| Plant |
Mature Height |
Mature Spread |
In row spacing |
Between Row Spacing |
| Black Currants |
3-4 feet |
2 feet |
18 inches |
12-18 feet |
| Chokecherries |
20 feet |
6-8 feet |
4-6 feet |
16-18 feet |
| Carmine Jewel |
6 feet |
4 feet |
3-4 feet |
12-18 feet |
| Evans Cherry |
14-16 feet |
6-8 feet |
6-8 feet |
12-18 feet |
| U of S cherries |
6-8 feet |
3-4 feet |
4-5 feet |
12-18 feet |
| Gooseberry |
2 feet |
4 feet |
3 feet |
12-18 feet |
| Honeyberries |
3-4 feet |
3-4 feet |
4-5 feet |
12-18 feet |
| Raspberry |
3-6 feet |
4 feet |
2 feet |
12-18 feet |
| Saskatoons |
6-8 feet |
4-5 feet |
3 feet |
12-18 feet |
| Swedish Aspens |
30 feet |
3 feet |
3-4 feet |
12-18 feet |
| Ethel Pink Mayday |
15 feet |
6 feet |
6-8 feet |
12-18 feet |
Dormant
Plants:
These plants are normally shipped in early spring (March, April of
May) and usually have no leaves.
Dormant plants can and should be planted before they leaf out.
These plants have been held over the winter in
temperature-controlled cold storage. Keep in the box, hold in a cold
dark place until ready to plant outside. Monitor moisture levels of
the root balls inside the box, sprinkle lightly with water if they are
dry, do not over-water as they will start to rot. Plant as soon as
possible.
Cover the plug soil by at least 1 inch of your own soil and water
well. It is imperative to water immediately after planting.
Make sure when you water that you do not uncover the original potting
soil. Make a saucer shaped well with soil about 30 cm in diameter
around the plant so you can apply about 4 litres of water to the plant and
surrounding area. Water as required. Expect to give 4
litres per plant of water every 4 or 5 days. Repeat 4 times.
If the season is dry, water as needed. Inadequate watering at
planting time is the #1 reason for poor establishment.
Water quality. Not all well water is suitable for plants. Not
all slough water is good for plants. People can drink saltier water
than plants. If in doubt, use rain water. If your water leaves
a whitish film on the ground after watering, find another source of water
Plants
with Leaves:
These plants are actively growing, and most likely were living in
the greenhouse so please protect from frost. When you receive them, put
plants in full sun and keep well watered until you can plant them.
Plant as soon as possible.
When removing the plant from the plant container, handle the plant gently
making sure the root balls stay intact when planting. This is very
important because the plants are actively growing.
Cover the plug soil by at least 1 inch of your own soil and water well.
It is imperative to water immediately after planting. Make
sure when you water that you do not uncover the original potting soil.
Make a saucer shaped well with soil about 30 cm in diameter around the
plant so you can apply about 4 litres of water to the plant and
surrounding area. Water as required. Expect to give 4
litres per plant of water every 4 or 5 days. Repeat 4 times.
If the season is dry, water as needed. Inadequate watering at
planting time is the #1 reason for poor establishment.
Water quality. Not all well water is suitable for plants.
Not all slough water is good for plants. People can drink saltier
water than plants. If in doubt, use rain water.
Fall
Planting:
Open the boxes and place in full sun. If plants are dry water
immediately, submerse root balls in water. Plant as soon as possible.
Dig hole deep enough for the plug to be covered with one inch of
field soil. Handle the plug gently; be sure to keep the root ball
intact. Place in the hole and back fill with soil. Ideally
there should be a well or depression around each transplant to hold water.
Water immediately after planting; be sure that root ball is not
exposed in the watering process.
Keep amply watered until freeze - up.
Cover the plug soil by at least 1 inch of your own soil and water
well. It is imperative to water immediately after planting.
Make sure when you water that you do not uncover the original potting
soil. Make a saucer shaped well with soil about 30 cm in diameter
around the plant so you can apply about 4 litres of water to the plant and
surrounding area. Water as required. Expect to give 4
litres per plant of water every 4 or 5 days. Repeat 4 times.
If the season is dry, water as needed. Inadequate watering at
planting time is the #1 reason for poor establishment.
Water thoroughly one last time between October 15th - November 1st to prevent
desiccation over the cold dry winter months,
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Wood Lily Planting Instructions
Growing Your Native Wood Lily (Lilium
philadephicum)
This wood lily was germinated and
grown in test tubes from seed collected in central Alberta
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1. Your
test tube wood lily requires vernalization (a cold period to
simulate winter) before planting. For packaged wood lilies
go directly to step 3.
2. Place the
lily (still in the test tube) in a refrigerator at 2-6 0C
until the ground outside is thawed enough to be planted into (4 to
10 weeks). The lily can stay in the fridge for up to 12 weeks.
3.
To plant the lily:
a. Select an area with well-drained soil in a perennial bed or
native plant area. It can be sunny or partly shade. Wood lilies
will grow best in drier locations. They do not like to be wet (the
bulb can rot if wet for too long).
b. Carefully pull the bulb from the test tube using tweezers.
Plant the lily so that the top of the bulb is covered with 2.5cm
(1") of soil, not any deeper. Wood lilies have contractile
roots that will pull the bulb down to the spot it prefers, but the
roots cannot pull the bulb up.
c. Water well after planting, rainwater is best, especially if your
water source is a well or softened water. Water as only as needed
(when it has not rained for a long time, or is very hot & sunny).
Fertilizer is not required, and should only be applied before the
lily blooms.
