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.
Slender Blazing Star
Slender Blazing Star is best to plant with slow-growing perennials or as a border plant. Discover more about this non-competitive plant.
Wild Senna Is an Underrated Winner
Wild senna is an underrated plant with striking yellow blooms and attractive foliage. It is a host plant for sulphur butterflies.
Sunflowers are Nutritional, Long Summer Bloomers
Sunflowers are versatile plants that provide a long summer bloom for the perennial border or cutting garden.
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.
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.
Virginia Waterleaf Helps Stop Soil Erosion
Virginia waterleaf is an excellent choice for shady areas and woodland gardens that can spread quickly, cover bare spots and help stop soil erosion. It comes in white and violet colours and has edible leaves that can be used in cooking. Discover more about it and its companion plants. Enhance your woodlands with Virginia Waterleaf. Discover the perfect choice for shady areas and woodland gardens – Virginia Waterleaf! Native to various regions in North America, it blooms in white and violet, and can spread quickly from rhizomes to provide groundcover, reduce erosion and provide edible leaves.
White Oak
White oak
Red Maple
The red maple bears brilliant coloured foliage and nutrition for many types of animals. Read more on the iconic red maple tree.
Evening Primrose – Oenothera biennis
Evening primroses are beautiful flowers and easy to grow. They open visibly fast every evening, producing an interesting evening spectacle.
Canada Mayflower Growing Guide
Canada Mayflower is a wonderful ground-covering plant for woodland gardens that spreads by underground roots. Read Quick Growing Guide.
On Planting Daffodil Bulbs in the Fall
If you are fairly new to bulb planting, I suggest that you start with daffodil bulbs. Very few creatures will bother these bulbs. They do well in almost any situation, and they increase their number each year. Tulips, hyacinths, crocuses, and other tasty bulbs are more difficult. Greetings fellow gardeners,
Ohio Goldenrod
Ohio Goldenrod has a compact form that belies its large, exuberant, and long floral display late in the season, attracting many pollinators.
Black-Eyed Susan Brings Cheerful Colour
Black-eyed Susan is a cheerful, widespread plant with daisy-like flowers, vibrant yellow rays, and domed, dark brown center disks.
Joe Pye Weed
Spotted Joe Pye Weed is a striking plant that grows tall with sturdy stems which bloom from midsummer to early October.