Black-eyed Susan is a bright golden-yellow wildflower common across Ontario. Blooming in the summer, it grows 1-3 feet tall and attracts a wide range of pollinators, especially bees and butterflies. Want to learn more about Black-eyed Susan? Visit:

• Wildflower Center – Black-eyed Susan
• Ontario Wildflowers – Black-eyed Susan 

Blue vervain is able to grow up to 6-feet tall. Uniquely, Blue Vervain grows in a spike-like shape and becomes surrounded by blue-purple flowers when blooming in the summer. These bright colours attract many pollinators including bumblebees. To learn more about Blue vervain, visit:

• Ontario Wildflowers – Blue Vervain 
• Wildflower Center – Blue Vervain

Canada anemone’s deeply lobed leaves grow atop a 1-foot tall stem. In spring, canada anemone blooms white, five-petaled flowers with a light yellow center. This plant can become quite aggressive with the native garden, growing over or pushing out other plants. To learn more about Canada anemone, visit:

• Ontario Wildflowers – Canada Anemone 
• Wildflower Center – Canada Anemone

Canada Goldenrod blooms in the summer and fall. Goldenrods are able to grow up to 2 meters tall and have small dense yellow flowers. Due to their later blooming time, goldenrods are excellent at attracting pollinators while other plant species finish flowering earlier in the year. While there are many pollinators of goldenrods, one key species is the monarch butterfly. To learn more about Canada goldenrods, visit:

• In Our Nature – Goldenrod
• Ontario Wildflowers – Goldenrod 

Common evening primrose is a biennial plant native to Ontario. In its first year, this plant forms its basal leaves and in its second year, it develops a 6-foot-tall stem with bright-yellow, four-petaled flowers. Interestingly, the evening primrose flowers open at night, hence their name. These flowers attract birds, especially hummingbirds. For more information on common evening primrose, visit:

• Wildflower Center – Common Evening Primrose
• Native Plant Gardener – Evening Primrose