Growing guides

Native plants for Nova Scotia gardens

14 species guides for Nova Scotia: when each plant blooms here, how to grow it, and the butterflies, bees, and birds it feeds. Every guide is built from what the plant actually supports, nothing invented.

BloodrootSanguinaria canadensisBlooms April to May BonesetEupatorium perfoliatumBlooms July to September Canada ServiceberryAmelanchier canadensisBlooms April to May ChokecherryPrunus virginianaBlooms April to May Common ElderberrySambucus canadensisBlooms June to July Common Evening-PrimroseOenothera biennisBlooms July to September Common MilkweedAsclepias syriacaBlooms June to August Golden AlexandersZizia aureaBlooms May to June New England AsterSymphyotrichum novae-angliaeBlooms August to October Old Switch PanicgrassPanicum virgatumBlooms August to October Paper BirchBetula papyriferaBlooms April to May Purple Joe-Pye-WeedEutrochium purpureumBlooms July to September Swamp MilkweedAsclepias incarnataBlooms June to August White SprucePicea glaucaBlooms May to June

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