Select Plants for Your Garden
Selection Criteria
Colour
Blooms in
Sun or Shade
Soil
Zone
Height
Pollinators
Barren Strawberry Quick Growing Guide
Barren Strawberry has masses of beautiful yellow daisy flowers from early to late spring. Read our Quick growing Guide
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.
Squarrose Goldenrod
Learn about the distinctive Squarrose Goldenrod and its tall cluster of flowers. This perennial herb can reach a height of 6 ft and produces a rosette of large leaves at its base. Up to 200 tiny yellow flower heads cover its slender, elongated array, attracting many insects such as bees, bumblebees, wasps, butterflies, and moths. Identify it and discover its prolific nature!
Foamflower Shows Well in Groups
Welcome wildlife to your garden with Foamflower! A great addition, this plant has green lobed leaves that turn deep purple in falls and produces masses of lightly-scented white star-shaped flowers. Deer resistant, easy maintenance and care – perfect for summer gardens!
Yellow Loosestrife
Yellow Loosestrife is a colorful, showy wildflower that likes wet conditions and will have an impact on your landscape.
Pipsissewa is a Rare Evergreen
Pipsissewa, Chimaphyla umbellata, is rare and remarkable for having leaves all year round; it is an evergreen. It has had medicinal uses.
Pilea Plant Grows Rapidly and Pleases
The pilea is a beautiful treasure. It is cheerful and aesthetically appealing, and quite easy to care for. It grows rapidly.
Blue Vervain
Discover the vibrant bloom of blue vervain & explore its traditional uses, habitats, and cultivation methods! Learn about this hardy perennial plant native to North America & its many alternate names, such as Simpler's Joy & Swamp Verben.
Wood Betony Quick Growing Guide
Wood Betony is a valuable native flower that is an indicator of pristine prairies. Read our Quick Growing Guide.
Downy Serviceberry Quick Growth Guide
Downy Serviceberry provides food for over 40 species of birds. The berries can be used to make jams or pies. Read the Quick Growing Guide.
Nodding Onion Can Put On a Show
Nodding Onion is simple to cultivate and will expand naturally by seed and bulb offshoots. Plant in large quantities for a spectacular show.
Great St. John’s Wort Care and Uses
St. John’s Wort is a magnificent, vivacious plant that can grow very tall with the right soil conditions. Learn how to care for it.
Wild Ginger is a Good Groundcover
Wild ginger is an effective ground cover. Its roots and stems have a powerful lemon-ginger scent when crushed. Read how to care and grow.
Evening Primrose
Evening primroses are beautiful flowers and easy to grow. They open visibly fast every evening, producing an interesting evening spectacle.
Coneflowers Add Brilliant Colours to Your Garden
Echinacea is an excellent flower to grow with its brilliant colours. It is also one of the perennial border's longest-blooming plants.
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.