Asters providing great colour and pollinator food in the garden today: Flat-topped aster Sky Blue aster Calico aster (behind the Pearly Everlastings) New England aster #nativeplants #gardening #bloomscrolling #wildflowers

Ladybird / Ladybug nesting in a curled up New Jersey Tea leaf this morning . 🐞❤️ #nativeplants #inverts #gardening

Native Clematis (Clematis virginiana) in August (left) and September (right). It can be a prolific reseeder. But flowers emerge on new growth each season, so you can cut it back as needed or remove seed heads. #nativeplants #whatyouplantmatters #gardening #ontarionativeplants

Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world - Margaret Mead. What an awesome stewardship initiative! #animals #wildlife #ontario #turtles #toronto #nature www.cp24.com/photos/2025/...

I was asked how to keep Japanese honeysuckle from coming back after pulling. You need to get these nodules at the base. Pulling just detaches the stem. If you leave these, they regrow. Usually giving it a purple nurple as you pull gets it out, but a soil knife works too. #invasivespecies

City of Burlington priorities: fighting these naturalised gardens with harsh penalties ($400k?!), by-law changes and court action. 🤦‍♀️ #ontario #burlington #nativeplants #gardening #ontarionativeplants rabble.ca/environment/...

Can we leave honey for the bees - please? And grow native plants that are still blooming this time of year? It’s so sad that honeybees are trying to survive in North America, where they are not native, and are this desperate for food. #vegan #nativeplants #inverts #bees www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Insect acrobatics this morning. 🤓 #inverts #nativeplants #gardening #whatyouplantmatters - in this case, Stiff-leaved Goldenrod (Solidago rigida), which tolerates dry conditions.

Who needs all those mainstream chrysanthemums (🥱) this time of year when Bottle Gentian (Gentiana andrewsii) looks so showy from late summer to first frost and provides pollinator food? #nativeplants #gardening #bloomscrolling #ontarionativeplants

Not native plant related, I know. But this sheep is just so cute! #sheep #animals #vegan #sentientbeings

Finally found Wild Senna (Senna hebecarpa) for the garden this year and it’s turned into a gorgeous, showy plant with long-lasting flowers and attractive seed pods. Highly, highly recommended. #nativeplants #gardening #bloomscrolling

Such wonderful overnight rain here and I was wondering where ‘my’ bumblebees found shelter. It’s so cute and ingenious- they did not disappoint. 🐝🌧️ #animals #inverts #nativeplants #gardening #bloomscrolling #sentientbeings

A fantastic article about the shelter requirements of bees and how to create nesting spaces for them in your garden. 🐝 #nativeplants #gardening #ontarionativeplants growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/2025/02/prov...

Grew these from seed and just love them. The bees do too. Dotted Mint (Monarda punctata). #NativePlants #gardening #ontarionativeplants #bloomscrolling

Sleeping bumblebees 🐝 are my favourite reason to head into the garden in the early morning right now. Plant pictures: Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) #gardening #nativeplants

Spotted Bee Balm is the best Bee Balm. Bees, flies, and wasps love this plant. It self sows readily and it's easy to grow from seed. No cold, wet, stratification required. 🌱 #nativeplants

Doug Tallamy, an entomology professor, changed the whole narrative of why native plants are important for birds. His message to gardeners is, "Your garden needs to be more than just pretty, it needs to be part of the local ecosystem." Read: greengardeningmatters.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...

Sharing some red native flora and fauna in celebration of today’s anniversary- happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦 🌱 Cardinal Flower 🌱 Red Baneberry 🪶 Northern Cardinal 🌱 Wild Strawberry #CanadaDay #nativeplants #gardening

The eye-catching, striped berries of Starry False Solomon’s Seal - a food source for small mammals and birds. 🤞 Hoping one of the Robins that frequent our yard will feast on these and deposit the seeds elsewhere to start a new patch. #NativePlants #gardening

Another patch of invasive Daylilies removed - one more to go. Roots and rhizomes in the garbage and leaves to be composted. #invasiveplants #gardening #whatypuplantmatters

Fantastic thread. Native plant gardens can look like traditional gardens, but you’ll need to do some basic upkeep to achieve this type of aesthetic. #nativeplants #gardening

Adding a third birdbath - a container normally used under pot plants - to our collection this morning as the #Ontario heatwave continues. #birds #gardening #nativeplants #wildlife

Summer solstice in the garden: 🌸 Anise Hyssop leaf & spider 🌸 Ohio Spiderwort 🌸 Foxglove Beardtongue 🌸 Lanceleaf Coreopsis #nativeplants #gardening #bloomscrolling

Robin’s Plantain. Beautiful, pollinator-attracting flowers which can be cut back once they have finished blooming to keep the leaves as a groundcover. #nativeplants #ontarionativeplants #gardening

Chipmunks and eastern grey squirrels are going nuts over the wild strawberries in our garden. #whatyouplantmatters #nativeplants #ontarionativeplants #gardening

Snug as a bug … a Harlequin ladybird / ladybug sheltered among Foxglove Beardtongue leaves. #nativeplants #gardening

Check your Prairie Smoke for harvesting! #nativeplants #seeds youtu.be/zElPzy0xo-4?...

One of the joys of #nativeplants - free shrubs! Planted a new Black Chokeberry this weekend, actually a sucker from our existing one. 😃 #gardening

Not that there is any doubt about how invasive Japanese Buckthorn trees are in N America … still found the sight rather shocking. Found in our garden where there are overhanging branches from buckthorn trees on a neighbouring property. #whatyouplantmatters #invasiveplants #gardening #weeds

Propping up the Foxglove Beardtongue before they start to get floppy. These ones are in a bit of a challenging spot in the garden, where high winds can make it really challenging to remain upright. #nativeplants #gardening

Been checking out the scents of the #nativeplants in our garden as they start to flower and the Golden Alexanders have a heavenly scent. #gardening #bloomscrolling

#PollinatorMonth Convert sterile, poisoned lawns to pollinator-friendly & bird-friendly habitat. Stop all landscape-wide pesticide applications. Plant native plants to help pollinators survive. Some can only fly short distances to find nectar. Read: beautifulnativeplants.blogspot.com/2025/04/desi...

Purple Martins have survived thanks to human intervention. Their natural cavity nests have become fewer until artificial ones allowed small colonies to thrive. Under supervision, these insectivores continue to amaze catching insects on the wing. #bird #birdwatching #purplemartin #wildlife #nature

Cuteness overload!! #birds

Any idea what could cause the spurs on our Wild Columbine flowers to look deformed? I suspect it could be linked to the unusually cold weather we’ve been seeing in southern Ontario? #nativeplants #gardening #ontarionativeplants

How could anyone be opposed to growing #nativeplants when they are this gorgeous? Geranium maculatum is adaptable, important for bees and blooms repeatedly. #gardening #bloomscrolling #ontarionativeplants

‘Our’ mourning doves have fledged! Tried not to disturb them, so don’t have a photo, but found the little pair in our yard while #gardening this morning. So happy they made it from the nest near our deck to this stage (it’s been so cold). #birds #nativeplants www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mourni...

Wild Phlox blooms keep on giving this year - you can tell them apart from invasive Dame’s Rocket because they have five petals, vs DR’s four. Watch out for Dame’s Rocket in so-called ‘wildflower’ seed mixes too; it chokes out #nativeplants. #gardening #bloomscrolling

North American Native Plant Society annual sale in Toronto. So excited!!!😆 #gardening with #nativeplants

Virginia bluebells - last weekend and today. Larval host plant for several moth species and a valuable source of nectar. Considered an at risk in #Ontario, where habitat loss and invasive species are contributing to their decline. #whatyouplantmatters #nativeplants #gardening #ontarionativeplants

Plant heaven … and, yeah, I spent too much. 😂 #nativeplants #ontarionativeplants #gardening #ontario

There is a Robin nest nearby … 🪺 #nature #birds #wildlife

Trying to use ground covers instead of wood mulch to suppress weeds and it’s proving amazingly effective. Wild strawberry is one of them, and it grows beautifully among the other #nativeplants. Plus, I should soon have a carpet of white strawberry flowers to enjoy. #gardening #ontarionativeplants

Blooming now: prairie smoke. Larval host to about half a dozen butterfly species and eye catching despite its small size. Drought tolerant once established and easy to grow, but it does not like wet, soggy soil. #nativeplants #gardening #ontarionativeplants

Fragrant sumac is a beautiful, unfussy shrub that is easy to care for and will grow in tough spots. Wonderful autumn colours, berries that provide winter food for wildlife. 6-12 feet tall. Dioecious. Photo from our garden, taken yesterday. Flowers appear before leaves. #gardening #nativeplants

Ontario is killing its Endangered Species Act. Misattributing blame for economic failings to the smattering of remaining wildlife. We have until May 17 to comment. #ontario #nature #animals #nativeplants ecojustice.ca/news/demysti...

Celebrating #Caturday … her friends are in the cattery, but on chillier days she prefers to be with them in spirit by sitting on a heating vent, where she can see them. (Plants had been brought in overnight as temps briefly plunged below zero.)