Shelley's Native Plants

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Explore Ontario's native plants — click any card to learn more.

Anise Hyssop Ontario Native

Anise Hyssop

Agastache foeniculum

blue to purple
Perennial
2-4 feet
Full sun / part shade
Average to moderately dry
Yes

A pollinator magnet! Native bees, butterflies, hummingbirds. Birds will eat seeds from dead flower heads

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Canada Columbine Ontario Native

Canada Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

red and yellow
Perennial
12-24"
Full sun / part shade
Average to dry
Yes

Hummingbirds and bumblebees love it!

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Foxglove Beardtongue Ontario Native

Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis

white
Perennial
24-36"
Full sun / part shade
Average to dry
Yes

Pollinator magnet, especially native bees!

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Great Blue Lobelia Ontario Native

Great Blue Lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

blue to purple
Perennial
24-36"
Full sun / part shade
Average to moderately wet
Yes

Hummingbird and pollinator magnet!

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Hairy Beardtongue Ontario Native

Hairy Beardtongue

Penstemon hirsutus

mauve and white
Perennial
18-24"
Full sun / full shade
Moderately dry to moderately wet
Yes

Pollinator magnet, especially native bees!

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Prairie Smoke Ontario Native

Prairie Smoke

Geum triflorum

red to pink
Perennial
12"
Full sun / part shade
Average to dry
Yes

An early blooming flower for pollinators

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Sky Blue Aster Ontario Native

Sky Blue Aster

Symphyotrichum oolentangiense

light purple
Perennial
24-36"
Full sun / part shade
Average to dry
Yes

A magnet for Monarch butterflies and other insects in the fall

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Wild Bergamot Ontario Native

Wild Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

mauve-pink
Perennial
23-48"
Full sun / part shade
Average to dry
Yes

Pollinator & hummingbird magnet!

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Yellow Giant Hyssop Ontario Native

Yellow Giant Hyssop

Agastache nepetoides

cream, greenish-white
Perennial
3-6 feet
Full sun / part shade
Average to moist
Yes

Attracts native bees and other insects. Birds love seeds from dead flower heads

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