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Zone 3 or colder plants? Looking for fragrant/bright, long lasting flowers for Calgary, Alberta.
Subject pretty much says it all...
We're located in Calgary, Alberta and are trying to plan our landscaping. I believe that we are Zone 3. We prefer tall perennials with bright flowers that have a long bloom time, with a strong scent. Can someone suggest a website or book that lists what kind of plants we can grow successfully in Calgaries very dry, Zone 3 conditions? The biggest problem is the inconsistancy of the weather... Wearing shorts at Christmas, yet it did snow at least once every month last year. Thanks! |
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Zone 3 or colder plants? Looking for fragrant/bright, long lasting flowers for Calgary, Alberta.
Hi Get the Calgary Horticultural Society's garden book. And be advised that
there are few long lasting flowering plants out there in Zone 3A. Derryl - Master Gardener Calgary. "Some One" wrote in message a... Subject pretty much says it all... We're located in Calgary, Alberta and are trying to plan our landscaping. I believe that we are Zone 3. We prefer tall perennials with bright flowers that have a long bloom time, with a strong scent. Can someone suggest a website or book that lists what kind of plants we can grow successfully in Calgaries very dry, Zone 3 conditions? The biggest problem is the inconsistancy of the weather... Wearing shorts at Christmas, yet it did snow at least once every month last year. Thanks! |
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Zone 3 or colder plants? Looking for fragrant/bright, long lasting flowers for Calgary, Alberta.
On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 02:22:15 GMT, "Some One"
wrote: Subject pretty much says it all... We're located in Calgary, Alberta and are trying to plan our landscaping. I believe that we are Zone 3. We prefer tall perennials with bright flowers that have a long bloom time, with a strong scent. Can someone suggest a website or book that lists what kind of plants we can grow successfully in Calgaries very dry, Zone 3 conditions? The biggest problem is the inconsistancy of the weather... Wearing shorts at Christmas, yet it did snow at least once every month last year. Thanks! http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds...zone-us-3.html Here is a seed sight that might help answer your questions |
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Zone 3 or colder plants? Looking for fragrant/bright, long lasting flowers for Calgary, Alberta.
Bullshit. We can grow prettier, longer lasting flowers in Zone 3,
because of our long daylight up here in the north. Those poor people down in the small states can't even come *close* to the gardens we grow up here. I worked as a landscape contractor and gardener in Zone 7 for years. Boring. The Frozen North is *far* superior for gardening, IMO. If you want to see what we grow in my area, look at this website. This is my neighborhood nursery. http://www.alaskahardy.com/ Jan, Master Gardener, Vosnesenka, Alaska USDA Zone 3 In article , "Derryl Killan" wrote: Hi Get the Calgary Horticultural Society's garden book. And be advised that there are few long lasting flowering plants out there in Zone 3A. Derryl - Master Gardener Calgary. "Some One" wrote in message a... Subject pretty much says it all... We're located in Calgary, Alberta and are trying to plan our landscaping. I believe that we are Zone 3. We prefer tall perennials with bright flowers that have a long bloom time, with a strong scent. Can someone suggest a website or book that lists what kind of plants we can grow successfully in Calgaries very dry, Zone 3 conditions? The biggest problem is the inconsistancy of the weather... Wearing shorts at Christmas, yet it did snow at least once every month last year. Thanks! |
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Zone 3 or colder plants? Looking for fragrant/bright, long lasting flowers for Calgary, Alberta.
Thanks all!
That's what I was looking for! "Some One" wrote in message a... Subject pretty much says it all... We're located in Calgary, Alberta and are trying to plan our landscaping. I believe that we are Zone 3. We prefer tall perennials with bright flowers that have a long bloom time, with a strong scent. Can someone suggest a website or book that lists what kind of plants we can grow successfully in Calgaries very dry, Zone 3 conditions? The biggest problem is the inconsistancy of the weather... Wearing shorts at Christmas, yet it did snow at least once every month last year. Thanks! |
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Zone 3 or colder plants? Looking for fragrant/bright, long lasting flowers for Calgary, Alberta.
Join the Hort Society so that you have access to the online
information. Great resource. As far as growing "up north" i found that it was much easier growing in a zone 0b (yes zero) than here in calgary. The problem is the chinooks and lack of snow cover. My garden barely freezes and has no snow cover at all during the winter which makes it hard on the plants. I have Joe Pye, Meadow Rue, False Sunflower, Coneflower, bellflowers, Centura, peonys, Speedwell, Bee Balm etc good luck On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 02:22:15 GMT, "Some One" wrote: Subject pretty much says it all... We're located in Calgary, Alberta and are trying to plan our landscaping. I believe that we are Zone 3. We prefer tall perennials with bright flowers that have a long bloom time, with a strong scent. Can someone suggest a website or book that lists what kind of plants we can grow successfully in Calgaries very dry, Zone 3 conditions? The biggest problem is the inconsistancy of the weather... Wearing shorts at Christmas, yet it did snow at least once every month last year. Thanks! |
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Zone 3 or colder plants? Looking for fragrant/bright, long lasting flowers for Calgary, Alberta.
Hi the
I'm also in Calgary and yes, it's zone 3 a or b depending on who you ask. Email me offline and I'd be happy to chat with you. I recently found a terrific local nursery called www.rundlewoodgardens.ab.ca that specializes in native plants and also other cold weather perennials. Things that have done well in my west-facing yard are lillies sedum, especially the Russian sedum lillies of the valley (I ordered them from Ontario but they did well). hostas arctic irises Alchemilla mollis chives . There aren't too many things that have a really long blooming season--the trick is to find things that bloom at different times so you can have blooms all summer. Cynthia On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 02:22:15 GMT, "Some One" wrote: Subject pretty much says it all... We're located in Calgary, Alberta and are trying to plan our landscaping. I believe that we are Zone 3. We prefer tall perennials with bright flowers that have a long bloom time, with a strong scent. Can someone suggest a website or book that lists what kind of plants we can grow successfully in Calgaries very dry, Zone 3 conditions? The biggest problem is the inconsistancy of the weather... Wearing shorts at Christmas, yet it did snow at least once every month last year. Thanks! |
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Zone 3 or colder plants? Looking for fragrant/bright, long lasting flowers for Calgary, Alberta.
In article ,
Jan Flora wrote: If you want to see what we grow in my area, look at this website. This is my neighborhood nursery. http://www.alaskahardy.com/ LOL! You folks obviously have some issues up there that we don't in the Bay Area. E.g., this excerpt from the section on columbines: For years this extremely hardy perennial has been voted No. 1 by Alaskans. Columbine thrives and readily self-seeds without being bothered by moose. Gee, and the local people here complain about deer! Moose must be even harder to dissuade! Patty |
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Zone 3 or colder plants? Looking for fragrant/bright, long lasting flowers for Calgary, Alberta.
My website, www.mts.net/~aostrand lists and describes the plants I've tried
here in Winnipeg, also zone 3 but a very different climate from both Calgary and Alaska. "Some One" wrote in message a... Subject pretty much says it all... We're located in Calgary, Alberta and are trying to plan our landscaping. I believe that we are Zone 3. We prefer tall perennials with bright flowers that have a long bloom time, with a strong scent. Can someone suggest a website or book that lists what kind of plants we can grow successfully in Calgaries very dry, Zone 3 conditions? The biggest problem is the inconsistancy of the weather... Wearing shorts at Christmas, yet it did snow at least once every month last year. Thanks! |
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