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L-NSome plants 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.
Larix laricina (Tamarack) 100 Mile
Description: Tree to 20m; deciduous needles, small cones, yellow fall colourNatural Habitat: Sun/Part shade; Sphagnum bogs, Wet woods, Swamps, Moist soils
Lathyrus vernus (Spring Vetchling) Europe
Description: H25cm; pink; spring
(Photo credit: Praznak)
Description: Shrub to 1m; white flower clusters, thick leaves with woolly undersides; late spring
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part shade; Sphagnum bogs, Wet woods, Swamps
Combinations: Vaccinium (Blueberries, Cranberries), Larix (Tamarack), Sarracenia (Pitcher Plant), Viburnum cassinoides (Wild Raisin), Solidago uliginosa (Bog Goldenrod), Kalmia angustifolia (Sheep Laurel), Chamaedaphne calyculata (Leatherleaf), Eriophorum (Cotton Grass)
Lewisia rediviva (Bitter Root) Western N.A.
Description: H15cm; white/pink; spring
(Photo credit: Stan Shebs)
Liatris ligulistylus (Rocky Mountain Blazing Star) Central N.A.
Description: H90cm,
W60cm; pink/purple clusters on spikes; summer
Natural Habitat: Sun; Dry, well-drained rocky soils
Where to Use: Perennial border; Well-drained sites; Attracts butterflies and birds
Combinations: Grasses, Rudbeckia, Solidago (Goldenrod), Echinacea, Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot), Asters
Liatris punctata (Dotted Blazing Star) EAST N.A.
Description: H40cm, W30cm; pink/purple spikes; summer
Natural Habitat: Sun; Dry Prairie; Sandy soils
Where to Use: Prairie, Meadow, Perennial border; Drought tolerant; Attracts butterflies and birds
Combinations: Antennaria (Pussy-toes), Astragulus (Milkvetch), Coreopsis, Dalea purpurea (Purple Prairie Clover), Echinacea pallida(Pale Coneflower), Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)
Liatris pycnostachya (Prairie Blazing Star) EAST N.A.
Description: H90-120cm, W60cm; tall purple or white spikes; summer
Natural Habitat: Sun; Moist Prairie, Clearings
Where to Use: Moist meadows, Prairie, Perennial border; Attracts butterflies and birds
Combinations: Grasses, Pycnanthemum (Mountain Mint), Silphium (Cup Plant, Compass Plant), Vernonia (Ironweed), Solidago (Goldenrod), Echinacea, Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot), Asters
Description: H90cm, W40cm; pink/purple spikes; summer
Natural Habitat: Sun; Moist Prairie and Meadows
Where to Use: Sun/Part Sun, Moist meadows, Attracts butterflies and birds
Combinations: Grasses, Pycnanthemum (Mountain Mint), Silphium (Cup Plant, Compass Plant), Vernonia (Ironweed), Solidago (Goldenrod), Echinacea, Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot), Asters
LILIES
We grow a number of Lily species from seed and often have small quantities of species not listed below. Please contact us if you are looking for something specific.Lilium canadense (Canada Lily) 100 Mile
Description: H90-150cm, W60cm; orange/yellow semi- reflexed flowers; summer
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part sun; Wet meadows, Swamp edges
Where to Use: Moist meadow, Woodland edges, Pond garden, Perennial border (moist); Combinations: Monarda (Bee Balm), Chelone (Turtlehead), Eupatorium (Joe-pye Weed), Aster puniceus (Swamp Aster), Carex (Sedge)
We grow yellow and red varieties
Lilium 'Citronella' (Citronella Lily) Garden hybrid
Description: H60-80m.
Bright yellow, recurved blooms with dark freckles. Early summer. These
lilies are an old and favorite garden hybrid. Hardy to Zone 4.
Description: H30-90cm.
Delicate, bright scarlet, up-facing cups adorn stems with grass-like
foliage in early summer. These lilies are native to grassy hillsides in
Eastern Asia. Hardy to Zone 4.
Where to Use: Sun/Part sun in fertile but well-drained soils. Rock garden, Perennial border, Containers.
Description: H60-70cm.
Shiny, bright red, reflexed flowers on stalks of thin grass-like
leaves. The flowers are smaller than other lilies but stand out with
their brilliant colour. Native to Northern China and bloom in
late spring. Hardy to Zone 4.
Where to Use: Sun/Part sun in well-drained soils. Add coarse sand or gravel to planting mix. Rock garden, Perennial border, Containers. Good fragrance.
Description: H1m; many small white blooms, early summer
Lilium michiganense (Michigan Lily) 100 Mile
Description: H120cm; orange/red; summer
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part sun; Rich, well drained but moist soils; Moist meadows, Floodplains, Clearings
Where to Use: Perennial border, Moist meadow gardens
Combinations: Other Lilies, Veronicastrum (Culver's Root), Verbena hastata (Blue Vervain), Tall Meadow Rue (Thalictrum pubescens)
(Photo credit: Marty Lucas)
Lilium 'Red Velvet' Garden hybrid
Description: H150cm; deep red; summer
Lilium regale (Regal Lily) Asia
Description: H100m; White trumpets; Summer; very fragrant Where to Use: Sun/Part sun in fertile but well-drained soils. Perennial border, Containers; Hardy to Zone 4.
Lilium superbum (Turk's Cap Lily) EAST N.A.
Description: H1-2m, W60cm; orange/yellow reflexed flowers; summer
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part sun; Wet meadows, Swamp edges
Where to Use: Moist meadow, Woodland edges, Pond garden, Perennial border (moist); Accent plant
Combinations: Rudbeckia laciniata (Cut-leaf Coneflower), Chelone (Turtlehead), Eupatorium (Joe-pye Weed), Aster puniceus (Swamp Aster), Carex (Sedge)
Lilium tsingtauense (Tsingtau Lily) Asia
Description: H90cm; orange up facing blooms; summer
(Photo credit: Klaus Goldbeck)
Description: Shrub to 3m; spring blooms (small), red fruit on female plants
Natural Habitat: Part sun; Understorey shrub in deciduous woods; Moist, protected sites
Where to Use: Shrub plantings, Woodland gardens
(Photo credit: Cody Hough)
Linnaea borealis (Twinflower) 100 Mile
Descriptio
n: H5cm, trailing; small pink bells; early summer
Natural Habitat: Part sun/Shade; Cool woods, Moist wood edges; Usually acidic soil
Where to Use: Woodland, Shade garden; Ground cover
Combinations: Maianthemum canadense (Canada Mayflower), Cornus canadensis (Bunchberry) Ferns, Moss
Descriptio
n: H60-120cm, W30cm; bright red; late summer
Natural Habitat: Sun/Light shade; Moist meadows, Stream and River banks
Where to Use: Moist meadow, Bog garden, Pond garden edge, Perennial border; Attracts Hummingbirds
Combinations: Helenium (Sneezeweed), Chelone (Turtlehead), Mimulus ringens (Monkey-flower), Carex (Sedge), Vernonia (Ironweed), Eupatorium (Boneset, Joe-pye Weed), Rudbeckia, Ferns (in shade)
Description: H60-90cm, W30cm; blue; late summer
Natural Habitat: Sun/Light shade; Moist meadows, Stream banks
Where to Use: Moist meadow, Bog garden, Pond garden edge, Perennial border; Attracts Hummingbirds
Combinations: Helenium, Chelone (Turtlehead), Mimulus ringens (Monkey-flower), Carex (Sedge), Vernonia (Ironweed), Ferns (in shade), Eupatorium (Boneset, Joe-pye Weed), Rudbeckia
Description: Trailin shrub/vine to 3m; yellow/orange; summer
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part sun; Thickets, Forest edge, Clearings; Range of soils
Where to Use: Informal shrub plantings; Fence/arbor; Naturalized areas
Description: H60cm, W30cm; blue; spring
Natural Habitat: Sun; Dry, sandy soils
Where to Use: Dry meadows, Prairie, Perennial border
Combinations: Bouteloua (Sideoats Grama), Schizachyrium (Little Bluestem), Antennaria (Pussytoes), Potentilla arguta (Tall White Cinquefoil)
Lychnis alpina (Alpine Lychnis) Europe
Description: Tufts of fine foliage topped by 10cm pink clusters. Native to the Pyrenees. For Rock Garden or trough with well-drained soil. Hardy to Zone 5. Blooms in late spring.
Where to use: Well-drained soils in rock gardens
Maianthemum canadensis (Canada Mayflower) 100 Mile
Description: H10cm, W10cm spreading mats; white, spring
Natural Habitat: Part shade/Shade; range of woodland soils, Young to mature woods with acidic, cool soil
Where to Use: Woodland ground cover, Shade garden
Combinations: Ferns, Trientalis borealis (Star Flower), Clintonia (Blue Bead Lily)
Medeola virginiana (Cucumber Root) 100 Mile
Description: H40 cm, W15cm; hanging yellowish flower in spring followed by purplish berries in red bracts in autumn; leaves in whorls
Natural Habitat: Part Shade/Shade; Woodland soils, Mixed woods
Where to Use: Woodland Garden, Shade Garden - Lily family
Combinations: Claytonia (Spring Beauty), Trillium, Viola (Violets), Tiarella (Foam Flower), Erythronium (Trout Lily), Asarum (Wild Ginger), Aquilegia (Columbine), Ferns *not available 2012
Mimulus ringens (Monkey Flower) 100 Mile
Description: H90cm, W30cm; violet; summer
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part Sun; Moist edges of streams and wetlands, Moist meadows
Where to Use: Pool edges, Moist meadows
Combinations: Carex (Sedges), Eupatorium (Joe-pye Weed, Boneset), Gentiana andrewsii (Bottle Gentian)
Mitella breweri (Brewer's Mitrewort) West Coast
Description: H30cm; greenish yellow spikes over low foliage; early summer
Where
to Use: Part shade/Shade; Woodland or shade garden; Ground cover with
bright green leaves; Moist, organic soils; Hardy to Zone 5
Mitella diphylla (Two-leaf Mitrewort) 100 Mile
Description: H30cm; white/cream; late springNatural Habitat: Part Shade/Shade; Moist forest soils
Where to Use: Woodland or shade garden; Groundcover for moist protected areas
Combinations: Small ferns, Linnaea borealis (Twinflower), Viola (Violets), Arisaema (Jack-in-the-pulpit), Tiarella (Foamflower)
Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot) 100 Mile
Description: H100cm, W40cm; pink; summer
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part Sun; Woodland edges and clearings in a range of soils
Where to Use: Perennial Border, Meadows, Naturalized areas; Drought tolerant when established; Attracts wildlfe
Combinations: Helenium (Sneezeweed), Rudbeckia, Grasses, Coreopsis (Tickseed), Penstemon digitalis (Foxglove Penstemon), Liatris species (Blazing Star)
Monarda punctata (Dotted Mint, Horsemint) 100 Mile
Description: H90c
m, W60cm; yellow with pink/white bracts; late summer
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part shade; Dry, sandy, well-drained soils; Fields
Where to Use: Meadows, Perennial border; Aromatic foliage; Attractive to pollinators
Combinations: Grasses, Asters, Rudbeckia, Pycnanthemum (Mountain Mint), Solidago nemoralis (Gray Goldenrod), Liatris punctata (Blazing Star), Echinacea pallida (Pale Coneflower)
Nemopanthus mucronata (Mountain Holly) 100 Mile
Description: Shrub/tree to 3m; small greenish flowers in spring, crimson fruit in late summer
Natural Habitat: Sun/Part sun; Moist woods, Bog and swamp edges; Acidic soils
Where to Use: Bog garden, Wetland edge, Lake shore; Tolerates some shade and seasonal flooding
Combinations: Thuja occidentalis (White Cedar), Larix (Tamarack), Aronia (Chokeberry), Carex (Sedges), Chamaedaphne (Leatherleaf)
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