Author: Trish Murphy

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

Native Plants for Rock Gardens

American Lady caterpillar on Plantain-leaved Pussytoes.

Charming and diminutive plants from Ottawa Valley’s natural rock gardens Species from slide show, in order shown Early Saxifrage (Micranthes virginiensis) Early Buttercup (Ranunculus fascicularis) Common Bluets (Houstonia carulia) Long-leaved Bluets (Houstonia longifolia) Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus) Dwarf Hairy Beardtongue (P. hirsutus var. pygmaeus) Field Pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta) Hooked-spur or Early Violet (Viola adunca) Bird’sfoot… Continue reading Native Plants for Rock Gardens

Making a Wildflower Meadow

Grey-headed Coneflower and Wild Bergamot in the garden at Beaux Arbres

 on Monday, October 23rd, 7:30 pm Making a Wildflower Meadow a talk and slide show by Trish Murphy for  the Gatineau Valley Gardeners St Mary’s Magdalene Church, 537 Highway 105 (across from the Freshmart) in Chelsea, Quebec. All are welcome. A meadow is one of the fastest and easiest ways to create a native plant… Continue reading Making a Wildflower Meadow

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Talk on Native Rock Garden Plants

on Saturday, November 11th, 1pm for the Ottawa Valley Rock Garden Society Westboro Masonic Hall, 430 Churchill Avenue, Ottawa Trish will be showcasing some of the diminutive and charming wild flowers which are native to the local alvars, barrens and rocky slopes, many of which she is propagating at Beaux Arbres. If you do not… Continue reading Talk on Native Rock Garden Plants

Seed Collecting Workshop, Sunday Oct 1

Collecting Seeds to Grow Your Own Wildflowers Join Sandy Garland and Trish Murphy, of Beaux Arbres Native Plants, at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden, in Ottawa, for a hands-on workshop on collecting native plant seeds, cleaning and storing the seeds and using cool, moist stratification and other techniques to prepare them to germinate. Fletcher Wildlife Garden… Continue reading Seed Collecting Workshop, Sunday Oct 1

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Re-connected

Tall Sunflower at Beaux Arbres

Beaux Arbres is back on-line. Some new replacement equipment has been installed and, as long as a storm system does not come between us and our satellite, we should be re-connected with the internet world. The photo is of Tall Sunflower (Helianthus giganteus), adding its own sunshine to a grey, misty morning.

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Out of touch

We are having internet difficulties and will be back up as soon as we can. In the meantime call us directly at 819-647-2404. We are at Beaux Arbres most of the time so leave a message. If we don’t answer the phone we are probably in the garden.  

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September is a good time to plant

Wild Columbine, Wild Lupin, Common Bluets, and violets.

September is a good time to plant native wildflowers in your garden. It is an especially good time to add spring-blooming natives such as pussy-toes, columbines, and violets, if you want to increase wild-life attractiveness and spring colour for next year. These early bloomers grow well in cool soil so even with cooling night temperatures,… Continue reading September is a good time to plant

Bringing some Standing Cypress to market

I planted some biennial standing cypress (Ipomopsis rubra) last summer just where they would catch the eye as one drove up our driveway. And these scarlet towers of bloom certainly do catch the eye. Like other vivid red flowers, they are hummingbird pollinated. From the U.S. Rockies, they are well north and east of their… Continue reading Bringing some Standing Cypress to market