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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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.
Spicebush
A wonderful multi-stemmed shrub covered with fragrant yellow flowers in early spring. Highly aromatic leaves and twigs turn golden yellow in the fall. Host plant for spicebush and swallowtail butterflies. Native to Ontario.
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.
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.
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
Wood Fern - Goldie's Giant
Backward-arching, dark green to golden green fronds appear to taper abruptly near the tip. Very strudy and stately. Native to Ontario.
Sneezeweed
Clusters of daisy-like flowers with distinctive wedge-shaped, bright yellow rays and prominent, dome-like, dull yellow center disks. Flowers appear over a lengthy late summer to autumn.
Vervain, Narrowleaf
Petite, pale lavender to white flowers that bloom a few at a time. The lengthy bloom period is beneficial to many pollinators