Gardeners love plants. There is nothing a gardener loves receiving more than plants. Of course, when the snow is deep and the ground is frozen, outdoor garden plants are dormant, waiting for spring. Beaux Arbres Native Plants Gift Certificates. Our Gift Certificates can be applied to purchases at the farm, at Plant Sale events such… Continue reading Gift Certificates
Author: Trish Murphy
Artist: botanical, still life, and natural history illustration.
Garden designer: native plants and naturalistic gardens
Winding Down
Our Hypertufa Trough Planting workshop was the last planned event of the season. Some wonderful troughs gardens were created. We are still at the farm until mid-November but we are winding down sales. The soil is getting to be too cool to install warm-season plants, and many herbaceous plants are entering dormancy. I want to… Continue reading Winding Down
Saturday at Westboro Market
It is not too late to order plants for pick-up at the Westboro Ottawa Farmers’ Market on Saturday. Please get your order to us by noon on Friday as we load up the trailer Friday afternoon. Order Plants. We are out of many popular species until next year. No more Butterfly Milkweed, Ironweed, or even… Continue reading Saturday at Westboro Market
We’re back at the Market
Beaux Arbres will be back at the Westboro Market for this Saturday, September 12th and the following Saturday, September 19th. The market is around the corner in McKellar Park this summer and Covid19 protocols are in place. You will be able to buy plants from the selection we bring to the market but we encourage… Continue reading We’re back at the Market
Hypertufa Workshop
The first part of our two-day hypertufa workshop produced some fine small bowls and troughs. If you didn’t participate in the first half, you can still come to the planting workshop on Sunday, September 27th. Purchase one or more of the troughs I have made up and have on hand, and plant up your troughs… Continue reading Hypertufa Workshop
Native Vines
Native vines, and where to get them, have been much discussed this summer on some native plant Facebook pages I follow. Beaux Arbres has a fine selection of native vines for the Ottawa region. One of my favourite vines is the Glaucous Honeysuckle. Unfortunately, I forgot to collect seed from this species last year. To… Continue reading Native Vines
Plant Availability, August 10
Beaux Arbres will be bringing a delivery of prepaid orders to Ottawa on Wednesday, August 19th, to our west-end parking lot in Britannia. If you would like to order native plants, please download our current Plant Availability list, in either PDF or Excel format, contact us with your choices, and we will get back to… Continue reading Plant Availability, August 10
Plant Availability June 15th
Download the latest Plant Availability list: We are coming in to Ottawa with prepaid orders on Saturday, June 20th, In the early afternoon, between 1 and 3, we will be at a private driveway in Vanier. Later in the afternoon, between 4 and 6 pm we will be in our usual venue in Britannia. Please… Continue reading Plant Availability June 15th
Plant Availability June 1
Download the latest Plant Availability lists: I have run out of Golden Alexanders and Anise-hyssop but plants from this year’s seeding will be available later in the summer. I am also out of Ohio Goldenrod. Many customers asked have asked me for Stiff Goldenrod so last year I seeded Stiff Goldenrod, which is a reasonable… Continue reading Plant Availability June 1
Plant Availability, May 24
New plant availabilty List to download in PDF or Xcel formats: Not yet in bloom but looking very good: Bowman’s Root (Gillenia trifoliata) and its close relative American Ipecac (G. stipulata). both have starry white flowers and pretty fall foliage colour. American Ipecac ‘s range is further south and west so I expect it to… Continue reading Plant Availability, May 24
Beaux Arbres Plantes Indigènes / Native Plants 