Native Plants
Native plants are a great addition to any garden. They produce flowers, fruits, and seeds throughout the year that can create a beautiful, natural look and attract wildlife such as birds, butterflies and other pollinators to your yard.
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Big Blue Stem
Flat leaves emerge gray to blue green in spring, mature to green with red tinges in summer & turn reddish bronze with lavender tones in autumn after frost. In late summer flowering stems arise bearing purplish 3-parted, finger-like flower clusters. Native to Ontario, Manitoba, Quebec & Saskatchewan.
Black Gum
Forest green, glossy, pointy leaves turn an outstanding crimson in the fall. Furrowed black bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape. One of the most spectacular and reliable fall coloring trees, turning brilliant shades of red and orange, and a very neat, pyramidal habit of growth. Native to Ontario.
Birch, Sweet
Aromatic tree with a rounded crown of spreading branches and odor of wintergreen in crushed twigs and leaves. Brownish black, cherry like scaly bark and reddish brown leaf stems. Golden yellow fall colour. Also known as Cherry Birch and Black Birch, the fermented sap can be used to make birch beer. Native to Ontario.