Skip to content

Monday, March 23, 2026

Home
Plants
- Annuals
- Perennials
- Edibles
- Bulbs
- Seeds
- Flowers
- Foliage
- Indoor plants
- Trees & Shrubs
- Vines
- Roots
- Weeds
- Herbs
- Plant diseases
Animals
- Birds
- Pets
- Wild Critters
- Insects
- Garden Helpers
- Garden Pests
Beautiful Gardens
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- Newfoundland
- P.E.I.
- Quebec
Garden Info
Podcast
E-Shop
10 Neat Things

Plants

Local Gardener Plants

Marigolds (Tagetes)

April 15, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 1194 Views annual flowers, cat resistant plant, garden flowers, Marigolds, pest deterrent, rabbit resistant, strong odor, Tagetes, vibrant colors

Marigolds (Tagetes): These flowers have a strong odor that rabbits usually stay away from.

Local Gardener Plants

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

April 15, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 1067 Views Achillea millefolium, cat resistant plant, deer, garden herbs, herbal plants, perennial flowers, rabbit resistant, scent, textured plants

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium): The pungent scent and texture of yarrow make it less appealing to rabbits.

Local Gardener Plants

Russian Sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia)

April 15, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 1177 Views cat resistant plant, deer, drought-tolerant, garden shrubs, perennial plants, Perovskia atriplicifolia, rabbit resistant, Russian Sage

Russian Sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia): With its aromatic leaves, this plant is not a favorite of rabbits.

Local Gardener Plants

Lavender (Lavandula)

April 15, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 1190 Views cat resistant plant, drought-tolerant, garden essentials, Lavandula, lavender, perennial plants, rabbit resistant

Known for its strong fragrance, which rabbits tend to avoid.

10 neat things about trees in spring

10 Neat Things Plants Trees & Shrubs

10 Neat Things About Trees Waking Up in Spring

April 2, 2024 Dorothy Dobbie 4046 Views chilling hours, fruit-bearing trees, mycorrhizae, root activity, tree awakening, tree care, tree dormancy, tree growth, tree memory, Trees in spring

1. I’m not sleeping. I’m just resting my twigs. So do trees really fall into a deathlike slumber over winter?

Editor's Pick Indoor plants Local Gardener

Make Your Own Houseplants with The Propagation Handbook

March 15, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 2383 Views gardening books, Hilton Carter, houseplant

Have you ever thought, gee, that’s a great plant, maybe I should buy another? If you get this book, you

Alliums (Allium)

March 15, 2024 Canada's Local Gardener 1721 Views alliums, edible plants, garden pests, gardening tips, garlic, onions, Pest control, Plant Care, rabbit resistant, scent

Alliums (Allium): These plants, including onions and garlic, are generally avoided due to their strong smell.

art of growing potatotes

Edibles Gardening Science How-to Plants

The Art of Growing Potatoes

March 10, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 10051 Views container gardening, potatoes, soil temperature

Have we lost the art of growing potatoes? At one time, every garden had a potato plot where it was

10 neat things about eggplants

10 Neat Things Edibles Plants

10 Neat Things About Eggplants

February 17, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 3773 Views aubergine, eggplant history, eggplant preparation, eggplant varieties, eggplants, fruit vs vegetable, growing eggplants, health benefits, nutritional value, Solanum melongena

1. Madde apple, apple of insanity. These are just two of the terms used to describe eggplant over time, perhaps

Flowers Gardening for Beginners Local Gardener Seeds

Beautiful and Weird: Flowers to grow from seed

January 10, 2024 Shauna Dobbie 3171 Views Bird’s eyes gilia, Callistephus chinensis, China asters, Chinese forget-me-nots, Cleome, coast west seeds, Cynoglossum, Envy zinnias, Five spot, Italian White, Melinis nerviglumis, Nemophila, Papaver somniferum, Phacelia, poppy, Purple Peony, Purple tansy, Rocky Mountain bee plant, Ruby grass, sunflowers, west coast seeds

If you’re a fan of the weird and uncommon, here are a few flowers from West Coast Seeds you

← Previous
Next →

Subscribe Now!
Get Canada's Local Gardener Delivered

Sign up Now!
Free 10 Neat Things Weekly

Garden Events

View All Events

Home
Event Submission
Rates and policies
Contact Us
Login
Terms of Use & Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2026 Canada's Local Gardener magazine. All rights reserved.

This site contains product affiliate links. We may receive a commission when you visit the site and click any links. This, however, has no bearing on our content. We will do our best to provide high quality content for you.

Manage Cookie Consent

To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behaviour or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.

Functional Functional Always active

The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.

Preferences Preferences

The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.

Statistics Statistics

The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.

Marketing Marketing

The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.

Manage options
Manage services
Manage {vendor_count} vendors
Read more about these purposes

View preferences

{title}
{title}
{title}