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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Amsonia - Eastern Bluestar
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.
Blue Bells - Virginia
Sapphire blue flowers on tall stems that gleam from shady spots in April and May, making them an ideal underplanting for shrubs and trees.
Butterfly Weed - Swamp
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.
Coneflower - Purple
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.
False Indigo - Blue
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..
Hemlock, Eastern
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.
Mayapple
Native woodland plant that is widespread across most of eastern North America
Poppy, Wood
Intense yellow four petaled flowers in May & June above irregularly lobed green foliage.
Serviceberry
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.
Virgins Bower
Long twining vines are covered in stunning dainty, star-like creamy white flowers from summer into fall that are lightly fragrant. Native from Ontario to Newfoundland.
Bearberry
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.
Blueberry - Wild
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.
Carolina Allspice
Unusual shrub with distinct small reddish-brown Magnolia like flowers in May. Flowers are highly aromatic and smell llike chocolate.
Coneflower, Upright Prairie - Red Midget
Long, prominent cones that give way to wide, reflexed petals in shades of deep reddish-brown, orange, and yellow.
Foam Flower - Heart Leaf
Tiny white to pinkish-white flower spikes in May & June. One of the best native plants for the shade garden.
Liatris, Gayfeather - Eastern Blazing Star
Upright spikes bearing pinkishpurple tassels in July and August. One of the best garden performers! An excellent cut flower and a magnet for butterflies, bees, rare moths and hummingbirds. Deer resistant!
Pawpaw Tree
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.
Rattlesnake Master
Luminous clusters of small, egg shaped flowerheads tightly packed with tiny greenish-white flowers. Flowers are held aloft by smooth stiff stems.
Silverbell, Carolina
Pretty white bell-shaped flowers hang in clusters in April and early May. The leaves turn shades of yellow in fall.
Wild Ginger
Tough and undemanding perennial featuring downy, heart to kidney shaped matte green leaves. In spring attractive, purplish brown cup shaped flowers hide on short stems amongst the leaves.
Black Cohosh
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.
Butterfly Weed
Bright orange fragrant flower clusters attract Monarch butterflies, which depend on this plant for their total food supply.
Cedar - White
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.
Dogwood, Flowering
Beautiful small native tree covered with showy white flower bracts in May. Develops full broadly rounded crowns and likes fertile moderately dry soils. Usually found growing naturally along the edges of forests where it receives full sun to light shade.
Geranium, Wild
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.
Little Bluestem
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.
Pine, Eastern White
Noted for its beauty, height, and historical significance. This soft, five needled pine is extremely hardy, and will tolerate fully exposed conditions.
Redbud, Eastern
Vase shaped small tree or large shrub, very open and often multistemmed. The rosy-red blooms pop out of the branches before the leaves appear. Leaves are heart-shaped and turn golden yellow in the fall. Native to southern Ontario.
Sweet Fern
Forms a mound of elongated, shiny olive green leaves, reminiscent of narrow fern fronds. Inconspicuous yellow green flowers in late spring-summer. Foliage is highly aromatic when crushed