Lawn and garden buying guide for Canada

Plant choices start with your hardiness zone. Natural Resources Canada publishes Canada's plant hardiness zone map; check your zone and your area's last spring frost date before buying seeds or perennials.

Yard equipment should match your space. Cordless mowers and blowers suit most small and medium lots, while deep, heavy snow at the end of a long driveway is a job for a two-stage snow blower rather than a single-stage one.