Open clusters of star-shaped, white throated pale blue flowers

in late spring to early summer.  Graceful willow shaped bright

green leaves are very slender and take on a golden hue in fall.

Striking all summer long, a beautiful native perennial with deep green, finely divided foliage enhanced by gracefully arching wands of fragrant white flowers in late summer and fall.

Short in stature, and spreads by underground stems. A mature planting can form a dense ground cover. Leaves are glossy blue-green in summer, turning purple in the fall. The sweet, small dark blue berries are used in preserves and pies and are high in antioxidants.

Beautiful clusters of mauve-pink flowers that smell like vanilla. Swamp milkweeds are choice nectar plants for numerous butterfly species, especially the Monarch which depends on ascelpias for their total food supply.

An impressive addition to the late summer garden. Bold clumps of erect stems are topped for long periods of time with large flowers. Showy dark purple cone-like centres are skirted by purple petals.

Dense, pyramidal evergreen noted for having the small needles and cones. Flat sprays of lacy evergreen foliage give this tree a graceful form. Lower branches often dip toward the ground. Thick and ridged bark on mature trees is red-brown to gray-brown.

Beautiful mounding fern with delicate bright green, dense, lacy looking fronds. Great candidate for shady woodland gardens. Native to Ontario. Easy to grow preferring rich, medium to wet, welldrained soil. Will tolerate sun with adequate moisture.

Clusters of nodding, narrowly bell shaped pale yellow flowers in mid to late spring that are slightly twisted. Flowers are followed by a three-lobed fruit that rests on the leaves.

Dark green summer foliage tends to droop and gives the tree a sleepy appearance. Unmistakable purplish flowers in mid April are followed by delicious edible fruit in fall that’s high in vitamins A and C.

Five petaled flower with a rich wine-red colour and a white eye

that closes each evening. Upward facing flowers, blooms all

summer!

Dainty nodding shell pink, bell shaped flowers adorn the ends of the branches in mid spring. Abundance of magnificent red berries from late summer to late fall. Evergreen. Also known as Kinninnick. Native to Ontario and most of Canada.

Unique for its 4 sided twigs and loose, scaly maturing bark. Rare species of ash tree. 

Compact & densely branched it is noted for its yellow trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in panicles, dark green leaves.  Dark glossy green leaves turn shades of yellow to orange and sometimes red in the fall.

Native white cedar often called hedging or swamp cedar, although prefers dry sites! Makes an excellent hedging plant that holds its colour well through winter and tolerates shearing well.

Excellent choice for sunny gardens. Plants form a tall, bushy clump of grey-green foliage, with long spikes of pea-like flowers, in shades of violet-blue..

Boasts loosely branched clusters of tiny, fluffy intense purple finely petaled flowers in late summer & early summer. Blooms give way to fluffy seed clusters that are devoured by the birds.

Neat clump forming perennial grass noted for its blue summer foliage and bright fall colours. Excellent for massing or naturalizing as a ground cover. Native from Ontario west to British Columbia and east to Nova Scotia.

Delicate in both flower & leaf. Covered in dense flattened clusters of small white flowers dotted with lavender tones. Erect, many branched aromatic perennial adorned with narrow toothless gray-green leaves that exude a minty fragrance when crushed.

Tiny yellow flowers, enclosed by white papery bracts, often mistaken for petals are clustered at the top of erect stems.

Luminous clusters of small, egg shaped flowerheads tightly packed with tiny greenish-white flowers. Flowers are held aloft by smooth stiff stems.

Features chalk white peeling bark and golden fall colour; a great accent tree, and one of the best for winter value. On young trees, bark is reddish brown but turns to its characteristic white colour as the tree gets older. 

Sapphire blue flowers on tall stems that gleam from shady spots in April and May, making them an ideal underplanting for shrubs and trees. 

Bright orange fragrant flower clusters attract Monarch butterflies, which depend on this plant for their total food supply.

Very pale purple to pink blossoms in early summer and provides nectar for hummingbirds and butterflies

Pink to lilac, saucershaped, upward facing, 5-petaled flowers in spring on this clump-forming, native woodland perennial which typically occurs in woods, thickets and shaded roadside areas. 

Boasting loose, terminal clusters of light blue to purple, bell-shaped flowers on sprawling stems from mid spring to early summer. Excellent for the shaded rock garden or as a shady groundcover.

Native woodland plant that is widespread across most of eastern North America

Flower scapes tower above the grass-like green foliage & bear an umbrella shaped clusters of starry pink pendant flowers during summer.

Noted for its beauty, height, and historical significance. This soft, five needled pine is extremely hardy, and will tolerate fully exposed conditions.

Lovely white flowers cover this small tree or shrub in spring followed by edible red berries that are high in vitamins and are loved by birds. Leaves turn brilliant shades of oranges and reds in fall. Native to Ontario.