I finally have an ample supply of Wood Poppy. They are looking very nice and many are in flower or are in bud. Wood Poppy is unusual among native plants – its main bloom period is in late spring but it often blooms sporadically after that and, very often, has a second flush of blooms… Continue reading Wood Poppy (at last) and a new Plant Availability List
Category: Nursery
New Plant Availability List
Our next delivery of plant orders to Ottawa will be July 4th, late afternoon to early evening. The distribution point will be our usual Britannia condo parking lot. If you would like to have plants for pick up on July 4, please email your selections from this Availability List by Sunday evening, July 2nd. Email:… Continue reading New Plant Availability List
A Successful Sale
Thanks to all the wonderful customers who braved the heat (on Saturday) and the smoke (on Sunday) to make our two day sale event, Natives and Clay, a resounding success. Lis and I were so pleased by the response that we plan to do it again next year. Set amid Lis’s beautiful gardens, it was… Continue reading A Successful Sale
Sale Specials, some big plants, and a couple of shrubs
There will be some plants on sale at our exciting new event, Natives and Clay this coming week-end. Dwarf Arctic Iris has been lovely this relatively cool spring, but I have too much of it. Regularly $15 each, they will be offered at the sale event, 3 for the price of 2. I am discontinuing… Continue reading Sale Specials, some big plants, and a couple of shrubs
Plant Availability List for May 2023
The exceptionally chilly weather has meant that species which love warmth have not yet made much growth. Coneflowers, Blazing Stars, Milkweeds, perennial Sunflowers, and the like — all the heat-loving flowers of high summer — will be on subsequent lists. If we do happen to have a spell of warm weather that brings on some… Continue reading Plant Availability List for May 2023
Spring Flowers starting to bloom
The earliest spring blooms are opening in the south-facing Rock Garden and many flowers are starting to show buds in the hoop house. The earliest near-native in the Rock Garden is the lovely silvery-mauve Prairie Crocus. Most years it is much earlier than the related European Pasque Flower, but this year, with the strange fluctuations… Continue reading Spring Flowers starting to bloom
Updated Seed List
A new updated seed list is now available to download. A couple of species have been taken off and a handful new ones have been added (highlighted in red).
Seeds Available Fall 2022
The new list of Beaux Arbres seeds is posted below. Most species on the list have hotlinks to their Species Profile page, for more information and, usually, pictures. Packets are $4 each. Minimum mail order: 5 packets, plus $5 for handling and postage. Same as last year. Email your requests to naturalgarden. Seeds will also… Continue reading Seeds Available Fall 2022
End of Season
Thanks to all the great customers who have supported us through some challenging time. I am always especially grateful to repeat customers – folks who took a chance on a prepaid order and then ordered again. This summer I worked myself to a state of heat exhaustion three times and I am going to have… Continue reading End of Season
Westboro Farmers’ Market, Saturday, September 17th.
Beaux Arbres will be a vendor at the Westboro Farmers’ Market in Ottawa on Saturday, September 17th. This will be our last venture in to Ottawa for the season. We will have a selection of wildflowers at the table — bottle gentians (featured photo), perennial sunflowers, asters, and goldenrods, plus some early spring bloomers such… Continue reading Westboro Farmers’ Market, Saturday, September 17th.
Beaux Arbres Plantes Indigènes / Native Plants 