Author: Trish Murphy

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

Ferns & Sedges

Foliage texture is always going to be more important in a woodland garden than in a sunny border, where bright colour from flowers is so much easier to achieve. Ferns and sedges are lovely, natural components of the forest floor. Be sure to use lots of ferns and sedges in your shady garden for a… Continue reading Ferns & Sedges

Plant Availability for September 2024

There are several interesting plants for shade, including Barren Strawberry (Geum fragaroides although many will know it as Waldsteinia fragaroides), an evergreen ground cover with yellow flowers in the spring. Another lovely shade plant which could be used as a ground cover is Northern Beech Fern, a spreading deciduous fern, not tall, with a lovely… Continue reading Plant Availability for September 2024

May I introduce: Arkansas Calamint

This is another absolutely delightful native plant that is too little known by gardeners and completely ignored by garden centres. Arkansas calamint (Clinopodium arkansanum) is a low-growing thing with tiny leaves that will slowly make a small mat. It bears small violet-blue flowers in profusion in July. When it is not in bloom, you are… Continue reading May I introduce: Arkansas Calamint

New Availability List

Ottawa Valley Native Plants has posted a new Plant Availability List (downloadable as a PDF*). Prepaid orders will be distributed in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 30th, from a site in the Manor Park neighbourhood, and on Tuesday, August 13th, from the parking lot at Fletcher Wildlife Garden. Please email your selections from the list to… Continue reading New Availability List

Ottawa east-central pick-up location for June 20th

Ottawa Valley Native Plants will be distributing pre-paid orders from a location in Manor Park on Thursday, June 20th. Friends who live in the Manor Park neighbourhood (north end of St Laurent) offered their driveway from which to distribute plant orders. We will be there from 4 to 6:30 pm on Thursday, June 20th. If… Continue reading Ottawa east-central pick-up location for June 20th

Apologies. First delivery will be next week

My apologies to all those who were expecting the first delivery of prepaid orders to be tomorrow, Thursday. I am so far behind in the setting up of the new nursery that the first delivery will have to be next week. Thank you for your patience.

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First Wildflower Sale Event of the Spring – Sunday, May 5th

Ottawa Valley Native Plants (formerly Beaux Arbres Native Plants) will be bringing a selection of spring flowers — plus anything else that has started into growth — to the Spring Ephemeral Walk, hosted by Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust. On the morning of Sunday May 5th, there will be a Spring Ephemeral Walk, combined with a… Continue reading First Wildflower Sale Event of the Spring – Sunday, May 5th

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The nursery has moved

A great deal has changed since last year. Most notably, the nursery has moved from Bristol, Quebec to Eganville, Ontario, and will be running under the new name of Ottawa Valley Native Plants. I did not quite believe it would be possible, but all the nursery stock has been moved to the new location, although… Continue reading The nursery has moved

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