Bee Kissed Seeds

Bee Kissed Seeds Local native plant grower and seed saving company, celebrating pollinators and resilient ecosystems in the Greater Hamilton Area, Ontario beekissedseeds.ca

All seeds are eligible for shipping through Canada Post
Seedlings will be updated on the website as they become available but are only available for pick-up or delivery in the Hamilton, Ontario area

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07/22/2025

Monarch caterpillar and Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed)

Just a little bit snackish ☺

Asclepias tuberosa, Butterfly MilkweedAnother native species that feeds hundreds of pollinators
07/22/2025

Asclepias tuberosa, Butterfly Milkweed

Another native species that feeds hundreds of pollinators

07/22/2025

Hummingbird Moth and Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)

Although it can spread quite a bit, Common Milkweed is a keystone plant (a cornerstone of ecosystem health because it plays such a vital role in the food/energy chain) that should be planted in gardens wherever feasible. It smells beautiful and feeds well over 400 native insect species, including monarch caterpillars of course!

Snuggling up for the night with Asclepias incarnata (Swamp/Red Milkweed)...at least it's break time from cutting leaves ...
07/22/2025

Snuggling up for the night with Asclepias incarnata (Swamp/Red Milkweed)...at least it's break time from cutting leaves for a while 😅

Leafcutters' favourite nest bedding so far this year is from Eastern Redbud, Spicebush and Buttonbush...if your plants are being eaten, chopped up, nectared on and slept in, they are contributing to a healthy ecosystem. What you plant matters! Native insects need native plants - and we need our native insects ❤

Trying my luck with Round Headed Bush Clover *again*. These seeds are tricky to germinate: they can remain dormant for 2...
06/06/2025

Trying my luck with Round Headed Bush Clover *again*. These seeds are tricky to germinate: they can remain dormant for 20 years waiting for soil bacteria to be just right. But once established, this is a tough and valuable species.

My hunch is that once parent plants exist in the landscape, it might be easier for new seedlings to germinate (due to favourable soil conditions, as this is a legume and has tight relationships with soil microbes!)

Lespedeza capitata is drought-tolerant and a host for over 14 species of lepidoptera (probably more) and LOTS of bees. Looks great all winter and leaves are like thick, plush velvet. A beautiful plant...fingers crossed for success! Hoping to add these seeds to the Bee Kissed Seeds collection in the next few years!

Seedling ID photos for 2025 are ready! When I first started growing Ontario native plants from seeds, I realized it woul...
06/04/2025

Seedling ID photos for 2025 are ready! When I first started growing Ontario native plants from seeds, I realized it would be a long process to learn what each species looks like when it is a baby plant. But having the opportunity to grow plants from seeds and get to know them at all phases of their life cycle is one of the great joys and wonders of gardening and feeling close to the land. Then, when you spot a random seedling in the landscape, you can know who it will grow up to be and can move it to its best place in the garden if needed! Hopefully this year's germination photos might be helpful along someone else's own native plant germination journey!

Starting off with Prairie Smoke - since it always sells out so quickly and I will be happily adding 20 new plants to my small (but mighty) ecosystem this year :)


The only option making sense...thank you for fighting for transparency, fairness and trust in
02/25/2025

The only option making sense...thank you for fighting for transparency, fairness and trust in

The harvest has begun! Sedges are not so important for pollinators but make excellent groundcovers and grass alternati...
07/19/2024

The harvest has begun! Sedges are not so important for pollinators but make excellent groundcovers and grass alternatives. They are also an important for lots of butterfly and moth caterpillars!

Photos include:

1. Common Wood Sedge - grows literally anywhere but looks best with part shade and extra moisture. Likes a late spring haircut (cut anytime it looks a little shabby and it comes back nice and green again)

2 and 3. Ivory/Bristle Leaved Sedge - a little slow getting started but will clump to infinity and beyond once it gets to about 3 or 4 years old. A real beauty under trees in dry shade. Sells out fast every year, but the harvest will continue into the fall so quantities are updated as they become available :)

4 and 5. Fringed Sedge - loves wet feet and part to full sun. A real elegant beauty. A little trickier to start from seed. Needs solid cold, moist stratification for at least 60 days.

6. Common Bur Sedge - A very neat looking sedge that also loves moisture. A little slow to start from seed but eventually forms colonies in sun and full shade!



Thank you for planting for nature ❤

Ziza aurea, Golden AlexandersGreat for dry shade, moist shade, moist sun...thrives and grows well from seed in many plac...
06/02/2024

Ziza aurea, Golden Alexanders
Great for dry shade, moist shade, moist sun...thrives and grows well from seed in many places! Beautiful foliage all season, relatively early bloom time and larval food of swallowtail butterfly caterpillars.

A new addition to the seed store for 2024!
Coming soon ❤

Ugly picture alert! Thanks for reading!Scrubby lawn area got you down? Shrink it! This area used to have an above ground...
03/20/2022

Ugly picture alert! Thanks for reading!

Scrubby lawn area got you down? Shrink it! This area used to have an above ground pool on it. The soil has a lot of sand in it and it's overuse as a dog run makes it hard for lawn to grow. Lawn doesn't do a whole lot for nature anyway. Some lawn is useful, but we way overdo lawn monocultures. Our world could be much healthier if we planted "productive gardens" that support nature instead of our water, fertilizer, herbicide greedy turf lawns (not to mention all the fossil fuel and electricity that goes into their maintenance). - - - End of rant!

This past week the area was sheet mulched using alternating carbon-rich and nitrogen-rich layering. Native wildflower and grass seeds that will thrive here are undergoing winter stratification and will love growing in this brand new, no-digging-needed garden! Can't wait to share before and after pictures!

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For more details on how to sheet mulch and its MANY environmental benefits, visit beekissedseeds.ca link in bio! :D

It is getting a little late this winter to stratify Ontario native plant seeds to have seedlings ready for this spring a...
03/12/2022

It is getting a little late this winter to stratify Ontario native plant seeds to have seedlings ready for this spring and summer. But there is still time for milkweed species!! They only need about 30 days, although they can be cold, moist stratified for up to 60 days. If you start other seeds now, the seedlings will be ready for planting this fall.

Bee Kissed Seeds is a Southern-Ontario based native plant seed company. We have been growing pollinator gardens in urban...
02/26/2022

Bee Kissed Seeds is a Southern-Ontario based native plant seed company. We have been growing pollinator gardens in urban neighbourhoods and helping with landscape naturalization and restoration projects for the past ten years.

We are excited to announce the launch of our website beekissedseeds.ca so that we can connect with more people who are passionate about planting gardens that support nature and biodiversity.

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