Next to home and work the majority of our time is spent in the car. Even more so in the Summer when all we want to do is get in the car and go to the beach, cottage or the closest ice cream stand. So with all the time spent driving from one place to the next it’s understandable that a [...]
Tag Archives: wildflower
Wanted: National Wildflower Week in Canada
May 3, 2011 – 3:13 pm
It is National Wildflower Week in the United States. A week (May2-8) when the mighty wildflower is praised and adored across the 51 states, whether it be the Bluebonnets of Texas, the Pasque Flower in South Dakota or the Black-Eyed Susan in Maryland. They are revered for their ability to provide essential habitat and [...]
Guerrilla on a Fencepost
March 30, 2011 – 10:58 am
Like all plant enthusiasts I am forever looking out my car window to see what is growing whether it be in my neighbours yard or roadside ditch. I remember my first spring in Barrie noticing that there was a collection of very tidy flowers planted along the Bayfield Street off-ramp. The plants were usually a collection of marigolds or whatever [...]
Cup Plant
March 17, 2011 – 8:38 am
Kicking off Plant of the Week with Bruce’s (Wildflower Farm seed cleaner and Chef extrodinaire) “SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT PLANT FOR WILDLIFE, the Cup Plant“ – Silphium perfoliatum. The Cup Plant covers all three requirements for wildlife; food, shelter and water. As the name implies the leaves of the Cup Plant join the stems to form [...]
Spring is in the Air
March 7, 2011 – 10:50 am
Spring is declared at the Wildflower Farm! Although we are still covered in a thick layer of ice and snow, now is the time we start awaking a selection of our plants from their winter slumber. With just 7 weeks until we open our store (store opens April 22, Earth Day) we are excited to [...]
Do You Have Mules in the Garden?
March 2, 2011 – 11:46 am
Acres of Purple Coneflower at Wildflower Farm One question we get at the Wildflower Farm a lot is … “why don’t my Coneflower’s or Black-eyed Susan’s fill out as much as yours do?” And our reply to that is simply … “is it a hybrid?” Many trusty natives have been hybridized to have different colours, bigger [...]
