Author: Trish Murphy

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

Small Summer-flowering Shrubs

Lead Plant (Amorpha)

Leadplant Amorpha canescens A very slow-growing, deep-rooted shrub from the Canadian Prairies, with delightful finely dissected pinnate foliage and spikes of purple blooms in July.  It is truly small-scaled, seldom over 18″ high, and thus suitable for rock gardens. Extremely drought-resistant once established. Because of its very slow growth, it is seldom available in the nursery… Continue reading Small Summer-flowering Shrubs

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Kalm’s St. John’s Wort

A really lovely, small, summer-flowering shrub that I am sure many people would want in their gardens, if only they knew it. With fine-textured foliage, a hardy and adaptable disposition, and conical orange seed pods which continue the show through August, Kalm’s St. John’s Wort hardly needs more appeal, but I can add that it… Continue reading Kalm’s St. John’s Wort

Small-flowered Sundrops

It is difficult to convey in a photo the great charm of Small-flowered Sundrops (Oenothera perennis). I was heartened recently when some discerning customers at the nursery made a bee-line to it. Compared to the enormous luminous flowers of Ozark Sundrops (Oenothera macrocarpa), or the great flower masses of citrine yellow of Common Sundrops (Oenothera… Continue reading Small-flowered Sundrops

Shining Rose

Shining (or maritime) Rose blooming in the hoop house at Beaux Arbres.

Another wild rose we are propagating at Beaux Arbres is Shining Rose (Rosa nitida), also known as Maritime Rose. I collected the seed for this species in Nova Scotia. I understand it occurs in Quebec along the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore but it does not occur naturally in the Ottawa valley. I particularly like… Continue reading Shining Rose

Wild Roses

Smooth Rose (Rosa blanda) is in full bloom at Beaux Arbres. We carry three species of wild rose: Smooth Rose, Shining Rose (Rosa nitida) from the Maritimes, and Virginia Pasture Rose (Rosa virginiana). All are beloved by bees.

Thanks to all our FWG customers!

Maximilian's Sunflower

Another successful sale at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden! Thanks to all the FWG volunteers who put on this wonderful event and thanks to all our customers, some new, some familiar faces. If you were not able to get to the FWG on Saturday morning, Beaux Arbres has an even greater selection of native plants available… Continue reading Thanks to all our FWG customers!

New Species for the Fletcher Wildlife Garden Sale, June 2

I am almost too busy getting the plants ready for the sale to blog about them but there are a few new species that are too interesting to ignore. Seeded earlier this year and already big enough to plant now, the lovely biennial Swamp Thistle (Cirsium muticum). I know, Swamp and Thistle. Don’t let your… Continue reading New Species for the Fletcher Wildlife Garden Sale, June 2

Nursery Open

Beaux Arbres is now open for the season. We opened without much fanfare after the Rare and Unusual Sale — I was struggling with a bad cold. We are open any time we are here. Please phone to confirm: 819-647-2404. We are open most weekends until the end of September. On Saturday, June 2, we… Continue reading Nursery Open

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New Species for sale Sunday

Ohio Goldenrod on the shore of Lake Huron, Ontario.

We have always tried to have some genuinely rare and/or unusual plants for the Rare and Unusual Plant Sale . This year we have some new and very special species. We are keeping a close eye on our pots of seed-grown Eastern Shooting Star (Dodecatheon meadia). This species is not locally native; it occurs in Canada… Continue reading New Species for sale Sunday