Annual plants complete their life cycle in a single growing season, typically from spring to fall. Here's a list of some popular annual plants that you might consider for your garden:

• Alyssum - great for edges, variety of stunning colours, bloom in spring, self seeder

• Begonias - great for partial shade, come in great shapes, sizes, colours

• Coleus - colourful foilage in a variety of patterns and hues

• Cosmos - tall with abundant blooms thru out the growing season

• Geraniums - clusters of bright colours, deadhead and more will bloom

• Impatiens - perfect for shady areas

• Marigolds - easy to grow and deter pests from the garden

• Petunias - great where splashes of colour are needed

• Sweet Alyssum - Low-growing plants with tiny, fragrant flowers in shades of white, purple, and pink 

• Sweet Potato Vine - draping foilage great for planters

• Wandering Dude - luscious green & purple foilage, use as an edge or in a planter

• Zinnias - various heights and attract pollinators, self seeder

Most are versatile plants that can be grown in containers, beds, or hanging baskets. 

Perennials are plants that live for more than two years. Perennials regrow from the same roots year after year, usually producing flowers and seeds. They can vary widely in size, shape, color, and blooming time.  Here's a list of some popular annual plants that you might consider for your garden:

• Astilbe - deeply lobed, fern-like leaves and produces tall, fluffy flower spikes 

• Black Eyed Susan - bright yellow petals with a daisy-like shape and grow on tall, sturdy stems. 

• Coreoptis - daisy-like flowers with vibrant coloured petals and leaves finely divided giving a feathery appearance.

• Coneflowers - prominent central cones, typically in shades of pink, purple, or white. 

• Hosta - large, broad leaves that come in various shades of green, blue, and variegated patterns 

• Lavender - narrow, gray-green leaves and tall spikes of purple flowers 

• Sedum - fleshy leaves and star-shaped flowers that bloom in various colors, including yellow, pink, and red. 

• Yarrow - mid height plant with feathery leaves and clusters of small flowers

Some options are self seeding and others can be divided and transplanted.

These options usually serve as great backdrops for the garden.

• Asters - New England, Smooth, Sky-Blue

• Black Eyed Susan

• Blue Vervain

• Bottlebrush Grass

• Butterfly Milkweed

• Coneflowers - Pale Purple, Purple

• Lanceleaf Coreopsis

• Little Blue Stream

• Spotted Joe Pye Weed

• Swamp Milkweed

• Woodland Sunflower

• White Yarrow

For more information on Native Plants visit Blooming Boulevards
and the Humber Arboretum

These options usually serve as great backdrops for the garden.

• Azalea

• Hibiscus

• Hydrangeas

• Liliac

• Rhododendron 

• Peony

• Roses

• Smoke Bush

• Wiegela

These options come in various shapes and sizes. 

• Boxwood

• Cedars

• Cypress

• Euronymous

• Juniper

• Yews