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Choose indigenous plants suited to the plant hardiness zone.

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Our recommendations :

  1. Although soil texture and pH can be corrected, it is generally simpler to choose plants that are adapted to the soil type and climate, to reduce resource use and the amount of garbage that gets sent to landfill. To determine your plant hardiness zone, check the Natural Resources Canada atlas(@SIDLEE: Insert link). Local or indigenous plants are better suited to local climate conditions (temperature, ground frost, precipitation, snow, wind). This makes them stronger and easier to maintain, and they need less watering. Plants can generally adapt to slightly warmer zones, but they may not survive winter in a colder zone unless they are wrapped and mulched to withstand the cold.
  2. Choose perennials over annuals. They have a much longer life cycle and you can divide mature plants. Your flower borders will change and develop from year to year and all you’ll have to do is maintain them.