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Native trees and plants

Our nursery  began to work on 1000's of native tree species which are immensely helping to create the balance of our environment. 

​These plant species must live within our environment and need our engagement to produce for the future. 

Mission

Our mission is  to maximize the amount of quality native trees, shrubs, grasses, perennials, aquatic plant species to support any type of planting program within Ontario.

Consistent native tree supply to meet the demand.  Helping to create diverse tree population for the tree planting programs. Also educate the community regarding the benefits of adding native plant to thier gardens and landscapes.

Our Native plant categories
Trees
shrubs
perennials

Native grasses
Native aquatic plants

Future availability

  • American basswood

  • Red maple

  • Silver maple

  • Black maple

  • Red ash

  • Eastern hemlock

  • White birch

  • Pawpaw

  • Bitternut hickory

  • American Beech

  • Black cherry

  • Black gum

  • Black Oak

  • Bur Oak

  • Cherry Birch

  • Cucumber Magnolia

  • Eastern Red bud

  • Flowering dogwood

  • Sassafras

  • Tulip tree

  • Hickory

  • Black walnut

  • American Chestnut

    Plants for moist to Wet sunny conditions

     

  • Swamp Milkweed -Asclepias incarnata

  • Bebb’s Sedge -Carex bebbii

  • Red Osier Dogwood -Cornus stolonifera

  • White Turtlehead- Chelone glabra

  • Porcupine Sedge -Carex hystericina

  • Highbush Cranberry -Viburnum trilobum

  • Spotted Joe-Pye-Weed -Eupatorium maculatum

  • Butternut Walnut -Juglans cinerea

  • Black Walnut -Juglans nigra

  • Sneezeweed -Helenium autumnale

  • Fox Sedge- Carex vulpinoidea

  • Eastern Cottonwood -Populus deltoides

  • Blue-eyed Grass -Sisyrinchium montanum

  • Riverbank Wild Rye -Elymus riparius

  • Largetooth Aspen- Populus grandidentata

  • Ohio Goldenrod -Solidago ohioensis

  • Hard-stem Bulrush -Scirpus acutus

  • Swamp White Oak -Quercus bicolour

  • Blue Vervain -Verbena hastata

  • Soft-stem Bulrush- Scirpus cyperinus

  • Bur Oak- Quercus macrocarpa

  • Tall Ironweed -Vernonia altissima

  • Prairie Cordgrass -Spartina pectinata

  • Pin Oak- Quercus palustris

  • Meadowsweet- Spiraea alba

  • Buttonbush -Cephalanthus occidentalis

  • Canada Bluejoint --Calamagrostis canadensis

  • P Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum

  • Rough-leaved -Goldenrod Solidago patula

  • Pawpaw -Asimina triloba

  • Spotted St. Johnswort -Hypericum punctatum

  • Tall Meadow Rue -Thalictrum pubescens

  • Dutchman’s Breeches -Dicentra cucullaria

  • Bitternut Hickory- Carya cordiformis

  • Michigan Lily -Lilium michiganense

  • Green-headed Coneflower -Rudbeckia laciniata

  • Silver Maple- Acer saccharinum

  • Cardinal Flower- Lobelia cardinalis

  • Nannyberry -Viburnum lentago

  • Hop Sedge- Carex lupulina

  • Red Maple -Acer rubrum

  • Great Lobelia- Lobelia siphilitica

  • Bee Balm -Monarda didyma

  • Common Elderberry- Sambucus canadensis

  • Silky Dogwood -Cornus amomu

    Plants Wet, Conditions

  • Common Milkweed -Asclepias syriaca

  • New England Aster- Aster novae-angliae

  • Indian Grass -Sorghastrum nutans

  • Wild Strawberry- Fragaria virginiana

  • Little Bluestem -Schizachyrium scoparium

  • Sweet Ox-eye -Heliopsis helianthoides

  • Kalm’s Brome -Bromus kalmii Staghorn

  • Sumac -Rhus typhina

  • Dense Blazing Star -Liatris spicata

  • Virginia Wild Rye -Elymus virginicus

  • White Birch- Betula papyrifera

  • Bottlebrush Grass -Elymus hystrix

  • Foxglove Beardtongue -Penstemon digitalis

  • Switch Grass- Panicum virgatum

  • Hawthorns -Crataegus spp.

  • White Ash -Fraxinus americana

  • Eastern White Pine -Pinus strobus

 

Plants for normal and Sunny Conditions

  • Fringed Brome -Bromus ciliatus

  • Wild Red Raspberry- Rubus idaeus

  • Canada Wild Rye- Elymus canadensis

 

Plants for Normal or Moist, Part-Shade Conditions

  • Tulip Tree -Liriodendron tulipifera

  • American Bittersweet -Celastrus scandens

  • White Spruce- Picea glauca

  • Running Strawberry Bush -Euonymus obovata

  • Witch-hazel -Hamamelis virginiana

  • White Baneberry -Actaea pachypoda

  • Hairy Solomon’s Seal- Polygonatum pubescens

  • Maple-leaved Viburnum -Viburnum acerifolium

  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit -Arisaema triphyllum

  • Bloodroot -Sanguinaria canadensis

  • Twinleaf -Jeffersonia diphylla

 

Plants for Normal or Moist, Shade Conditions

  • Sugar Maple- Acer saccharum

  • Poke Milkweed -Asclepias exaltata

  • Heart-leaved Aster -Aster cordifolius

  • Serviceberry -Amelanchier spp.

  • White Snakeroot --Eupatorium rugosum

  • Blue beech -Carpinus caroliniana

  • Large-leaved Aster -Aster macrophyllus

  • Purple Flowering Raspberry -Rubus odoratus

  • Ironwood -Ostrya virginiana

  • Canada Mayflower- Maianthemum canadense

  • Bladdernut- Staphylea trifoli

  • Wild Columbine -Aquilegia canadensis

  • Grey Dogwood -Cornus racemosa

  • American Plum- Prunus americana

  • Woodland Sunflower- Helianthus divaricatus

  • Ninebark -Physocarpus opulifolius

 

Plants do well in All Conditions

  • White Oak -Quercus alba

  • Star-flowered Solomon’s Seal -Maianthemum stellatum

  • Shagbark Hickory- Carya ovata

  • Virgin’s Bower -Clematis virginiana

  • Poverty Oat Grass -Danthonia spicata

  • Aquatic Sweet Flag -Acorus americanus

  • Blue Flag Iris -Iris versicolour

  • White Water Lily- Nymphaea odorata

  • Eastern White Cedar- Thuja occidentalis

  • Virginia Creeper- Parthenocissus quinquefolia

  • Chokeberry -Aronia melanocarpa

  • Trembling Aspen -Populus tremuloides

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