Native plants are a great addition to any garden because they increase biodiversity, conserve water, and help to eliminate the need for excessive use of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers. Just as important to gardeners are the practical and aesthetic benefits of native plant gardening: less work and endless beauty!
Lady in Red
Lady Fern
• Bright, red-violet stems with the medium green, lacy foliage
• Great in mass plantings or combined with bold-textured plants
• Adapts to most soil
• Bloom Period: Valued for foliage
• Light Requirements: Partial–full shade
• Height: 60 cm
• Spread: 90 cm
• Zone: 3
False
Indigo
• Grey-green foliage with spikes of deep blue flowers
• Perfect for low-maintenance gardens, borders, and cottage gardens
• Adapts to most soil
• Bloom Period: Late spring¬–early summer
• Light Requirements: Full sun
• Height: 90 cm
• Spread: 90 cm
• Zone: 2-9
Jim Crockett
False Aster
• Blue-green with lavender, daisy-like flowers
• Useful as late season colour for beds or borders or as a cut flower
• Adapts to most soil
• Bloom Period: Late summer–mid fall
• Light Requirements: Full sun
• Height: 55 cm
• Spread: 75 cm
• Zone: 4
Northern Sea
Oats Grass
• Prized for its flat seed heads and bright green foliage
• Foliage changes to copper in fall
• Adds textural contrast to mixed beds and borders
• Adapts to most soil
• Bloom Period: Mid summer–mid fall
• Light Requirements: Partial–full shade
• Height: 100 cm
• Spread: 60 cm
• Zone: 5
Northern Lights
Tufted Hair Grass
• Tufts of slim foliage with gold/silver stripes
• Airy seed heads in various colours emerge in summer
• Great for partly shaded borders
• Adapts to most soil
• Bloom Period: Mid summer–mid fall
• Light Requirements: Partial shade
• Height: 30 cm
• Spread: 30 cm
• Zone: 4-9b
Rising Star
Flowering Onion
• Clusters of lavender-pink flowers and grey-green, upright foliage
• Adapts to most soil
• Bloom Period: Late spring–mid summer
• Light Requirements: Partial shade
• Height: 25 cm
• Spread: 25 cm
• Zone: 3
Black-Eyed
Susan
• Single-stemmed, coarse plant with deep yellow flowers
• Drought-tolerant variety that is perfect for cutting
• Adapts to most soil
• Bloom Period: Late spring–mid summer
• Light Requirements: Partial–full sun
• Height: 80 cm
• Spread: 40 cm
• Zone: 4-8b
Lavender
Kickin® Aster
• Favourites for autumn colour in the perennial border or rock garden
• Lavender, daisy-like flowers with bright green leaves
• Adapts to most soil
• Bloom Period: Mid summer–early fall
• Light Requirements: Full sun
• Height: 60 cm
• Spread: 60 cm
• Zone: 5
Northern
Maidenhair Fern
• Fan-like foliage with burgundy fiddleheads
• Adapts to most soil
• Bloom Period: Valued for foliage
• Light Requirements: Full shade
• Height: 45 cm
• Spread: 60 cm
• Zone: 2
Royal
Fern
• Golden, fruiting fronds and bronze-purple spring growth
• Adapts to most soils
• Bloom Period: Valued for foliage
• Light Requirements: Full shade
• Height: 125 cm
• Spread: 70 cm
• Zone: 3
Cardinal
Flower
• Green leaves with purple undersides
• Tall spikes of scarlet red flowers
• Adapts to most soil
• Bloom Period: Mid–late summer
• Light Requirements: Partial shade
• Height: 120 cm
• Spread: 60 cm
• Zone: 4
Husker Red
BeardTongue
• Sturdy mound of beet red foliage turns green in summer
• Upright stems of pale pink, tubular flowers
• Adapts to most soil
• Bloom Period: Summer
• Light Requirements: Full sun
• Height: 75 cm
• Spread: 45 cm
• Zone: 3-9
