I have cardinal flower now available, to order for the Ottawa pick-up date or to add to an existing order. I was really late potting up my cardinal flower seedlings this summer (heat, smoke, sick dog) and so they were not ready to go for the Natives & Clay sale. They are now well-rooted in… Continue reading Last minute addition: Cardinal Flower
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Ottawa plant pick-up date
I will be bringing pre-paid orders to Ottawa on Tuesday, September 16th, to the Fletcher Wildlife Garden parking lot between 4:30 and 6:30 pm. Please order plants from the September Plant Availability List below. This will be the final plant pick-up date of the year. You can also order plants for pick-up at the Natives… Continue reading Ottawa plant pick-up date
September Plant List
The September Plant Availability List is here. What’s missing? A whole bunch of shade and woodland plants that either went dormant early (or possibly died) in the heat or that look so bad I won’t offer them for sale. Let’s hope most of them come back for next spring. What’s new? American spikenard (Aralia racemosa)… Continue reading September Plant List
Fall plant sale
Our September sale of native plants and pottery is coming up: Saturday, September 6th and Sunday, September 7th. The sale takes place in the garden of Pine Ridge Pottery Studio, north of Carp. There is no pretending that this drought summer has not been very hard on Lis’s fern garden, as it has been very… Continue reading Fall plant sale
Native (& near native) legume family plants
My new garden is afflicted with weedy non-native plants in the legume family: white and yellow sweet clover, alfalfa, vetch, and black medic. Even red clover, which I used to think was, yes, non-native but mostly benign, is a problem weed here. A little way down the road is a big patch of crown vetch… Continue reading Native (& near native) legume family plants
Milkweeds are ready
Everybody’s favourite, orange Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa), is now ready to go into gardens. I have this year’s seedlings in 2 1/2″ pots and a very few year-old plants in 4″ tall pots. I also have Whorled Milkweed (A. verticilliata), with the thin leaves Monarch favour late in the season, and Dwarf Milkweed (A. ovalifolia).… Continue reading Milkweeds are ready
Natives & Clay this week-end
Are you interested in learning about ferns and other native plants for your shady garden? The Natives & Clay event at Pine Ridge Pottery Studio this week-end, June 21st and 22nd, is a fantastic opportunity to see plants growing in potter Lis Allison’s shaded garden or in her extensive woods, and also purchase plants for… Continue reading Natives & Clay this week-end
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
Beaux Arbres Plantes Indigènes / Native Plants 