Author: Trish Murphy

Artist: botanical, still life, and natural history illustration.
Garden designer: native plants and naturalistic gardens

Last minute addition: Cardinal Flower

I have cardinal flower now available, to order for the Ottawa pick-up date or to add to an existing order. I was really late potting up my cardinal flower seedlings this summer (heat, smoke, sick dog) and so they were not ready to go for the Natives & Clay sale. They are now well-rooted in… Continue reading Last minute addition: Cardinal Flower

Revisions to September plant list

I daftly left some plants off the list I published two days ago. Most importantly, I left off Poke Milkweed, an interesting species I do not often have in stock. I also left off American poke, pearly everlasting, obedient plant, and common and Hubricht’s bluestars. There were also a couple of pricing errors. The revised… Continue reading Revisions to September plant list

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Ottawa plant pick-up date

I will be bringing pre-paid orders to Ottawa on Tuesday, September 16th, to the Fletcher Wildlife Garden parking lot between 4:30 and 6:30 pm. Please order plants from the September Plant Availability List below. This will be the final plant pick-up date of the year. You can also order plants for pick-up at the Natives… Continue reading Ottawa plant pick-up date

September Plant List

American Spikenard fruit

The September Plant Availability List is here. What’s missing? A whole bunch of shade and woodland plants that either went dormant early (or possibly died) in the heat or that look so bad I won’t offer them for sale. Let’s hope most of them come back for next spring. What’s new? American spikenard (Aralia racemosa)… Continue reading September Plant List

Fall plant sale

Our September sale of native plants and pottery is coming up: Saturday, September 6th and Sunday, September 7th. The sale takes place in the garden of Pine Ridge Pottery Studio, north of Carp. There is no pretending that this drought summer has not been very hard on Lis’s fern garden, as it has been very… Continue reading Fall plant sale

Native (& near native) legume family plants

Wild lupin growing in the wild.

My new garden is afflicted with weedy non-native plants in the legume family: white and yellow sweet clover, alfalfa, vetch, and black medic. Even red clover, which I used to think was, yes, non-native but mostly benign, is a problem weed here. A little way down the road is a big patch of crown vetch… Continue reading Native (& near native) legume family plants

Milkweeds are ready

Butterfly Milkweed

Everybody’s favourite, orange Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), is now ready to go into gardens. I have this year’s seedlings in 2 1/2″ pots and a very few year-old plants in 4″ tall pots. I also have Whorled Milkweed (A. verticilliata), with the thin leaves Monarch favour late in the season, and Dwarf Milkweed (A. ovalifolia).… Continue reading Milkweeds are ready

Natives & Clay this week-end

Bowman's Root

Are you interested in learning about ferns and other native plants for your shady garden? The Natives & Clay event at Pine Ridge Pottery Studio this week-end, June 21st and 22nd, is a fantastic opportunity to see plants growing in potter Lis Allison’s shaded garden or in her extensive woods, and also purchase plants for… Continue reading Natives & Clay this week-end

Natives & Clay this Saturday & Sunday

Browse the native plants for sale, walk through Lis Allison’s wonderful shady fern garden, rock garden, and woodland, and shop for Lis’s functional hand-painted pottery. This is your chance to shop for interesting and unusual native plants from Ottawa Valley Native Plants, without having to drive all the way to Eganville. You can pre-order from… Continue reading Natives & Clay this Saturday & Sunday

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