The Plant Store will re-open for sales the week of May 13th, 2024 for local pickup

  • Please see the Using the Plant Library  page  for some tips on how to make the most of the information here to select species for creating a healthy native plant community suited to the conditions of your site.
  • I'm currently working on shifting the store part of this site over to more complex software that will allow for filtering by multiple plant traits and making wish lists of species you would like to order, so please bear with me when it comes to announcing the exact species offerings for 2024 (there will be lots, including some species not previously offered).
Chamaenerion angustifolium, Fireweed 

Chamaenerion angustifolium, Fireweed 

Chamaenerion angustifolium

Fireweed 

  • Sun to light shade
  • Moderatly dry to moderatly wet soil
  • 4' in height, spreading to form a patch
  • Summer Blooms
  • Ontario Native, Meadows, open woodlands and large pollinator gardens. 
  • Edible

New to my garden, the seeds for these came from the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library

Extremely show and quick to establish after disturbance, including forestfires, these can spread fairly quickly by rhizomes, forming dense colonies that could overwhelm some gardens. 

Flowers, young leaves and stems are all edible -so is the root, but they may be bitter and they require roasting from what I've read online.

Photo by kallerna - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, 

 

 

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Species that were not sown / aren't being sown for 2023 are marked with an * 
Species that are native to this continent, but not historically native to Ontario are marked with a ~ 
While it rarely comes up, I do reserve the right to limit plant quantities, mostly to help ensure that as many native plant gardens as possible become a reality
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