These are the plants we currently grow.  Please note that some are available only in certain seasons.  Contact us if you are looking for something specific.
"100-Mile" means the plant grows within a 100 mile radius of the nursery. 


Acer rubrum (Red Maple)     100 Mile

Description: Tree to 25m; blooms early spring; usually good range of fall colours

Natural Habitat: Woodland and swamps.  Adaptable to a wide rage of soils

Where to Use: Specimen tree or in mixed plantings. 

Our seedlings are grown from local seed sources.

Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple)     100 Mile

Description:  Tree to 30m+; very fast growing but long lived; usually yellow fall colour

Natural Habitat: Prefers moist soils and will tolerate seasonal flooding

Where to Use:  Naturalizing in moist areas; good shade tree but can be messy with wind and ice damage; roots can spread aggressively so avoid areas with drains

Prune young trees carefully to avoid split trunks when older.

Actaea rubra (Red Baneberry)    100 Mile

Description: H60cm, W60cm; white flowers in spring followed by bright red berries in summer

Natural Habitat: Part/full shade in woodland soils

Where to Use: Woodland soils, Shade garden, Border with shade

Combinations: Ferns, Tiarella (Foam Flower), Hepatica, Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides), Medeola (Cucumber Root), Asarum (Wild Ginger), Maple-leaved Viburnum

Actaea pachypoda (Doll's Eyes)     100 Mile

Description: H60cm, W60cm; white flowers in spring followed by white berries with black dots ("eyes") in late summer

Natural Habitat: Part/full shade in woodland soils

Where to Use: Woodland soils, Shade garden, Border with shade

Combinations: Ferns, Tiarella (Foam Flower), Hepatica, Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides), Medeola (Cucumber Root), Asarum (Wild Ginger), Maple-leaved Viburnum

Description: H30-60cm, W60cm; medium green, lacy foliage

Natural Habitat: Part/full shade in a protected spot, Cool, moist woods

Where to Use: Woodland soils, evenly moist; Good background for low flowering plants

Combinations: Other ferns, Tiarella (Foam Flower), Arisaema (Jack-in-the-pulpit), Medeola (Cucumber Root), Asarum (Wild Ginger)

Agastache foeniculum (Anise Hyssop) 100 Mile

Description: H90cm, W60cm; blue/lavender spikes; late summer

Natural Habitat: Full/part sun; Dry woodland edges, Prairie

Where to Use: Prairie, Meadow, Perennial Border; Drought tolerant; Attracts butterflies/hummingbirds; Licorice-flavoured leaves; allow to self seed

Combinations: Asclepius tuberosa (Butterfly Weed), Asters, Baptisia (False Indigo), Coreopsis, Echinacea, Monarda (Bee Balm), Penstemon digitalis, Ratibida (Coneflower), Rudbeckia, Grasses

Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion) 100 Mile

Description: H30-40cm W30cm (clumps); pink nodding umbels; summer

Natural Habitat: Full sun, well-drained rocky areas with average soils; Prairie

Where to Use: Rock garden, Prairie, Meadow, Perennial border, Deep containers; Seed heads are ornamental after blooms

Combinations: Coreopsis (Tickseed), Sisyrinchium (Blue-eyed Grass), Antennaria (Pussytoes), Rudbeckia, Gaillardia (Blanket Flower), Pycnanthemum (Mountain Mint), Zizia (Golden Alexanders)

Allium schoenoprasum (Chives) Naturailzed in ON

Description: H40cm, W30cm (clumps); purple/pink blooms in June

Where to Use: Sun/Part sun; Vegetable garden, perennial border, containers

Edible leaves and flowers; to propagate, divided clumps or let flowers go to seed.

Amsonia jonesii (Jones' Bluestar)  Colorado/Utah

Description: H30cm. This species is native to dry, sandy soils of the American southwest, but is hardy to Zone 5.  Light blue flowers appear in spring. 

Where to Use: Sun; Grow in the Rock Garden or Troughs with very well-drained soil.  The plant may be slow to start, but it eventually becomes a semi-shrubby plant with good fall colour. Hardy to Zone 4

(Photo credit: Steve Law)

Amsonia tabernaemontana (Bluestar) EAST N.A.

Description: H90cm, W90cm; light blue; spring

Natural Habitat: Moist woods; range of soils

Where to Use: Part shade/sun (with moisture); Woodland edge, Perennial border, Background for later flowers (foliage resembles a shrub and turns yellow in autumn); mulch in summer

Combinations: In sun ? Aclepias (Butterfly Weed), Baptisia (False Indigo), Rudbeckia, Thalictrum (Meadow Rue), Chasmanthium (Northern Sea Oats); In part shade ? Aquilegia (Columbine), Ferns, Geranium (Cranesbills), Sedges

Anaphalis margaritacea (Pearly Everlasting) 100 Mile

Description: H60cm, W30cm; white papery clusters with yellow centres; late summer

Natural Habitat: Full sun, average to poor soils, Meadows, Dry/open clearings

Where to Use: Meadow, Prairie, Rock garden, Under shrubs; Attracts butterflies; Gray-green foliage forms good contrast; Flowers dry well

Combinations: Grasses, Asclepius (Butterfly Weed), Monarda fistulosa (Wild bergamot), Gaillardia (Blanket Flower), Echinacea (Pink Coneflower), Agastachei (Anise Hyssop) 

Anemone canadensis (Canada Anemone)     100 Mile

Description: H40cm, spreading mat; White; spring

Natural Habitat: Sun/Part sun; Meadows, moist clearings, river banks and lake shores; can form large colonies

Where to Use: Ground cover in naturalized sites, stabilizing ditches, woodland edge; can be an aggressive spreader in good soils so avoid in perennial beds

Anemone caroliniana (Carolina Anemone)  Midwest USA

Description: H30cm, White/pink/purple flowers in early spring.  The plants grow from a tuberous root that create small colonies.  Native to the midwestern prairies in dry/well-drained soils. 

Anemone cylindrica (Thimbleweed) 100 Mile

Description: H80cm, W30cm; greenish white flowers followed by showy seed heads; summer

Natural Habitat: Full/Part sun, Moist meadows, Woodland edges, Clearings

Where to Use: Meadow, Prairie, Naturalized areas

Anemone multifida (Cutleaf Anemone)   Western N.A.

Description: H50cm, W30cm; pink/white; spring

Where to Use: Sun/Part sun; Rock garden, Meadow garden, Perennial border.  Hardy to Zone 3

Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem) 100 Mile

Description: H90-130cm, W90-120cm; Grass ? dark green in summer turning tan/red/orange in autumn with silvery seed heads.

Natural Habitat: Full sun; well drained Prairie soils

Where to Use: Prairie, Perennial border, Mass grouping in clumps

Combinations: Sorghastrum (Indiangrass), Silphium (Cup Plant, Compass Plant), Helianthus (Sunflowers), Echinacea, Liatris (Blazing Star), Desmodium (Showy Tick Trefoil), Solidago (Goldenrod), Asters

Antennaria sp.   (Pussytoes)  seed source - Wyoming

Description: H5cm, Flat spreading mat of gray-green foliage with white flowers on short stalks early spring.   Native to the alpine areas of the Beartooth Mountains (Montana/Wyoming)

Aquilegia brevistyla (Smallflower Columbine) Northwest Canada

Description: H50cm, W 25cm; Blue and white; spring

Where to Use: Part sun; Alpine and rock gardens; will self seed

Seed source: NWT - Hardy to Zone 1

*available fall 2012

Aquilegia canadensis (Canada Columbine) 100 Mile

Description: H30-60cm, W30cm; yellow and red; late spring

Natural Habitat: Part sun; well drained soils, rocky woods and outcrops (often limestone)

Where to Use: Rock gardens, Perennial border, Shade garden; Adaptable to many settings

Combinations: Campanula rotundifolia (Harebell), Phlox divaricata (Woodland Phlox), Polygonatum (Solomon's Seal), Trillium, Penstemon hirsutus (Hairy Beardtongue)

Aquilegia flabellata (Fan Columbine)  East Asia

Description:  H40cm, W30cm; Blue and white wit blue-green foliage; late spring

Where to Use: Sun/Part sun; Rock garden or perennial border; Hardy to Zone 4

Aralia nudicaulis (Wild Sarsaparilla) 100 Mile

Description: H40cm, W30cm; white umbels followed by a cluster of purple/black berries; late spring

Natural Habitat: Part/full shade, woodland soils (moist to dry)

Where to Use: Woodland, shade garden, under trees ? will tolerate dry shade and can form a tall ground cover

Combinations: Trillium, Asarum (Wild Ginger), Ferns, Smilacena (False Solomon's Seal), Tiarella (Foam Flower), Clintonia (Blue Bead Lily) 

Aralia racemosa (Spikenard) 100 Mile

Description: H90-180cm, W90cm; long, white clusters producing purple/red berries; summer

Natural Habitat: Shade; Moist woodland soil

Where to Use: Shrub border, Woodland, Perennial border (with some shade); Large leaves and coloured fruit create a bold, dramatic effect.

Combinations: Shrubs or base of trees, Ferns, Aster cordifolius (Heart-leaved Aster), Aster macrophyllus (Big-leaved Aster), Streptopus rosea (Rosy twisted Stalk); Heuchera

Arisaema candidissimum (Pink Jack-in-the-pulpit)  Asia

Description: Huge three-part leaves;  white or pink hoods over the spadix. It produces a clump over time. Hardy to at least Zone 5 (deep planting recommended). Sometimes late to emerge in the spring.  It may also be grown in deep (14in.+) containers and the tubers stored in the fridge over winter in slightly damp peat moss.  Fragrant blooms

*sold out Spring 2012

Arisaema ciliatum v liubaense (Cobra Lily 'Ciliatum var. liubaense')  Asia

Description: H150cm. A tall umbrella of leaflets shades a purple cylindrical spathe that ends in a long tail. This is a plant from open forests in Asia. Blooms early summer. Hardy to Zone 5 (deep planting and winter protection is recommended) 

Where to Use:  Part sun/Part Shade. Fertile, well-drained soil. This species is sometimes slow to emerge in the spring (May-June), so mark where the tuber is buried. It may also be grown in deep (14in+) containers and the tubers stored in the fridge over winter in slightly damp peat moss.

*Tubers available Fall 2012

Arisaema consanguineum (Jack-in-the pulpit, Cobra Lily 'Consanguineum')  Asia

Description: H150cm. A tall umbrella of leaflets shades a green/purple cylindrical spathe that ends in a long tail. This is a plant from open forests and hillsides in Northern India, Thailand and into China. Blooms early summer. Hardy to Zone 5 (deep planting and winter protection is recommended) 

Where to Use:Part sun/Part Shade. Fertile, well-drained soil. This species is sometimes slow to emerge in the spring (May-June), so mark where the tuber is buried. It may also be grown in deep (14in.+) containers and the tubers stored in the fridge over winter in slightly damp peat moss.

Arisaema flavum (Yellow Cobra Lily) Western Asia

 Description: H30-40cm; yellow hood, accompanied by bright green leaves; flowers in early summer; orange/red seeds; multiplies well; native setting is open forests and rocky areas. Hardy to Zone 4

Where to Use: A. flavum withstands more sun and drought than other Arisaema, but will still grow in a partly shaded garden. It may also be grown in deep (12?+) containers and the tubers stored in the fridge over winter in slightly damp peat moss.

Description: H60cm, W60cm; Bold, glossy leaves are followed in summer by a spectacular striped purple/white spathe (5-10cm) forming a hood over the spadix; red berries in the fall and bright yellow leaves;  Zone 5 (winter protection recommended).

Arisaema sikokianum (Japanese Jack-in-the pulpit, Cobra Lily)  Japan

Description: H50cm. Stunning inflorescence a large, snow-white spadix backed by a shiny, purple/black hood;; blooms in spring; hardy to Zone 4 (Good drainage and a winter mulch are recommended)

Where to Use: Shade/woodland garden. Sandy soils with organic matter will provide good growing conditions.

Note:  Some plants emerge very early in the spring and will need to be covered if there is frost. It may also be grown in deep (14in.+) containers and the tubers stored in the fridge over winter in slightly damp peat moss.

Arisaema tortuosum (Long tail Cobra Lily)  India/Asia

Description:  H50-200cm; very long curving spadix points up from a green spathe

Where to Use: Part shade; Woodland soils or containers

*Marginally hardy in our zone (listed as zone 5/6; protect well or store tubers over winter in the fridge in slightly damp peat moss).

We may have a few tubers available Fall 2012 - please contact the nursery.

Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit) 100 Mile

Description: H30-90cm, W40cm; green/purple striped hoods followed by red cluster of berries; spring

Natural Habitat: Shade; Moist woodland soil

Where to Use: Woodland, Shade/Part shade garden, Specimen plant

Combinations: Ferns, Asarum (Wild Ginger), Smilacena (False Solomon's Seal), Tiarella (Foam Flower), Podophyllum (Mayapple), Uvularia (Bellwort)

Aronia melanocarpa (Chokeberry)  100 Mile
Description: Shrub to 2m; White flowers in early spring followed by purple fruit

Natural Habitat: Swamps, Wetland edge, Moist/dry woods

Where to Use: Sun/Part sun; Pond/stream, Moist/dry meadows, Shrub plantings, Perennial beds; Attracts birds, Edible fruit, Excellent fall foliage colour

Asarum canadense (Wild Ginger) 100 Mile

Description: H20cm, W40cm; purplish brown; early spring

Natural Habitat: Shade; Moist, woodland soils

Where to Use: Woodland, Shade gardens, Ground cover; Very attractive heart-shaped foliage

Combinations: Ferns, Viola pubescens (Yellow Violet), Tiarella (Foam Flower), Podophyllum (Mayapple), Uvularia (Bellwort), Trillium, Thalictrum dioicum (Early Meadow Rue), Hepatica, Claytonia (Spring Beauty), Actaea (Baneberries), Caulophyllum (Blue Cohosh), Sanguinaria (Bloodroot)

Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed) 100 Mile

Description: H60-120cm. W60cm; fuchsia pink; summer

Natural Habitat: Full/part sun; Wet meadows, edges of streams, marshes

Where to Use: Wet meadows, Beside water gardens, Perennial border (if not too dry); Very showy in bloom; pure white cultivars available; Clumps and not invasive (may self sow on wet soil)

Combinations: Aster puniceus (Swamp Aster), Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold), Eupatorium (Joe-Pye Weed, Boneset), Carex (Sedges), Scirpus (Bulrush), Gentiana andrewsii (Bottle Gentian), Lobelia (Cardinal Flower), Chelone (Turtlehead) 

Asclepius tuberosa (Butterfly Weed) 100 Mile

Description: H30-60cm, W60cm; bright orange; summer

Natural Habitat: Sun; Well drained soils; Dry meadows, Woodland edges, Prairie

Where to Use: Meadows, Prairie, Perennial Border; Sandy but well drained soils; Attracts butterflies

Combinations: Gaillardia (Blanket Flower), Agastache (Anise Hyssop), Grasses, Rudbeckia, Echinacea (Coneflower), Anaphalis (Pearly Everlasting), Asters, Liatris (Blazing Star)

Aster alpinus (Alpine Aster)  Europe

Description: H15cm, W30cm; violet; late spring

Where to Use: Sun; Rock/alpine garden; well drained soil; hardy to Zone 3

Seed source from a compact form

Aster cordifolius =Syphyotrichum cordifolium (Heart-leaved Aster) 100 Mile

Description: H60-090cm, W40cm; blue violet, late summer

Natural Habitat: Part shade; Range of soils with moisture; Meadow edges, Woodland

Where to Use: Woodland edge, Perennial border; Good background for late summer; Deadhead to avoid excessive seeding

Combinations: Other Asters, Solidago (Goldenrod), Grasses, Ferns (in shade), Carex (Sedges)

Aster ericoides =Symphyotrichum ericoides (Heath Aster)  100 Mile

Description: H60-90cm, W60cm, small white flowers in long clusters, late summer

Natural Habitat:  Sun/Part sun; Fields, Meadows, Woodland edges, Average soils

Where to Use:  Borders, Meadows, Naturalized areas

Combinations: Grasses, Solidago (Goldenrod), Helianthus (Sunflowers), Silphium (Cup Plant, Compass Plant), Helenium (Sneezeweed), Chelone (Turtlehead), Eupatorium (Joe-pye Weed, Boneset), Other Asters

Aster laevis =Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth Aster)  100 Mile

Description: H60-80cm, W30cm), smooth leaves, violet flowers, late summer

Natural Habitat:   Sun/Part shade; Edge of woods, dry fields, meadows in average soils

Where to Use:  Borders, Meadows, Woodland edge.  Drought resistent.  Attracts butterflies.

Aster macrophyllus  =Eurybia macrophylla (Big-leaved Aster)     100 Mile

Description: H15-60cm, W25cm; pink/white flowers in late summer, fuzzy heart-shaped leaves form a ground cover all season

Natural Habitat:  Part shade/Shade in Woodland or Woodland edge

Where to Use:   Woodland, Under trees

Combinations:  Thalictrum dioicum (Early Meadow Rue), Violets, Trillium, Ferns, Hepatica

Aster novae-angliae  =Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England Aster) 100 Mile

Description: H90-150cm, W40cm; purple (pink, white); late summer/autumn

Natural Habitat: Full sun; Fields, Moist Meadows, Wetland and Woodland edges

Where to Use: Meadows, Prairies, Perennial border, Naturalized areas

Combinations: Grasses, Solidago (Goldenrod), Helianthus (Sunflowers), Silphium (Cup Plant, Compass Plant), Helenium (Sneezeweed), Chelone (Turtlehead), Eupatorium (Joe-pye Weed, Boneset), Other Asters  

Aster oolentangiensis (=Symphiotrichum oolentangiensAster azureus) (Azure Aster)    100 Mile

Description: H30-90cm, W40cm; blue/violet; late summer to fall

Natural Habitat:  Sun/Part sun; Clearings, Meadows, Woodland edge in dry soils

Where to Use:  Prairie, Naturalized areas, Back of Borders

Combinations: Asclepias (Butterfly Weed), Grasses, Other Asters, Silphium (Cup Plant), Rudbeckia

Aster ptarmicoides  =Oligoneuron album (Upland White Aster)      100 Mile

Description: H30-40cm, W30cm; white; summer

Natural Habitat:  Sun, Rocky, sandy slopes and hillsides in dry soils

Where to Use:   Rock garden, hillsides, rocky naturalized areas

Combinations: Solidago nemoralis (Gray Goldenrod), Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed), Aster sagittifolius (Arrow-leaved Aster)

Aster puniceus   =Symphiotrichum puniceum (Swamp Aster) 100 Mile

Description: H90-180cm, W50cm; lavender; late summer

Natural Habitat: Sun/Part shade; Moist soils near streams, wetlands, Moist meadows

Where to Use: Moist Meadows, Wetland edges; Grows well with other tall plants

Combinations: Chelone (Turtlehead), Lobelia (Cardinal Flower), Eupatorium (Joe-pye Weed, Boneset), Carex (Sedges), Scirpus (Bulrush), Asclepia incarnata (Swamp Milkweed), Verbena hastata (Blue Vervain) 

Aster urophyllus  =Symphotrichum urophyllum (Arrow-leaved Aster)            100 Mile

Description: H90-150cm, W60cm, white, late summer

Natural Habitat:  Sun/Part Sun; Meadows, Fields, Woodland edges

Combinations:  Asclepias (Butterfly Weed), Grasses, Other Asters, Silphium (Cup Plant), Rudbeckia, Coneflowers, Goldenrod

Aster umbellatus  =Doellingeria umbellata (Flat-topped Aster)                      100 Mile          

Description: H90-180cm, W90cm); white, flat clusters; autumn

Natural Habitat: Sun/Part sun; Moist meadows, Wetland edges

Where to Use: Moist Meadows, Wetland edges; Grows well with other tall plants

Combinations: Chelone (Turtlehead), Lobelia (Cardinal Flower), Eupatorium (Joe-pye Weed, Boneset), Carex (Sedges), Scirpus (Bulrush), Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed), Verbena hastata (Blue Vervain) 

Aster x amethystinum =Symphyotrichum x amethystinum (Amethyst Aster) 100 Mile

Description: H90cm, W90cm; mauve flowers in thick clusters along the stem. A natural hybrid between New England Aster and Heath Aster; autumn

Natural Habitat: Sun; Fields, moist meadows, Woodland edge

Where to Use: Perennial border (back), Meadows, Naturalized areas

Astragalus canadensis (Canada Milk Vetch)    100 Mile

Description: H90cm, W90cm; cream flowers in summer

Natural Habitat: Sun; Moist to dry Prairies

Where to Use: Perennial border, Prairie, Meadow, Background for lower plants

Combinations: Grasses, Rudbeckia, Echinacea, Thermopsis (Carolina Bush Pea), Monarda (Wild Bergamot), Penstemon digitalis (Foxglove Penstemon), Baptisia (False Indigo)

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