Perennial Planting
Hardy, Manitoba-tested perennials chosen for your light, soil, and goals — from low-maintenance ground cover to seasonal colour that comes back every year.
Gardening Services in Winnipeg, MB
Perennial, shrub, and annual flower planting plus flower bed refreshes — the lighter planting side of D&J, in Winnipeg yards since 2005.
What D&J Does
Owner Dave Remillard has been working Winnipeg yards out of Windsor Park for over 21 years. The Gardening side of D&J is the practical planting and softscape work — the kind of job that wakes a tired bed up, creates a cleaner planting area, or makes a front yard feel more finished.
We come out, talk through what fits your light and soil, source the plants and materials, and get the work done cleanly. That can mean planting in existing beds, refreshing tired flower beds, or building a practical new garden bed when the yard needs a defined planting area.
What we do:
- Perennial planting — Zone 3 hardy varieties chosen for your light and soil
- Shrub planting in existing beds — sized and spaced to grow into the yard
- Annual flower planting — planters, borders, and seasonal colour after frost
- Flower bed refresh — tidy, weed, replant, and deadhead to bring beds back to life
- Garden bed installation — new or expanded planting areas with soil prep, edging, plants, and mulch where appropriate
- Plant sourcing — we pick up healthy stock from local nurseries we trust
What lives on the landscaping side:
- Large decorative rock installations
- Major tear-out of overgrown cedars and full yard rebuilds
- Hardscape work such as patios, retaining walls, paving stone, or brick work
- Grading, drainage, or structural site work
Our Gardening Services
Each service is offered on its own or bundled with a flower bed refresh — whatever fits your yard.
Shrub Planting
New shrubs added to existing beds — sized and spaced so they look right today and grow into your yard tomorrow.
Annual Flower Planting
Seasonal colour for planters, beds, and borders — sourced fresh each spring, planted after frost, and set up to bloom all summer.
Flower Bed Refresh
Tidy, weed, deadhead, and replant where needed — the fastest way to make an existing bed feel new again without a full rebuild.
Garden Bed Installation
New or expanded planting areas with practical bed layout, soil prep, edging, plants, mulch, and final cleanup for Winnipeg yards.
Frequently Asked Questions
Real questions Winnipeg homeowners ask before booking a planting job with D&J.
When is the best time to plant perennials, shrubs, and annuals in Winnipeg?
Different windows for different work. Perennials and shrubs go in best from mid-May through June, once the ground is workable and the last frost has passed, or late August through September, when cooler temperatures help roots establish before winter. Annuals wait until after the May long weekend — Winnipeg can still drop below freezing into mid-May, and one cold night will kill a flat of fresh petunias. Book early for spring; the planting season here is short.
What perennials hold up best in Winnipeg yards?
Hardy varieties rated to Zone 3 are what we lean on — daylilies, hostas, peonies, sedums, coneflowers, and tall garden phlox all reliably come back year after year through Manitoba winters. For shadier spots we use ferns, bleeding heart, and hostas. We pick plants based on your light, soil, and how much maintenance you want — low-fuss ground cover for a busy household, or showier blooms if you’re after summer colour.
Can D&J replace plants in my existing beds without redoing the whole bed?
Yes — straight planting work is one of the simplest jobs we do. If your beds are in good shape and you just want some perennials swapped, a few new shrubs added, or fresh annuals for the season, we’ll come out, talk through what fits, source the plants, and get them in the ground. No tear-out, no rebuild — just clean planting work in beds that already exist.
Do you do bed installation, mulch, and decorative rock too?
Yes — we can handle practical garden bed installation as part of the Gardening/softscaping side when the project is a new or expanded planting area with soil prep, plants, edging, and mulch. Larger projects with decorative rock, major tear-out, grading, or heavier rebuild work may need to be scoped differently after we look at the yard.
How much does a planting job typically cost?
Smaller than a full landscape rebuild. A simple flower bed refresh with a tray of annuals or a handful of new perennials usually lands in the low hundreds. Larger jobs — replacing a row of shrubs, installing or expanding a garden bed, or restocking a tired perennial garden — climb from there depending on plant count, soil prep, edging, mulch, and cleanup. We always come out, look at your beds, and quote a fixed price before any work starts.
Ready to Bring Your Beds Back to Life?
Tell us a bit about your yard and we’ll come take a look. Free, no-pressure estimates — we reply within one business day.