Previous FireSmart Plants of the Month

Browse through an archive of past fire-resistant plants of the month. To check out the current plant of the month, visit this page. Have a question? Please reach out to asklandscaping@FireSmartBC.ca

Bulbs

Close-up of purple iris flowers in bloom.

Bearded Iris

Iris x germanica

yellow flowers

Daylily

Hemerocallis hybrids

Ornamental Grasses

Blue sedge

Sedges

Perennials and Biennials

yellow flowers

Basket-of-Gold

Aurinia saxatilis

a bouquet of flowers

Blanket Flower

fire-resistant perennial Green leaves emerge and quickly turn to burgundy tones.

Bonfire Cushion Spurge

Euphorbia polychroma ‘Bonfire’

green vegetation

Emerald Gaiety Wintercreeper

Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety'

field of clover

White Dutch Clover

Trifolium repens

yarrow, a colourful plant

Yarrow

Shrubs

A yellow forsythia plant

Forsythia

Bear berry

Kinnickinnick

fire-resistant shrub provides an amazing contrast in the garden with its almost black foliage.

Laced up Elder

aka Sambucus nigra ‘Laced Up’

white flowers

Mock Orange

Philadelphus x virginalis

Branches of a plant covered in white flowers

Nanking Cherry

aka Prunus tomentosa

Rose Glow Japanese Barberry

Rose Glow Japanese Barberry

aka Berberis thunbergii var. atropurpurea ‘Rose Glow’

berries

Saskatoon

aka Serviceberry or Amelanchier alnifolia

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