Love those shade trees!
Love that shade! Did you know? During times of heat stress, large trees create welcome shade islands, allowing grass, wildflowers and shrubs to bloom. Shade islands retain moisture for added cooling, where plants thrive under the canopy. Occasionally, you may find...
Flowering Dogwood Trees
The Flowering Dogwood’s (Pacific Dogwood) blossom is BC’s floral emblem, and it’s illegal to pick the flowers. They are small trees when mature, up to 15 metres tall with glossy dark green leaves that turn orange in the fall. Dogwoods usually flower in spring, with a...
Will sapsuckers kill my trees?
Although sapsuckers drill holes in horizontal lines in tree bark, it’s unlikely they’ll hurt the tree over time, and in the meantime, you’ll have the opportunity to watch one of these birds up close. On rare occasions, sapsuckers will focus on a small tree and drill...