Select Plants for Your Garden
Selection Criteria
Colour
Blooms in
Sun or Shade
Soil
Zone
Height
Pollinators
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.
Caring for Poke Milkweed
Poke milkweeds are an important nectar source for native bees and other nectar-seeking insects. Discover how to care for poke milkweed,
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.
Evening Primrose – Oenothera biennis
Evening primroses are beautiful flowers and easy to grow. They open visibly fast every evening, producing an interesting evening spectacle.
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.
Growth and Care for Prickly Pear Cactus
Add the distinctive Prickly Pear Cactus to your garden and get vibrant yellow flowers! Enjoy its edible fruit, flowers, stems, and leaves. Learn the best growing conditions and how to care for it. Enjoy this unique, cold-hardy cactus, with over 100 species distinguished by its spiny, club-shaped pads.
Swamp Rose Mallow
Swamp Rose mallow has exotic, oversized flowers that are very striking. New flowers can open every day from July to September.
Eastern White Pine Uses
Experience the warmth, comfort, and stimulation of white pine uses, including clearing airways, boosting immunity, and treating common ailments with its rich vitamin C content.
Blue-eyed Grass
The Blue-eyed Grass is a lovely perennial flower and a favourite due to its attractiveness and ease of care. Read how to care and grow it.
Blue-stemmed Goldenrod is well behaved.
See the unique qualities of blue-stemmed goldenrod—attracts pollinators & is deer & rabbit-resistant. Enjoy its bright yellow flowers & bluish stems in native plant gardens, open woodland gardens, borders, wild gardens & more. Prune & divide in spring or fall.
How to Grow and Care for Wintergreen
Give your garden an update this season with wintergreen – featuring gorgeous, white bell-shaped flowers and bright, pinkish-red berries. Its glossy, evergreen foliage adds beauty, and it makes an excellent ground cover for shady areas. Plant wintergreen to enjoy it’s vibrant ground cover and fragrant, evergreen foliage!
Virginia Mountain Mint Growth Guide
Virginia Mountain Mint is a vigorous, long-lasting plant ideal for wildlife gardens. It attracts pollinators. Read the Quick Growth Guide.
Trout Lily: Photogenic and Useful
Trout lily has stunning yellow flowers that bloom in the early spring. Trout lilies can blanket the forest floor as they mature. Read on.
DIY: How To Make And Use Rain Barrels
Rain barrels are simply containers that capture and store rainwater for future use. Purchased or DIY, rain barrels can pay for themselves.
Propagating Peonies Flowers to Stand Out in Any Garden
Discover the best time for peonies to bloom, how to plant and care for them, and effective propagation methods for beautiful, vibrant peony flowers in your garden.
When is My Garlic Ready to harvest?
Discover the best time to harvest garlic, from shoots to scapes, and learn how to maximize bulb size and flavor. Find expert tips from Master Gardener Dale Odorizzi.