Learn how to plant trees and shrubs to support Okanagan birds through winter in your garden.
Planting for Winter Birds
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Shrubs
Prune Shrubs Properly
Basic pruning requires little more than the removal of dead, damaged, or diseased wood to maintain the health of the plant.
Hedge Alternatives- Part 2
This is the second in a pair of blog articles on hedge choices for the Okanagan. This article will address non-native options.
Hedge Alternatives- Part 1
There are many alternatives to the ubiquitous water loving cedar hedge. This entry suggests some native plant choices.
Lavender
Thriving in our hot dry summers, lavender blooms abundantly from mid-June for about four weeks, its flowers attracting butterflies, bees and other pollinators.