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  • A bumblebee on a bright yellow sunflower

    Pollinator Tips for Summer Gardens

    Author: Julianne Labreche, Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton Hot, lazy July days bring busy pollinators to visit our orchards, flower, and vegetable gardens. These small…

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  • Six bright purple slender blazing star flowers

    Slender Blazing Star

    Slender Blazing Star is an upright, clump-forming perennial with fluffy, purple flowers that bloom in late summer. It is best to plant it with…

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  • Monarch butterfly on rough blazing star

    Rough Blazing Star Attracts Pollinators

    Rough Blazing Star features fluffy, deep rose-purple flowers arranged in 1″ button-like heads. Blooming begins, as one would assume, at the top of the…

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  • A patch of yellow goldenrod euthamia graminiflia

    Grass Leaved Goldenrod Adds Colour

    Grass-Leaved Goldenrod is a colourful upright perennial. The bright yellow plants are commonly seen on roadsides in rural areas, moist meadows, and sandy or…

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  • Aquilegia canadensis on a cliff by water

    Red Columbine is a Wonderful Woodland Flower

    This beautiful woodland wildflower has showy, drooping, bell-like flowers that turn from red into yellow. Its lovely floral display, ease of growing, and overall…

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  • Yellow Wild Senna hebecarpa Flower bush

    Wild Senna Is an Underrated Winner

    Wild senna is an underrated plant with striking yellow blooms and attractive foliage. Exposure to full sun provides the energy for more flowers. It…

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  • Close up of white and pruple hairy beartongue flower

    Hairy Beardtongue Is Perfect for Many Gardens

    The Hairy Beardtongue possesses many beneficial characteristics. It is, for example, small and controllable, does not compete or spread widely, has attractive and delicate…

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  • A close up of an agastache scrophulariifolia

    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…

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  • The bright orange flower of the Butterfy Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa

    Butterfly Milkweed Attracts Pollinators

    Butterfly Milkweed is valued for its magnificent clusters of bright orange to yellow-orange blooms that bloom all summer. They tend to be a great…

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