A Plant For Every Season

Perennials are a wonderful way to create a garden with lasting colour, texture and interest. Explore sun-loving and shade-tolerant varieties, along with our new Northern Natives line and Proven Winners perennials grown by Bylands. Whether you're filling a sunny border, brightening a shady corner or creating a garden that returns year after year, you'll find plenty of options to inspire your landscape.

Support Local Wildlife

Perennials are a great way to support your local wildlife. We have a wide variety of pollinator favourites, including native plants from our Northern Natives perennial line. 

Flowering perennials like milkweed, asters, and coreopsis are pollinator favourites, while perennials that produce seeds and berries, like ornamental grasses and kinnikinic, are favourites among birds.

Perennials for the changing climate

The Okanagan Valley has one of the most unique climates in British Columbia. Its hot summers and moderate winters make it a gardener's dream. However, as our climate changes, we are experiencing hotter and drier summers and winters with low amounts of precipitation, meaning we need to adapt to ever-changing conditions. 

Watering restrictions have become a common occurrence in the summer months, and it is time to start being water-wise.  Wallflower, hostas, lavender, iris and carex grass are just a few plants you will find marked with a Water Smart or water droplet icon.

While planning your garden, it is important to make note of the specific exposure of your garden and choose plants for those areas that will grow with minimal irrigation.

Want to learn more about drought-tolerant plants and other water conservation methods? Visit Make Water Work for more information.

Make Water Work