Category: Native Plant Events

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

Rare and Unusual Plant Sale, 2018

Common Bluets

This is a hectic time for me, trying to get the stock ready for our first big sale of the spring, the Rare and Unusual Plant Sale, traditionally on Mothers’ Day, in Ottawa. This will be our fourth year as a vendor at this sale. We now have enough experience to predict that the Weather… Continue reading Rare and Unusual Plant Sale, 2018

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

Relentless rain a week before the Ottawa sale

Wood Poppy

The Rare and Unusual Plant Sale on Sunday, May 14th, at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa is less than a week away and I am past hoping for a spell of warm, sunny weather to bring on some flowers. At this point, I am reduced to hoping fervently that our local ferry service will… Continue reading Relentless rain a week before the Ottawa sale

Making a wildflower meadow

Maximilian's Sunflower

A talk by Trish Murphy of Beaux Arbres Native Plants at Nepean Horticultural Society City View United Church Thursday, March 16, 2017, 7:30 pm All are welcome. There is great interest in creating pollinator-friendly gardens. Creating a wildflower meadow – a sunny plant community of native grasses and wildflowers — is one of the easiest and… Continue reading Making a wildflower meadow