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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, 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. 

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 - Degroots Spire

Cedar - Degroots Spire

Striking accent plant with a narrow, columnar form and rich green twisted foliage. It retains its attractiveness with age.

Cedar - North Pole

Cedar - North Pole

Features a narrow upright columnar habit that is perfect for those narrow sites.

Dogwood - Pagoda

Dogwood - Pagoda

Beautiful small native tree covered with fragrant showy white flowers in the spring

Fir - Canaan

Fir - Canaan

Stately fir that boasts dense, dark green to bluish fragrant foliage. With excellent needle retention, it is a sought after choice for Christmas trees

Hawthorn, Toba

Hawthorn, Toba

Toba Hawthorn features showy clusters of white flowers with pink overtones held atop the branches in mid spring.

Pawpaw Tree

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.

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.

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 - Black

Cedar - Black

Similar to white cedar but with darker green foliage. Makes an excellent hedging plant that holds its colour well through winter and tolerates shearing well

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 - Thin Man

Cedar - Thin Man

Great choice for screens and to define property lines where the width of most cedars would pose a problem. Thin man naturally grows narrow and tall and can be sheared down to make a very thin hedge.

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.

Fir - Fraser

Fir - Fraser

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

Hawthorn, Washington

Hawthorn, Washington

A thorny, deciduous tree in the rose family with beautiful June flowers.

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.

Spruce - Serbian

Spruce - Serbian

Glossy, dark green needles with slender streaks of white and distinctive purple cones. Graceful upswept branches on a tall, slender form.

Birch, Sweet

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.

Cedar - Cheer Drops

Cedar - Cheer Drops

Bright green fragrant foliage in a unique tear drop habit. Perfect for creating shorter, wider hedges and wind breaks, or as a specimen plant.

Cedar - Jantar

Cedar - Jantar

Invigorating, cheerful yellow foliage on this narrow upright pyramidal grower. More branches leading to a denser appearance than most yellow cedars. As the cooler weather approaches the golden leaves take on a mellow orange to amber hue.

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.

Fir - Balsam

Fir - Balsam

Symmetrical spire-like crown, shining dark green color, and spicy fragrance have make it a favorite for Christmas trees.

Ginko Biloba

Ginko Biloba

Distinctive two-lobed, somewhat leathery, fan-shaped, rich green leaves with diverging veins. Leaves turn bright yellow in fall.

Hemlock, Eastern

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.

Seven-Son Flower - Temple of Bloom

Seven-Son Flower - Temple of Bloom

Smothered in large clusters of fragrant white flowers that draw pollinators in late Summer. After the blooms disappear the fan-like red bracts are revealed.

Spruce, Colorado Blue

Spruce, Colorado Blue

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

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