If your garden doesn’t have the right needs for these plants, they will surely die quickly. Instead, it’s best to find trillium seeds from a nursery that propagates them on-site. Trilliums can be difficult to grow from seed, but they can easily propagate from rhizomes (underground stems...
It took a trip to Germany to learn about the design potential of Ontario native plant Agastachenepetoidesor Yellow Giant Hyssop. It’s not only rare but quite unappreciated here at home. Our local naturalists say: “Not prized for its beauty, it is a plant for naturalized gardens and polli...
Ann Bot Fennici 39:159–166 Warne A (2016) Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) best man- agement practices in Ontario. Ontario Invasive Plant Council, Peterborough, ON. http://www.ontarioinvasiveplants.ca/wp- content/uploads/2016/07/...
We investigated the relationship between size and sex allocation in the co-sexual perennial herbs Trillium erectum and Trillium grandiflorum at two sites in southern Ontario, Canada, by measuring pollen and ovule production and biomass allocation at flowering and fruiting. In both species, there was...
The lupines are in such abundance this year. Lupinus, commonly known as lupin or lupine, is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. The genus includes more than 200 species. It’s always great to see the tall spikes of lupines blooming. Lupines come in lovely shades...