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10 Neat Things

milkweed

10 Neat Things Annuals Flowers Perennials Plants

Milkweed for more than monarchs: 10 neat things

March 27, 2025 Canada's Local Gardener 325 Views Asclepias, milkweed, monarch, native plant, stratification

Milkweed isn’t just for monarch butterflies. Native milkweed (Asclepias) is one of the most fascinating and ecologically valuable plant groups

Animals How-to Local Gardener

What to Plant to Attract Butterflies

January 27, 2023 Canada's Local Gardener 1501 Views Aster, Blanket flower, butterflies, Foxglove, gardening, milkweed, Monarchs, Nectar-rich flowers, Perennials, Yarrow

If you want to have monarchs and other butterflies in your garden, plant nectar-rich flowers. Make sure your choices bloom

10 neat things about wildflowers

10 Neat Things Annuals Edibles Flowers Foliage Plants Wild Flowers

About Native Wildflowers

June 30, 2022 Shauna Dobbie 1658 Views Baptisia australis, Black-eyed Susan, celandine poppy, gentians, Helenium autumnale, Joe Pye weed, milkweed, Native wildflowers, Purple coneflower, wood lily

1. Typhoid saviour. One of the native wildflowers, Joe Pye weed, boneset to some, and botanically Eutrochium (reclassified from Eupatorium a few

seed balls

Gardening for Beginners Plants Seeds

Seed Heads

January 30, 2020 Shauna Dobbie 3321 Views allium seed heads, clematis seed heads, garden beauty, hairy balls plant, milkweed, monarch butterfly, nigella seed heads, ornamental arrangements, poppy seed heads, Seed heads

By Dorothy Dobbie It isn’t often that you grow a plant mainly for its seed heads, but some are so

Photo Album Plants Wild Flowers

Wildflowers

November 14, 2018 Canada's Local Gardener 3579 Views Baptisia australis, Black-eyed Susan, celandine poppy, gentians, Helenium autumnale, Joe Pye weed, milkweed, Native wildflowers, Purple coneflower, wood lily

Wildflowers have that special power to delight and surprise us, maybe as we are not responsible for putting them there.

Plants Wild Flowers

Wildflowers for your Garden

June 9, 2017 Canada's Local Gardener 13320 Views Flowers, Gardening for Beginners, Local Gardener, milkweed, prairie roses, wild flowers

Stumbling upon a wildflower growing in its natural habitat is something that will make almost anyone smile. We’ve all likely

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