Wildflower

  • Wildflowers with a sunny backdrop

    Plant suggestions for Creating a Wildflower Garden

    Creating a wildflower garden at your cottage is a fantastic way to enhance the natural beauty of the area, support local ecosystems, and enjoy…

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  • Small round garden table in an attractive garden landscape

    Gardening In Small Spaces

    Author: Andrea Knight, Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton My husband and I have owned our home in Ottawa for over twenty years, giving me lots…

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  • Two white serviceberry flowers

    Keystone Plants: Flowering Perennials in Ecoregion Five

    Author: Claire McCaughey, Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton; published with permission. “We can each make a measurable difference almost immediately by planting a native nearby.…

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  • A bright colourful red orange daylily by a stream

    Blooming Daylilies in Beautiful Colours

    I love this time of year. Sometimes we get cooler temperatures, and sometimes I can pick up deals on fruits and berries at the…

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  • A Red and Orange daylily

    Inspired by different colours, shapes and sizes of my daylilies

    I love the different colours and shapes and sizes.  My brilliant large yellow daylily looks like it should be dessert, while the peachy frilly…

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  • A new blue Borage plant growing in a spring garden

    Borage Self Seeds and Attracts Pollinators

    To me, borage is an herb that is one of the best plants to grow for pollinators. Bumblebees and butterflies are always enjoying it…

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  • A patch of Fireweed on a hill in the countryside

    Fireweed

    Fireweed, a member of the willow plant family, is distinguished by its gorgeous magenta flowers. Its common name comes from its sudden appearance after…

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  • How to Grow the Delicate Harebell

    Harebell, Campanula rotundifolia, is delicate, attractive, and graceful. Each plant produces an abundance of purple bell-shaped flowers. Harebell is a tiny wildflower that only…

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  • Stacked flowers of the white turtlehead

    Discover the White Turtlehead

    White Turtlehead, Chelone glabra, has masses of beautiful white hooded flowers at the ends of the stems from late summer to mid-fall, which are…

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  • Cup plant in full spectacular blooms of yellow flowers

    Cup Plant Care, Versatile and Stunning

    The Cup Plant, Silphium perfoliatum, is a beautiful plant native to large areas in the central and eastern US and to Ontario and Quebec…

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  • Culver's Root in a garden with its white vertical flowers

    Culver’s Root is a Hardy Perennial

    Veronicastrum virginicum, also known as Culver’s Root, is a tall, hardy perennial with lovely whorled leaves. In the early and middle summer, the plants…

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  • A colony of virginia waterleaf with white flowers

    Virginia Waterleaf Helps Stop Soil Erosion

    Virginia waterleaf, Hydrophyllum virginianum, is an excellent choice for shady areas and woodland gardens. It can spread quickly from rhizomes and fill open areas,…

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  • Foamflower flowers in a grouping

    Foamflower Shows Well in Groups

    Foamflower can be a great addition to many gardens. It has an interesting, attractive leaf when not in flower. It also produces masses of…

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  • Red trillium and large leaf in a field

    Red Trillium, a Popular Wildflower

    Red trillium, one of the most popular forest wildflowers, ushers in spring with its lovely, fragrant, maroon-purple blooms. It is one of the most…

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  • Full borage plant with blue floweers

    Borage Has Many Uses

    Borage is a tall, attractive plant, often grown in flowerbeds with bright blue star-shaped edible flowers. Also known as “starflower,” the borage herb is…

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  • Blue vervain flowering stalks

    Blue Vervain

    Blue vervain, or American vervain, is a hardy and drought-tolerant plant native to North America. It is a traditionally important plant, widely distributed in…

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  • Blue stemmed Goldenrod

    Blue-stemmed Goldenrod is well behaved.

    The blue-stemmed goldenrod is sometimes referred to as Wreath Goldenrod. It is a well-behaved woodland species. It forms pretty, loose clumps with arching stems…

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  • A patch of Solidago rugosa plants

    Rough-stemmed goldenrod

    Rough-stemmed goldenrod is a herbaceous perennial with rough leaves that can grow up to 2 m (6.6 ft) tall. The majority of its leaves…

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  • A white panickled aster with many flowers

    White Panicled Aster

    The White Panicled Aster features daisy-like rays with prominent yellow discs that redden with age and make up clusters of mini-blossoms. Known as Symphyotrichum…

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  • Gardenia plant with a dozen white flowers

    Gardenia Varieties

    Gardenia varieties are striking and fragrant flowering plants in the Rubiaceae, or the coffee madder family. It is a genus native to various regions…

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  • Bottle gentian flower and leaves in a wildgarden

    Bottle Gentian is a Garden Darling!

    Bottle Gentian is, with its dark blue closed flower, among the finest perennials to grace the garden in late summer. Bottle gentian has bottle-like…

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  • Sqarrose goldenrod flower

    Squarrose Goldenrod

    Solidago squarrosa may be the most distinctive species of the goldenrods. As a perennial herb, it can reach a height of 190 cm (6…

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  • Early Goldenrod with pollinator on its yeallow flowers

    Early Goldenrod

    Early Goldenrod, also known as Solidago juncea, is a herbaceous perennial wildflower of the family Asteraceae. Once started, it requires little maintenance and grows…

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  • Hoary Vervain

    Hoary Vervain

    The hoary vervain, or Verbena stricta, is a type of herbaceous plant falling under the Verbenaceae family. The flowering plant is most commonly found…

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