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Pollinators
White Oak
White oak
Common Milkweed Host Monarch Butterflies
Milkweed is the only host plant for monarch butterflies. In summer, the female monarch lays eggs on the underside of young leaves.
Evening Primrose – Oenothera biennis
Evening primroses are beautiful flowers and easy to grow. They open visibly fast every evening, producing an interesting evening spectacle.
Zinnia Attract Pollinators
Zinnias are beautiful flowers that are great for butterfly gardens. Their blooms can provide an explosion of colour in your landscape.
False Solomon’s Seal
False Solomon's Seal boasts beautiful white blossoms, scarlet fruit, and fragrant petals, a zigzagging stem with alternating leaves.
Magnesium Deficiency In Plants
Magnesium deficiency in plants can be identified most commonly by yellowing leaves while the veins remain green.
Zaatar Climbing Herb
Zaatar is an interesting herb and kind of acts like a climbing sage. The leaves are good to eat fresh, and they are quite spicy when dried.
Twin Flower is Charming Groundcover
Twin flower is a charming evergreen creeping vine that forms large mats in moist, shady woods. Read our Quick Growth Guide.
Lavender is a Popular fragrant plant
Learn how to grow lavender from seed and enjoy its therapeutic benefits for stress relief and peaceful sleep. Discover different varieties and creative uses for dried flower bunches.
Grey Dogwood Care and Use
Grey Dogwood is a native shrub with great adaptability, great for naturalizing a vareity of locations. Discover more.
Rose of Sharon
Rose of Sharon are often planted to provide fresh flush of late season colour after other trees and shrubs have finished blooming.
Drying Hydrangeas
Learn how to dry hydrangea flowers for stunning winter table arrangements. Follow these simple steps from Master Gardener Gail Labrosse.
A Quick Growing Guide for Miterwort
The Miterwort, Mitella diphylla, is the jewel of the spring shade garden. Consult our Quick Growing guide for this special shade plant.
Wild Bergamot
Discover how to cultivate wild bergamot from seed. Learn about sowing, growing, and attracting pollinators with this drought-tolerant prairie perennial.
Smooth Solomon’s Seal
Smooth Solomon's Seal adds a unique arching foliage structure and white bell-shaped flowers that dangle along the leaves.