Select Plants for Your Garden
Selection Criteria
Colour
Blooms in
Sun or Shade
Soil
Zone
Height
Pollinators
Canada Anemone Flower
The Canada anemone flower is an easy to maintain, dependable and hardy perennial ground cover that produces lovely white buttercup flowers.
American Elder
American Elder provides an incredible summer floral display. At least 50 species of songbirds relish its fruit. Discover more.
Blooming Daylilies in Beautiful Colours
Learn about my experience growing fingerling potatoes in a cloth bag and the challenges I faced. Find out the benefits of regular pots for potato cultivation and the importance of proper watering.
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.
Fireweed
Fireweed for pollinators: discover the wild magenta willow plant with stunning blooms & its importance for pollinators. Visit North Carolina to witness Fireweed and its unique beauty, or learn more about its edibility, and its potential toxicity to animals.
Wood Lily is Elegant
The wood lily is an elegant plant that grows on a single stem and can reach 1 to 3 feet in height. We discuss how to care and propagate.
Evening Primrose – Oenothera biennis
Evening primroses are beautiful flowers and easy to grow. They open visibly fast every evening, producing an interesting evening spectacle.
Yellow Giant Hyssop Quick Growth Guide
Yellow Giant Hyssop grows quickly and Its blooms are thriving nectar for bumblebees, sweat bees, and butterflies. Discover more.
Ironwood Quick Growing Guide
The Ironwood makes a great backyard tree as it is resistant to many diseases and insect problems. Read the quick growing guide.
How to Grow the Delicate Harebell
Admire the delicate and graceful harebell wildflower with its deep bluish-purple flowers, native to North America and Europe, that are eaten raw, used to make dye, and believed to give witches the power of transformation. A perfect addition to the rock garden that grows through summer and fall, and pollinated by hummingbirds, butterflies and bees.
Bellwort
Bellwort is an excellent early-blooming native shade plant for the woodland garden, shaded border, wildflower garden, or naturalized area.
Barren Strawberry Quick Growing Guide
Discover how to enhance growth and appearance of Barren Strawberry with expert tips. Ideal for woodland gardens and groundcover in Ontario.
Zigzag Goldenrod Attracts Pollinators
Learn about the unique features and benefits of Zigzag Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis), a stunning perennial that attracts pollinators and adds vibrant fall color to your garden.
New England Aster for Late Season Blooms
New England Aster is a stunning late season bloomer with masses of purple petals with yellow cores, provides vital nutrition for pollinators.
Grey Goldenrod
Grey Goldenrod flower has clusters of literally hundreds of flowers, called florets, only a few millimeters in diameter. Florets are grouped.
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.