How to Winterize Dahlias in Alberta Bryce Doherty, October 8, 2025 I’ve been growing Dahlias for about five years now, and they’ve become one of my absolute favourite flowers. Between their huge range of forms and colours and their ability to fill my vases all summer long, they’ve earned a...
Preparing Perennials & Vines for Winter
Preparing Perennials & Vines for Winter Joe Gadbois, September 23, 2025 Joe Gadbois, Store Manager Some of the most common questions we get in the fall are about perennials: when (and how far) to cut back, when to stop watering, when (and how) to divide, when to move, and otherwise...
Fall Bulbs 101: For A Brilliant Spring
Fall Bulbs 101: How to Plant for a Brilliant Spring Display Joe Gadbois, August 27, 2025 Joe Gadbois, Store Manager Why Plant Bulbs in Fall? In my earlier years as a budding gardener, before entering the garden centre industry, I would often suffer from depressive feelings in the winter, and I...
Spotlight on Daylilies
Spotlight on Daylilies Joe Gadbois, June 22, 2024 Joe Gadbois, Perennial Department Manager The daylily (Hemerocallis spp.) is a no-brainer perennial for Alberta gardens. They’re extremely winter hardy (to zone 2a), many have a long bloom period with beautiful flowers in numerous colours, and they have attractive foliage which looks...
Gardening on the Rocks
Gardening on the Rocks Bob Stadnyk, March 27, 2024 Bob Stadnyk, Annuals/Tropicals Department Manager How would you like to be exposed to windchills in excess of -50C, foraged upon by wild animals, stepped on by curious onlookers, and still provide a base for procreation of your own kind on this...
Cover More Ground With Mat Forming Perennials
Cover More Ground With Mat Forming Perennials Joe Gadbois, March 19, 2024 Joe Gadbois, Perennials Department Manager Welcome back to the garden blog! This week's topic is groundcovers. A groundcover is a low-growing plant that grows much wider than it does tall. This is a category of perennial that doesn't...
Lady’s Slippers, the Holy Grail of Garden Perennials
Lady's Slippers, the Holy Grail of Garden Perennials Joe Gadbois, Perennials Department Manager Joe Gadbois, March 11, 2024 Welcome to Greenland's new garden blog! My name is Joe Gadbois, and I am the Perennials Manager here at Greenland. I am honoured to be the author of our first blog post,...