Seasonal
What is in season in Ontario, week by week. Scrub the year and see what arrives in the studio — when the peonies start, when the dahlias peak, what holds through November.
- 10–16
Hellebore
Downward-facing, freckled, quietly strange.
- 13–18
Tulip
Dutch carts first, local fields by late April.
- 14–21
Ranunculus
The first real colour of the season.
- 15–22
Anemone
Dark centres, papery petals, moody in arrangements.
- 19–22
Lilac
Two weeks and gone. Smells like the whole season.
- 21–26
Peony
The question everyone asks since January.
- 21–24
Iris
Bearded and unbearded, blue into near-black.
- 23–30
Sweet Pea
Fragrant, short-stemmed, worth the fuss.
- 24–34
Garden Rose
Heavy heads, old-fashioned colour, all summer.
- 26–32
Delphinium
Tall spires, strong blues, structural.
- 28–36
Lisianthus
Rose-like without the rose problems.
- 30–40
Cosmos
Papery, swaying, generous.
- 32–40
Sunflower
Late summer colour, brass-warm.
- 28–42
Zinnia
Cutting garden workhorse, keeps going until frost.
- 32–42
Dahlia
Dinner-plate heads, bruised colour, peak autumn.
- 38–44
Chrysanthemum
Garden-grown, not the grocery kind. Painterly.
- 40–48
Ornamental Kale
Foliage that holds in the cold.
- 48–08
Amaryllis
Forced indoors — the winter holdout.
- 48–05
Paperwhite
Fragrant, forced, the scent of a cold month.
- 05–12
Quince (forced)
Woody branches that bloom on the bench.