Native Wildflowers Selection Guide RichmondHill.ca/NativePlants barren strawberry bunchberry Native/ (jraundcover Groundcovers are typically a mixture of low-lying plants that are easy to grow, are native to the area and require little maintenance. Groundcovers offer many advantages compared to typical grass lawns such as: • Less need to water and mow • Protection of soil from erosion • Increased drought, shade and sun tolerance • Food and shelter for wildlife • Decreased stormwater runoff Look for a list of native wildflowers inside... marsh marigold wild bergamot canada wild rye shrubby cinquefoil Consider the following groundcovers for your home. They are widely available in garden centres and nurseries across Ontario. Barren Strawberry Waldsteinia fragarioides Bunchberry Com us canadensis Canada Wild Rye Elymus canadensis Irish Moss Sagina subulata Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium Reindeer Lichen Cladonia rangiferina Shrubby Cinquefoil PotentiUa fruticosa White Clover Trifolium repens Wild Blue Phlox Phlox divaricata white clover wild blue phlox Why plant native species? Native species adapt to local water and soil conditions and therefore require less water and maintenance. They provide habitat and food for birds, mammals and various insects. Native species improve local biodiversity. For more information, please contact: [email protected] 905-771-8800 RichmondHill.ca Sceoa toatts to te Jom Clayton Oefler d lie V1<g-ta Natve Platt S<x**y an) to Ccrey Ramena 1er [TvoVb used in tis b«xftjre. RichmondHill.ca/NativePlants
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NativeWildflowers
Selection Guide
RichmondHill.ca/NativePlants
barren strawberry bunchberry
Native/ (jraundcover
Groundcovers are typically a mixture of low-lying plants that are easy to grow, are native to the area and require little maintenance. Groundcovers offer many advantages compared to typical grass lawns such as:
• Less need to water and mow
• Protection of soil from erosion
• Increased drought, shade
and sun tolerance
• Food and shelter for wildlife
• Decreased stormwater runoff
Look for a list of native wildflowers inside...
marsh marigold wild bergamot
canada wild rye shrubby cinquefoil
Consider the following groundcovers for your home. They are widely available in garden centres and nurseries across Ontario. Barren Strawberry Waldsteinia fragarioides
Bunchberry Com us canadensis
Canada Wild Rye Elymus canadensis
Irish Moss Sagina subulata
Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium
Reindeer Lichen Cladonia rangiferina
Shrubby Cinquefoil PotentiUa fruticosa
White Clover Trifolium repens
Wild Blue Phlox Phlox divaricata
white clover wild blue phlox
Why plant native species? Native species adapt to local water and soil conditions and therefore require less water and maintenance.
They provide habitat and food for birds, mammals and various insects.
Native species improve local biodiversity.
For more information, please contact:
RichmondHill.ca
Sceoa toatts to te Jom Clayton Oefler d lie V1<g-ta Natve Platt S<x**y an) to Ccrey Ramena 1er [TvoVb used in tis b«xftjre.
RichmondHill.ca/NativePlants
BLACK-EYED SUSAN BLUE FLAG IRIS
Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
Blue 1 lag Iris Iris versicolor
Blue Giant Hyssop Agastache foenkulutn
Blue Vervain Verbena hastata
Boneset Eupalorium perfoliatum
Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuber osa
Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Cylindric Blazing Star Liatris cylindracea
Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia
butterfly weed hairy beardtongue
HEATH ASTER LANCE-LEAVED COREOPSIS
Foxglove Beardtongue Penstetnon digitalis
Hairy Beardtongue Penstetnon hirsutus
Heath Aster Syrnphyo trie hum (Aster) ericoides
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arisaema triphyttum
Lance-leaved Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
Long-fruited Thimble weed Anemone cylindrica
Marsh Marigold Caltha palustris
New England Aster Syrnphyo trie laum (Aster) novae-angliae
Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea
pearly everlasting new england aster
PURPLE CONEFLOWER JEWELWEED
Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum
Purple Conellower (Echinacea) Echinacea purpurea
Showy l ick Trefoil Desmodium canadense
Silverrod Solidago bicolor
Spider wort Tradescantia virginiana
Spotted Jewehveed Impatiens capensis
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed Eupatorium maculatum
Spreading Dogbane Apocynum androsaemifotium
Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incamata
Turtlehead Chelone glabra
spreading dogbane turtlehead
WILD wild strawberry
Wild Bergamot Monarda f'istulosa
Wild Columbine Aquilegia canadensis
Wild Lupine Lu pin us perennis
Wood Lily Lilium phüadelphicum
Wild Strawberry Fragaria virginiana
Yellow Conellower Ratibida pinnata
Legend/Ught Exposure j Height in Flowering<0Sun ’ Centimetres Season
Months■4 Partial Shade flower Colour
Shade white 1 Drought
# Orange TolerantMoisture
# Purple 4 Dry Wildlife
b Green4 Moist Butterflies
# Yellow 4b Wet 4T Birds
Pink X" Humminahirds
35 Loam
fcÜ Sand
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