Select Plants for Your Garden
Selection Criteria
Colour
Blooms in
Sun or Shade
Soil
Zone
Height
Pollinators
Flat-Topped Aster
The flat-topped aster attracts a range of pollinators, many bees, wasps, beetles, flies, and butterflies. We present a quick growing guide.
Silver Maple
Plant Silver Maple at least 10 feet from sidewalks, driveways and foundation as the roots spread abundantly.
Evening Primrose – Oenothera biennis
Evening primroses are beautiful flowers and easy to grow. They open visibly fast every evening, producing an interesting evening spectacle.
Awesome Astilbe – Shade, Sun and Moisture
Even though Astilbe is typically known as a shade perennial, it tolerates full sun, as long as there is enough moisture.
How To Grow And Care For Marigold Flowers
Discover the beauty of marigold flowers, edible petals, vibrant colors, and effortless care instructions. Perfect plant for bright and pest-free gardens!
Purple Giant Hyssop is Great for Pollinators
Purple Giant Hyssop sets soft plumes of the palest purple flowers that top out at 6 feet, soaring above most other plants in the garden.
Smooth Solomon’s Seal
Smooth Solomon's Seal adds a unique arching foliage structure and white bell-shaped flowers that dangle along the leaves.
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.
Pearly Everlasting is a Butterfly Larvae Host
Pearly everlasting features yellow flowers enclosed by white papery bracts which grace this beautiful wildflower in summer.
White Trillium, an Official Emblem.
Learn to care for Ontario's floral emblem, the White Trillium (Trillium Grandiflorum). This beautiful, shade-loving wildflower is ideal for home gardens, and requires moist, humus-rich soil for optimal growth. Plant in fall for the best results.
Early Goldenrod
Grow Early Goldenrod, Solidago juncea, a resilient herbaceous perennial with bright yellow flowers. This adaptable wildflower of the Asteraceae family withstands poor, dry soils and full sun, and with minimal maintenance, can fill spaces with its profusion of flowers and slen,der shrub-like appearance. Learn when and how to care for it and how to distinguish it from its cousins!
Grey Dogwood Care and Use
Grey Dogwood is a native shrub with great adaptability, great for naturalizing a vareity of locations. Discover more.
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.
Bur Oak
Bur Oak is one of the most massive oaks. Trunk and upper branches climb towards the sky, middle branches grow horizontally. Discover more.
Saskatoon Berry Bush Adapts
Discover the unique Saskatoon Berry Bush, a native of the Canadian Prairies. It withstands temperatures ranging -50° C to -60° C and yields sweet and nutty fruit with multiple health benefits. Learn more about planting and using this Rose family member in food and brewing!
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.