Gardening: July 2012 Archives

Tuesday July 31, 2012

Your evening garden

Lyndon Penner tells Frank Rackow sometimes the best time to enjoy your garden is after the sun sets.

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Tuesday July 24, 2012

Swedish aspens

Lyndon Penner talks about these popular trees in our city, and offers up a few other suggestions when you are looking to plant trees in your yard.

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Thursday July 19, 2012

Gardening expert Lyndon Penner talks about these insects that have been munching their way through the leaves of Calgary's poplar trees. The city is monitoring the situation, and spraying water on trees where the eggs are visible.

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February 2013
- Tue., 19 – Pruning
January 2013
- Thu., 3 – Colour in the winter
December 2012
- Wed., 19 – Winter solstice
November 2012
- Tue., 20 – Botanical Sexuality
October 2012
- Tue., 23 – End of season planning
- Tue., 2 – Cranberries
September 2012
- Tue., 25 – Saving seeds
- Fri., 21 – Fall colours
- Tue., 18 – Frost hardy plants
- Tue., 11 – Organic craze in gardening
- Tue., 4 – Dividing peonies
August 2012
- Tue., 28 – Bug control
- Tue., 21 – Reader Rock Garden
- Tue., 14 – Mid-August gardening tips
- Tue., 7 – Lilies
July 2012
- Tue., 31 – Your evening garden
- Tue., 24 – Swedish aspens
- Thu., 19 – Satin Moths
- Tue., 17 – Succulents
- Tue., 10 – Growing apples
- Tue., 3 – Peonies
June 2012
- Tue., 26 – Aggressive weeds
- Tue., 19 – Provincial and National Parks
- Wed., 13 – Waterton Wild Flower Festival
- Tue., 12 – Stormy weather
- Tue., 5 – Happy in the shade
May 2012
- Tue., 29 – Vines
- Wed., 16 – Lyndon Penner on gardening
April 2012
- Tue., 17 – Spring challenges

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Lyndon Penner

Lyndon Penner is a horticulturalist with Plantation Garden Centre in Calgary. He also teaches at Oldes College, The Calgary Zoo and the University of Saskatchewan. Checkout Lyndon's Blog.