Select Plants for Your Garden

Lilac Care and Propagation

Lilacs are some of the most beautiful plants, with their vibrant colours and sweet fragrance! They are a favourite addition for many gardens.

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.

Hairy Beardtongue Is Perfect for Many Gardens

The Hairy Beardtongue is a tough, small, easy-to-control plant that does not spread widely, with attractive and delicate blooms.

Sugar Maple

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.

How to Care for Peonies

Discover the secrets to growing beautiful peonies. Learn about dormancy requirements, planting tips, and more.

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.

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.

Mad-dog Skullcap

Learn all about Mad-dog Skullcap, a member of the mint family with unique serrated leaves and vibrant trumpet-shaped flowers. Read up on the plant's growing conditions, blossoming period, and the curious origin of its name, all in this handy article. Get growing now!

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.

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!

Alternate leaf Dogwood Quick Growth Guide

Alternate leaf dogwood has, as one would expect, alternate leaves, which turn to maroon foliage in the fall. Read the Quick Growing Guide

White Oak

White oak

Carrots and Their Kin

Learn about the Apiaceae family plants list, known as the carrot family, their flavors, health benefits, and how to grow them in your own garden.

Discover the White Turtlehead

Discover White Turtlehead, a beautiful & perennially blooming wetland plant. Attractive to hummingbirds & bees, it's used in shade, rain, wildflower, & native plant gardens. Perfect for cutting & its leaves are deer-resistant. Medicinal properties & uses by Native Americans, too!

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,