Prevention is the best solution to controlling the weeds in your lawn or garden. Watch for flowering weeds along roadsides, driveways and fence lines or waste areas and make sure they are cut down before they go to seed. The Community Standards Bylaw has regulations on boulevard maintenance, unsightly premises, uncontrolled weeds, and irrigation regulations.
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Native plants are species that are originally from this area, and are well adapted to our climate.
You'll use less water when you stock your garden with native plants. This is because these plants are used to the seasonal rainfall we see in this area. You only need to give them a little extra water to get them established when you first plant them.
Native gardens require little work:
This means you'll avoid using costly, potentially harmful, pesticides and fertilizers in your yard. And, you don't have to remove the leaves the plants drop.
Tailor your landscape to attract birds, butterflies, ladybugs, and more. One of the most pleasant benefits of planting a native garden is the wildlife!
Watch and listen to birds and other wildlife in your yard, and know you're increasing the habitat and food available to them in an urban setting.
The following resources can help support your quest to use native plants in your yard or small space:
BOTANICAL NAME | COMMON NAME |
Icea Glauco | White Spruce |
Pinus Contorta Latifolia | Lodgepole Pine |
Pseudotsuga Menziesli | Douglas Pine |
BOTANICAL NAME | COMMON NAME |
Prunus Pensylvanica | Pin Cherry |
Betula Occidentalis | Water Birch |
Papyrifera Populus | Paper Birch |
Populus Balsamifera | Balsam Poplar |
Populus Tremuloides | Trembling Aspen |
Prunus Virginiana Melanocarpa | Choke Cherry |
BOTANICAL NAME | COMMON NAME |
Amelanchier Alnifolia | Saskatoon |
Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi | Common Bearberry |
Cornus Stolonifera | Red Osier Dogwood |
Elaeagnus Commutate | Wolf Willow |
Ledum Groenlandicum | Labrador Tea |
Lonicera Involucrata | Black Twinberry |
Potentilla Fruticosa | Shrubby Cinquefoil |
Prunus Pensylvanica | Pin Cherry |
Ribes Alpinum | Alpine Currant |
Ribes hudsonianum | Northern Black Currant |
Ribes Oxyacanthoides | Black Gooseberry |
Osa Acicularis | Prickly Rose |
Rosa Woodsii | Prairie Rose |
Rubus Idaeus | Wild Red Raspberry |
Rubus Pubescens | Trailing Raspberry |
Salix Bebbiana | Bebb’s Willow |
Salix Discolor | Pussy Willow |
Salix Exigua | Coyote Willow |
Salix Glauco | Grey Leaved Willow |
Shepherdia Canadensis | Russet Buffaloberry |
Symphoricarpos Albus | Common Snowberry |
Symphoricarpos Occidentalis | Western Snowberry |
BOTANICAL NAME | COMMON NAME |
Betula Pendula | Weeping Birch |
Caragana Arborescens | Sutherland Caragana |
Malux x Royalty | Royalty Crabapple |
Populus Tremula Erecta | Swedish Columnar Aspen |
Prunus x Cistena | Purple-leaved Sandcherry |
Populus x Canescens Tower | Tower Popular |
Salix Pendula | Weeping Willow |
The Community Standards Bylaw has regulations on boulevard maintenance, unsightly premises, uncontrolled weeds, and irrigation regulations.
Invasive species are foreign plants and animals that grow out of control in parks, gardens, and other areas. In their natural habitat they have predators and competitors that keep them in check. However, in a new place with no natural controls they grow unchecked in natural and urban areas.