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In the Community: What's In Bloom

In 1994, a volunteer group came together with the idea of planting native prairie grasses and flowers in a display bed on the east side of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum. Since that time, the native plant garden has provided Museum and Wascana Park visitors with the opportunity to enjoy and learn about the wildflowers found in Saskatchewan and the western Canadian prairies.

Today, tending the RSM's Native Plant Garden is in the hands of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum and Nature Regina. We hope to be able to maintain the garden for many years to come.

Visitors can help preserve the garden by staying on the paths and resisting the urge to pick plants and flowers. Below you will find some of the wildflowers that are planted in the RSM's Native Plant Garden. Please note that some bloom times may not be typical and not all wildflowers bloom each year.

Spring Bloomers
Three-Flowered Avens	Golden-Bean	Prairie Crocus	Smooth Wild Strawberry
Summer Bloomers
Harebell	Gaillardia	Northern Bedstraw	Yarrow
Giant-Hyssop	Strawberry Blite	Western Wild Bergamot	Wild Licorice
Western Red Lily	Prairie Rose	Canada Anemone	Showy Milkweed
Umbrellawort	Wild Blue Flax	Slender Beardtongue	Tufted Fleabane
Late Summer Bloomers
Prairie Coneflower	Black-Eyed Susan	Many-Flowered Aster	Rhombic-Leaved Sunflower
Purple Prairie-Clover	Meadow Blazingstar	Dotted Blazingstar	Stiff Goldenrod
Lindley's Aster

For further information contact the RSM Information Desk.

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