuff out? Should I leave the gardens as is until spring and deal with the soil then? Or do I just try to be careful and proceed as planned? Help, I'm having a new(ish) gardener moral panic here lol.

See you next year!!

I've got a large spruce tree in my front yard and I noticed today it has some browning on lots of the branches towards the trunk of the tree. First time I have seen this. I am assuming it's from lack of water. But again, just an assumption as it has always otherwise been healthy. Should I water it a ton this weekend before shutting everything off for the winter?

Hello everyone! My girlfriend and I just bought a beautiful old home in Edmonton and we were looking for idea on dog friendly vines that can grow up the side of our house (I’m building a trellis) to cover the area where we had our chimney removed as the stucco is a different colour and there’s chunks of mortar stuck in there. We are very new to gardening but this place has beautiful greenery. I googled Virginia Creeper since my neighbour has some but some sites are saying it’s pet safe and some are saying it’s highly toxic. Any other recommendations would be greatly appreciated. I’m hoping to have them planted in a 4’ x 3’ planter that I’m going to make that sits on the footing that the previous chimney was on.

Thank you!