Perennial Plant of the Year – Toronto Gardens

Butterfly weed: One weed you want

June 15, 2012 8 Comments

Wow, wow, WOW! The pre-sunset “golden hour” lights up butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) Stopped in my tracks on the streets of East York. That’s the only way to describe my reaction to this plant just after 7 pm on Wednesday evening, and thank the photo gods for my iPhone. Capturing the last of the sunlight […]

Plants + Care

What you should know about the Perennial Plant of 2009

March 13, 2009 No Comments

This year, the Perennial Plant Association has chosen the beautiful Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’, golden Japanese fountain grass, as its Perennial Plant of the Year 2009. If you visit their site, you can download a plant sheet with the lowdown. Plants of the Year (PotYs?) have been selected through votes by PPA members, judged on criteria […]