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Trees

Trees are a valuable part of the landscape. They provide food and shelter for birds and pollinators, and are a great source of shade. They can be used as focal points, privacy hedges, wind breaks or to naturalize an area.

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Birch, Himalayan

Birch, Himalayan

Prized for its brilliant and exceptionally white bark, a lovely addition to the landscape. On young trees, bark is reddish brown but turns to its characteristic white colour as the tree gets older.

Catalpa, Northern

Catalpa, Northern

Dark green heart shaped leaves are accompanied by distinct white blooms featuring yellow stripes and purple spots inside. Flowers in late Spring with narrow fruit pods ripening in Fall.

Cedar - Europe Gold

Cedar - Europe Gold

Golden-green foliage grows in dense vertical sprays, turning a gorgeous bronze-gold in winter. Upright narrow conical habit, similar to that of an emerald.

Chestnut - Horse

Chestnut - Horse

Attractive large shade or street tree with showy spires of white

flowers and distinctive, handshaped shiny, green, compound

leaves.  Foliage takes on a reddishbrown hue in Fall.

Fir, Fraser

Fir, Fraser

Dark green flat needles have rounded tips and a silvery underside, cones stand upright and turn pink as they ripen.

Maple, Japanese

Maple, Japanese

Graceful deciduous tree displaying maple-like leaves which hold excellent green, red-purple, or red-purple and green color. Foliage makes an outstanding contrast. Brilliant red fall color.

Pawpaw Tree

Pawpaw Tree

A small native tree with a short trunk and spreading branches.  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. Native to Ontario.

Serviceberry

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.

Spruce, Colorado Blue

Spruce, Colorado Blue

Beautiful blue pyramidal tree with rigid tiered branches that are densely covered with stiff blue needles.

Birch, Paper

Birch, Paper

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. 

Cedar - Eastern Red

Cedar - Eastern Red

Pyramidal in form. Brown bark exfoliates in strips adding interest to the landscape. Makes an excellent windbreak and is easily sheared. Extremely tough juniper that grows well in rocky dry areas. Native to Ontario & Quebec.

Cedar - Pyramidal

Cedar - Pyramidal

Narrow pyramidal, formal outline. Softtextured, bright green foliage. Good low-maintenance hedge or screen. Great as a specimen plant or for narrow hedges.

Dawn Redwood

Dawn Redwood

Ancient tree that knew the dinosaurs but is well-suited to modern landscape plantings. Thought to be extinct until the 1940’s. Dawn Redwood is a deciduous conifer producing small, round cones. It has a neat pyramidal shape in youth, maturing into a more rounded crown. The bright green, feathery leaves turn orange-brown or reddish-brown in the fall before falling off for the winter.

Katsura Tree

Katsura Tree

Understory tree with a dense, rounded grown for its beautiful shape and its attractive foliage. Round-oval leaves emerge reddish purple in spring, mature to medium green with a slight bluish tinge in summer & turn shades of gold, orange and red in fall.

Mulberry, Red

Mulberry, Red

Small native tree understory tree , it has flaky reddish brown bark and coarsely toothed leaves that may be either simple of lobed. Fruit is juicy and edible, resembling a blackberry and are eagerly consumed by birds and wildlife. Native to Ontario.

Pine,  Eastern White

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.

Serviceberry - Autumn Brilliance

Serviceberry - Autumn Brilliance

Covered in stunning clusters of white flowers in early spring before the leaves emerge. Blooms are followed by purplish black berries from late spring into early summer. Attracts birds & pollinators to the garden. Fruit is often used in jams and jellies.

Sycamore, American

Sycamore, American

Fast growing large native tree that can live for 400 years. its mottled, whitewashed bark and the golf ball shaped seed formations which hang from its branches all winter provide additional interest

Birch, River - Heritage

Birch, River - Heritage

Prized for its incredible peeling bark! Salmon-cream to brown at first it exfoliates to reveal a creamy -white inner bark. Absolutely gorgeous! Diamond shaped bright green leaves with serrated edges deepen to dark green before turning pale yellow in fall.

Cedar - Emerald

Cedar - Emerald

Perfectly pyramidical bright green cedar that does not have to be sheared to hold its shape. Makes an excellent hedging plant that holds its colour well through winter.

Cedar - White

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

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.

Kentucky Coffee Tree

Kentucky Coffee Tree

Subtle panicles of lightly-scented white pea-like flowers hanging below the branches in late spring. Rough, dark brown bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape. A stately large shade tree with massive yet delicate multiply compound leaves. 

Oak, Chinkapin

Oak, Chinkapin

Large, rounded, open tree with lustrous, chestnut-like leaves, that turn yellow to orange shades in fall. Notable for its shaggy bark, and its shiny, green leaves with shallow teeth that turn upwards at the tip and have a tiny projection at each tip.

Redbud, Eastern

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.

Silverbell, Carolina

Silverbell, Carolina

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

Tulip Tree

Tulip Tree

Native Carolinian tree with distinct bright green leaves that turn to a soft golden yellow in the fall. Tulip shaped flowers of green/ yellow/orange in May.

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