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  • A big clump of Canada Milk Vetch in full sun

    Canada Milk Vetch

    Canada Milk Vetch is great for attracting hummingbirds, birds, butterflies, and bees. The flowers and seed heads are excellent for bouquets, and the leaves…

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  • Gorgeous yellow and orange heleniu

    5 Colourful Fall Flowers for an Easy Care Autumn 

    Colorful fall flowers for an easy-care autumn garden can brighten your day. Why should summer have all vibrant blooms!   And what better way…

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  • A close up of Obedient plant flower

    Obedient Plant has Wonderful Flowers

    Obedient plant, true to its name, its flowers are “obedient” and can bend in any direction. The obedient plant is a flowering plant in…

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  • A patch of multicolored zinnia elgans flowers

    Zinnia Attract Pollinators

    Zinnias are beautiful flowers that are great for butterfly gardens. Its blooms can provide an explosion of colour in your landscape. It is easy…

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  • A Red and Orange daylily

    Seven Easy Outdoor Plants for Everyone

    These seven easy outdoor plants will set you on your way to sprucing up that backyard in no time.  And they require very little…

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  • Lance-leaved Figwort plant, leaf and flower

    Lance-Leaved Figwort Growing Guide

    Lance-Leaved Figwort, and figworts for that matter, are plants which may not have the most attractive appearance. However, they provide a large amount of…

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  • Swamp milkweed flowers with a monarch butterfly feeding on it

    Swamp Milkweed

    Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) is known for its ability to thrive in swampy areas and wet meadows. It is a monarch butterfly host plant…

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  • Lilac Care and Propagation

    Lilacs are some of the most beautiful plants, with their vibrant colours and sweet fragrance! They are perfect for any landscaping application, including hedges, foundation plantings, small…

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  • Monarch butterfly on rough blazing star

    Plants that Attract Monarch Butterflies

    Monarch butterflies are superb pollinators, and if they are fed plants they enjoy, they will pollinate your entire garden. Butterflies require two kinds of…

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  • Purple lilac flowers with a monarch butterfly feeding

    Lilac types- Plant of the Month

    Lilacs are one the great Ottawa landscape plants! There are many reasons to love them with their sweet perfume and those beautiful amethyst –…

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  • A close up photo of a red Canna Lily flower

    Spectacular Annuals for Containers 

    Annuals for containers are great for novice gardeners or anyone who wants to add interest and colour to their porch or patio. The most…

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  • Salvia with blue purple flowers

    Care For The Salvia Plant: Flower, Medicinal and Culinary

    The more than 900 species more commonly known as sages are related to Nepeta (Catmint) and Monarda (Bee Balm). The common sage The common…

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  • purple and white calibrachoa flowers in white ceramic vase

    How To Grow And Care For Calibrachoa – Million Bells

    You’ve seen the Calibrachoa, a tender perennial commonly known as “Million Bells.” You’ve enjoyed this plant in the nightshade family filling containers and baskets…

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  • Beautiful pink and purple fuchsia flowers on their plant

    How To Care For The Appealing Fuchsia Plant

    Our fuchsias of today still carry the original grace but the beautiful blooms are much larger and in showy colors.

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  • hummingbird feeding on purple flowers

    The Top 8 Plants That Attract Hummingbirds

    We’ll be talking about 8 different plants that appeal to hummingbirds, going into the details of their origin, life cycle, and appearance. But first,…

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  • orange and black monarch butterfly on flower

    Choosing Plants for a Butterfly Garden

    Butterflies need two types of plants to survive: the host plant and the food plant. Attracting butterflies to your garden takes more than just…

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  • Swiss chard plant

    Bringing Lantana Indoors, Raspberry Royale, Red Malabar

    To bring my Lantana indoors for the winter, I repotted it after checking for any creatures that might be lurking in the leaves and…

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  • A close up of the face and eyes of a wasp on white textile

    Wasp Removal: Issues and Natural Methods

    The need for wasp removal is directly proportional to how often they bother you. Or a wasp nest in a bad spot is “Wasp…

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  • Veggie Bites – Eggplants

    My friend starts her eggplants around this time of year for the same reason.  Eggplants, or Aubergines, are in the nightshade family, just like…

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  • 24 Flowers For September and October

    Visit your local nurseries in September and October and you’ll see plenty of spring-flowering bulbs for sale to be planted in fall. But live…

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  • a bright yellow calendula flower and plant

    Veggie Bites – Calendula and Other Herbs

    My calendula is producing flowers at a good rate and beginning to set seeds. It is a great plant for pollinators and I often…

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  • a porch in a lush surrounding with 3 patio plants in large containers.

    Best Plants For Container Gardening

    In this article, we will discuss a dozen of the top picks for creating a container garden that delivers a powerful visual impact.

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  • Pink and white Clematis plant with may flowers on a trellis.

    What Are The Best Flowering Trellis Plants?

    Choosing the ideal trellis plants that flower can be a challenging decision. There are plenty of climbing plants and flowering vines for growing on…

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  • Care Requirements For Shrimp Plant

    Shrimp plant belongs to the genus Justicia and an evergreen shrub of the family Acanthaceae.

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