Plants - Water For Tomorrow

Plants

Perennials have Many Advantages

They save you time, money, energy and water! Perennials only need to be purchased and planted once. These plants will return each year to make your garden beautiful, and almost all perennials are more water-efficient than annuals. Participating garden centres can help you choose. Look for the drought tolerant plant identification sign when shopping at participating garden centres.

Water Efficient Perennials

Cranesbill Geranium species	Delphinium Delphinium grandiflorum	Penstemon Penstemon species
Basket of Gold Alyssum Aurinia saxatile	Dianthus Dianthus deltoids	Peony Paeonia species
Bearded Iris Iris Germanica	Donkey Tail Spurge Euphorbia myrsinites	Pincushion Flower Scabiosa species
Blue Flax Linium perenne	False Rock Cress Aubrieta deltoids	Russian Sage Perovskia atriplicifolia
Carpathanian Bellflower Campanula carpatica	Flowering Onion Allium species	Shasta Daisy Leucanthemum superbum
Catmint Nepeta mussinii	Hens and Chicks Sempervivum species	Snow-in-summer Cerastium tomentosum
Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum articum	Hollyhock Alcea rosea	Stonecrop Sedum species
Common Thrift Armeria maritime	Lady's Mantle Alchemilla mollis	Yarrow Achillea species
Coral Bells Heuchera sanguinea	Lavender Lavandula species	Plantain Lily Hosta species
Thyme Thymus species	Lily Lilium species	Coreopsis Coreopsis species
	Moss Phlox Phlox subulata

The Water Efficient Plant List is available for download.

Native Plants

Sowing Wheat Native plants have many advantages and help increase the biodiversity of your garden.

They are low maintenance, do not need watering and do not require pesticides. You will appreciate the bounty of life native plants can bring.

Butterflies, beneficial insects and a wide variety of bird species, including hummingbirds will be frequent visitors to a garden filled with native plant species.

Native plants for sunny areas

Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta	Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis	Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum
Bottle Gentian Gentiana andrewsii	Giant Hyssop Agastache foeniculum	Showy Tick Trefoil Desmodium canadense
Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa	Lance-leaved Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata	Spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana
Evening Primrose Oenothera biennis	Wild Lupine Lupinus perennis	Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
False Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides	New England Aster Aster novae-angliae	Wild Columbine Aquilegia canadensis
	Plains Coreopsis Coreopsis tinctoria

Native plants for shady areas

Creeping Phlox Phlox stolonifera	Wild Ginger Asarum canadense	Woodland Sunflower Helianthus divaricatus
Smooth Solomon's Seal Polygonatum biflorum	Wood Aster Aster divaricatus	Zig Zag Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis
	Woodland Strawberry Fragaria vesca

The Native Plant List is available for download.