We visited Origin Native Plants, home to 250 species of native plants for Ontario’s prairie, meadow and wetland ecoregions, including many rare and unusual species.
Summer arrived this week with with heat and humidity that has stressed the garden a little despite ample rainfall. Here and there I see yellow leaves, including on hardy common…
In celebration of Pollinator Week (June 17-23), consider adding keystone trees, shrubs and flowering perennials to your garden. You’ll be supporting hard-working pollinators and giving back to nature in myriad…
In 1864, the American naturalist John Muir was on a mission, trekking deep into Ontario’s Holland Marsh, in search of a rare orchid: Calypso Borealis
Native plants sustain birds, bees and butterflies If you’re looking to create a beautiful, low-maintenance garden that also helps birds, bees and butterflies, planting native plant perennials is for you!…
Ferns are unfurling, trilliums and wild columbine are blooming and wild ginger is providing nesting materials for leaf-cutter bees in late May in the native plant garden.
Big, bold and a bee magnet — purple flowering raspberry (Rubus odoratus) is a gorgeous, striking native shrub for the right garden spot. I say the right garden spot because…
Gardening with native plants can be a roller coaster ride: there’s so much joy and anticipation in choosing a plant and carefully setting it into the ground, only to find…
Once you know what they are, you’ll see them everywhere. Here’s what you need to know about invasive plants in your garden and natural areas.
The buzz about dandelions is well-meaning but misleading No Mow May is a catchy slogan and well intentioned idea, but does it actually help bees? The truth is: not really.…
This is the time of spring ephemerals, the first flowers to grace our gardens and natural areas as the weather warms. Hepatica (Anemone hepatica), Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) and bloodroot…
Hepatica, Virginia bluebells, bloodroot and other spring wildflowers are tightly furled against the onslaught of wind and rain on a chilly spring morning. No doubt they are grateful for the…