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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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

Unusual shrub with distinct small reddish-brown Magnolia like flowers in May. Flowers are highly aromatic and smell llike chocolate.

Tiny white to pinkish-white flower spikes in May & June. One of the best native plants for the shade garden.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

A trailing, evergreen herb with white, fragrant, tubular flowers in pairs.

Pretty white bell-shaped flowers hang in clusters in April and early May. The leaves turn shades of yellow in fall.

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.