Native-to-Ontario Perennials
Here at The Country Basket Garden Centre we carry many Native-to-Ontario perennial plants. Below you will find a list of many varieties but please note;
*we may not carry all the plants listed, all the time*.
For best availability we recommend you stop in late April or early May. Also, you can always contact us to place an order and we'll do our best to source your desired product.
Native-to-Ontario Perennials
Asters - we may carry a variety of native asters and cultivars in mid-to-late summer
- Aster, Heart-leaved (Aster cordifolius) - light purple-blue blooms in late summer to fall
- Aster, Purple-stemmed (Symphyotricum puniceum) - purple fall bloomer tolerates wet soil
- Aster, Stoke's (Stokesia taevis) - summer-blooming native to eastern US and Canada; purple or white cultivars
- Aster, White Wood (Aster divaricatus) - clouds of small white daily-like blooms in fall
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) - long-blooming sunflower-like yellow flowers with brown centres
Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) - not a true grass; violet-blue flowers open on sunny days
Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor) - purple spring flowers above upright strappy leaves, tolerates wet soil
Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata) - tall blue-flowered plant blooms late summer into fall, tolerates wet soil
Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis) - spikes of purple flowers attract pollinators, late spring into summer
Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) - an upright grass
Blazing Star (Liatris spicata) - upright towers of purple flowers in the summer
Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) - a groundcover with white flowers in spring, red berries later
Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) - orange-flowered flower that attracts butterflies!
Canada Anemone (Anemone sylvestris) - spring-blooming white woodland flower
Canadian Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) - clusters of yellow blooms feed pollinators, late summer into fall
Canada Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) - spring blooming red/yellow woodland flower
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) - spikes of red flowers in summer, tolerates wet grass
Carex pensylvanica - low growing shade-tolerant grass, good for dry shade
Coneflower - we carry many Echinacea cultivars plus varieties native to Canada
- Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) yellow, back-tilted rays of petals on tall lobe-leafed plants
- Gray-headed Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) - green cones in yellow flowers change to dark brown
- Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida) - drooping petals on tall stems, attracts butterflies
- Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) - a long-blooming flower that attracts butterflies
Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum) - tall, long-blooming spikes of white flowers attract butterflies, bees
Dense Blazing Star (Liatris spicata) - upright plumes of fluffy purple flowers in summer, attracts butterflies
Downy Skullcap (Scutellaria incana) - clusters of blue tubular flowers top these North American native plants
False Blue Indigo (Baptisia australis) - spikes of purple flowers in summer
Ferns - we carry a variety of native ferns including Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
Harebells (Campanula rotundifolia) - nodding blue summer flowers for full sun
Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureum) - a pollinator magnet
Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana) - pink and white cultivars
Prairie Smoke (Geum triflorum) - a wispy-flowered full-sun prairie flower
Sundrops (Oenothera) - yellow flower blooms in summer
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) - narrow leafed, pink flowered butterfly magent
Sweetgrass Hierochloe odorata) - fragrant grass that grows in sun or shade, tolerates wet areas
Tiarella cordifolia (Foamflower) - shade tolerant groundcover with spikes of white spring flowers
Tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) - sun-loving yellow flowers in summer
Trilliums (Trillium grandifolia) - white trilliums are the provincial flower of Ontario
Turtlehead (Chelone glabra) - cultivars of this late-blooming shade-tolerant white/pink flower
Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) - bright blue spring woodland flowers
Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) - vigorous vine that turns brilliant red in fall
Wild Ginger (Asarum canadensis) - broad-leafed shade-tolerant groundcover
Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) - low growing evergreen groundcover with red berries
Woodland Phlox (Phlox divericata) - spring-blooming purple/blue flower that prefers shade
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