Tag: wildflowers

Native Plants and Clay September event

Downy Wood Mint

You are all invited to the two-day Native Plants and Clay event this coming weekend, September 12 and 13, at Pine Ridge Studio, Kinburn. This is a joint event with myself and potter Lis Allison, at Lis’s pottery studio. I bring a selection of my nursery-propagated native plants and set up in the garden which… Continue reading Native Plants and Clay September event

New Plant Availability list for September

Winecups

I have a new list of available plants for this September – a PDF to download. You can pre-order from this list to pick up at the Native Plants & Clay event, September 12 & 13 at Pine Ridge Studio (north of Kinburn), or pre-order to pick up at the nursery in Eganville. In addition… Continue reading New Plant Availability list for September

Last minute addition: Cardinal Flower

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

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

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

Wild lupin growing in the wild.

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

Butterfly Milkweed

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

Bowman's Root

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