My love for native flowers started at a very young age as
I grow up on a farm near Cambray, Kawartha Lakes.
There was a 10 acre native hardwood bush with wild
flowers and ferns. Every spring was a joy to go to the
bush to see the trilliums, jack-in-the-pulpit, violets and
dog tooth violet to name a few.
-Lucille
What is a native plant?
A native plant is one that has not been introduced from
other counties or areas, and it grows in your area naturally.
Why do we need to grow these plants?
- Native plants require little watering & fertilizer once established.
- Native plants have the ability to pull and store carbon.
- Native plants plant provide food & shelter to wildlife.
- We have been losing our native pollinators to pesticide,
habitat, climate change and diseases over the
years and they need our help.
What are the types of plants?
Wild flowers
Grasses
Ferns
Shrubs
Trees
Designing a Native Garden
- When you are purchasing native plants make sure you
have the botanical name.
I have only touched on native plants in this article, but I
hope this is enough information to set you on your
journey of growing native plants.
Lucille Fowler
Trillium Grandiflorum
Jack in the Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
Showy Lady’s Slipper
Cypripedium reginae
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FULL SUN PLANTS
(AT LEAST 6-8 HRS)
Spring Flowering
Tiarella species, foam flower
Aquilegia species, service berry
Lupinus perennis, wild lupine
Sisyrinchium species, blue-eye grass
Summer Flowering
Asclepias tuberose, butterfly weed
Rudbeckia hirta, blackeye Susan
Echenace pallida, pale, purple cornflower
Liatris aspera, prairie blazing star
Fall Flowering
Symphyotrichum leave, smooth blue aster
Anaphalis margaritacea, pearly everlasting
Lobelia cardinalis, cardinal flower
SHADE PLANTS
(Less then 3 hours of sun and filter
sunlight the rest of the day).
Spring Flowering
Cornus canadensis, bunchberry
Maianthemum racemosum,
false Salomon’s seal
Asarum canadence, wild ginger
Summer Flowering
Helianthus divarictus,
woodland sunflower
Campanula rotundifolia, harebell
Anennone canadensis species,
Canada anemone
Cimicifuga racemose, snakeroot
Fall Flowering
Cornus alternifolia, pagoda dogwood
Solidagon flexicau, zig zag goldenrod
Aruncus dioius, dwaf goats beard
The best reference book I have was printed in 2021.
“The Flora of Kawartha Lakes”
Dale A. Leadbeater and Anne M. Barbour
Plant portraits by John J. Vandenberg
INSTAGRAM NATIVE HABITAT PROJECT
Please note the Native Habitat Project with Kyle Lybarger is in the Southen U.S. However his principles and
practices apply to all native habitats and the importance of native plants everywhere. Great info here!
Meadow Blazing Star
Liastris Ligulistylus
Virgin’s Bower
Clematis virginiana
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Grey-Head
Coneflower
Ratibida pinnata
Ironweed
Veronia
Knapweed
Centaurea
Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Indian Grass
Sorphastrum nutans