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NATIVE TREES & SHRUBS

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Most of out stock is available in sizes easily shipped by mail, that is, under 1m.
‡ This symbol indicates plants that are also available in sizes over 1m. The price is the same but you'll have to come and pick them up. Our Spring pick-up dates are April 21/22, and April 28/29, 2012 between 8am and 4pm. Please see Specials or this map to Marlbank for directions.

I am fond of houses & flowers, even vegetables & fruit trees. I like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it.
Gertrude Stein

Hamamelis virginiana
WITCH HAZEL Z4b/3m
This fascinating native produces ribbons of bright-yellow flowers after the leaves drop. The fruits then eject shiny black seeds as far as 5m. A fun bush also valued for the medicinal extracts made from its bark & leaves. Excellent hedging: see the fine examples at Ottawa's Experimental Farm.

Viburnum trilobum
HIGH-BUSH CRANBERRY Z2/2m
 Panicles of snowy white flowers & miniature maple-like leaves make this one of the most ornamental of food bushes. Easy-to-pick clusters of scarlet cranberries attract wildlife but enjoy mixed reviews as human food.

Viburnum lentago
NANNYBERRY Z3/2.5m
"A large, tree-like deciduous shrub with glossy green leaves that turn purple-red in fall. Large clusters of white flowers. Berries turn from yellowish green to red to blue-black."
The Hillier Gardener's Guide

In Norse sagas, the river of fate rises from beneath the Ash.

Staphylea trifolia
BLADDERNUT Z4b/4m ‡
Long-lasting papery seed pods hang like Chinese lanterns from the mottled green branches of this unique border shrub. Tolerates shade & rocky soils. Forms eye-catching groves.

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Luteus'
GOLDEN NINEBARK Z2b/2m
Good looking, old-fashioned native shrub once seen beside every Ontario farmhouse. Vigorous and pest-free. Exfoliating gold bark and bronzy leaves make a splash of yellow all summer. Decorative seed pods.

Speak to the earth and it shall teach you.
Job 12:8

Cornus drummondi
ROUGHLEAF DOGWOOD Z5/3-4m ‡
Large decorative southern shrub native to S.W. Ont. but hardy north. Erect, multi-branched; grows in thickets. Numerous loose flat flower clusters; white berries with red stems. Good on sandy or clay soils. Seldom offered.

Cornus alternifolia
PAGODA DOGWOOD Z3b/4m ‡
Named for its elegant form & curiously tiered branches, this hardy native seems to have sprung from an oriental garden. Miniature leaves turn both yellow & scarlet. Blue berries on bright red stalks. An understorey species, very shade tolerant.

Cornus amomum
SILKY DOGWOOD Z4/2.5m ‡
Vigorous native shrub of damp ground and open woods. Flat-topped clusters of creamy white flowers, purplish stems. Dark green leaves redden in fall setting off the bluish-white berries which are prized by wildlife. This year's specimens are particularly fine.

Cornus stolonifera
RED OSIER DOGWOOD Z2/2m ‡
Forms thickets on damp land creating a natural habitat for many birds & animals. Vigorous root growth stabilizes slopes. Dark red branches stand out vividly against snow. Open clusters of white flowers in May followed by bluish-tinged berries.

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