Picea abies cvs Norway Spruce varieties Picea abies pendula Weeping Norway Spruce Norway spruce are large, coniferous shade trees, uncommonly planted, but definitely hardy for Central Alberta They grow very wide at the base, similar to large Colorado blue spruce, and are not the best...
Rhododendron is a beautiful and common shrub of the BC Coast where I grew up It is much less common in Alberta, and there are few varieties that will grow here I’ve only seen a few successful specimens: a very nice one in Calgary that was about 3′ high and 2′ wide, and a few in Edmonton...
Amur Cherry – Prunus mackii‘Schubert’ Chokecherry – Prunus virginiana ‘Schubert’The chokecherries are planted for their beautiful spring flowers and in the case of ‘Schubert’, their contrasting purple foliage I do not recommend that my clients plant ‘Schubert’ and Mayday trees...
American Mountain Ash (Sorbus americana) European Mountain Ash & cvs (Sorbus aucuparia cvs) Showy Mountain Ash (Sorbus decora) Mountain ash is one of the most commonly planted ornamental shade trees in Alberta It is also one of the last species to survive its original planting in...