Welcome to our Native Plant Nursery! We carry over 160 species of native shrubs, native trees, and native perennials.
Our Wholesale section supplies wholesale and retail nurseries, landscape trades, architects, environmental consultants, charities, non-profits, not-for-profits, conservation authorities…
Below is our new e commerce site, currently for wholesale clients for 2024!
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As in previous years we do have retail sales, they range in prices see below, or as per estimate (maturity varies).
*Apologies, we are not delivering plants by post this year*. If there is no rush, and closer to GTA, please inquire about our Toronto drop off location when ordering.
3.5″ sun pots, $6.40 shade pots $ 8.00
5″ sun pots $ 9.50, shade (and hard to grow) pots $ 12.50
1 gal sun pots $ 14.00, shade pots $ 17.00
1 gal shrubs and trees generally 18-20.00 each (or as per estimate)
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Please DO NOT pre-pay, we will confirm availability, pick up or delivery date shortly in another email, upon receipt of your order.
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Thumbnail | Latin Name | Common Name | Habitat | Sun (Full, Part, Shade) | Height | Bloom | Bloom Time | Moisture (Wet, Mesic, Dry) | Soil (All, Sand, Clay, Loam) | Provenance | Price | Buy | colAttrHide |
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Juncus tenuis | Path Rush | Moist open meadows, and often along hiking paths, this low growing wirey grass-like ground cover is great for many garden applications | F-P | 6:-2 ft | n/a | May-Sep | WM | A | $3.50 | $3.50 | Rushes | ||
Potentilla anserina | Silverweed | Prairie, meadow field, shoreline, fen, sand dunes, moist or wet well draining soil, grey blue leaves and showy yellow flowers. All parts of the plant are edible. Leaves can be added to salad or tea. Roots taste similar to parsnip or sweet potatoes, edible raw, cooked, dried. | F-P | 3"-1 ft | Yellow | May-Aug | WM | AS | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Gift Certificate Ontario Flora | Giving native plant or landscape design services. Please add message for the recipient, delivery address or choose pick up. Not seeing the amount you want to give here, just contact us for a specific gift amount. | A | $6.45 – $200.00 | $6.45 $100.00 $200.00 $50.00 $40.00 $30.00 $20.00 | X Gift Certificates | ||||||||
Pseudodognaphalium obtusifolium | Rabbit Tobacco/ Sweet Everlasting | Rare in native plant nurseries, this is a very beautiful plant that deserves attention. Can be much larger than Pearly Everlasting, similar to Pussy Toes in flower. Works wonderfully in many soil types | F-P | 1.5-3.5 ft | White | Jul-Sep | MD | AS | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Viola sororia | Wooly Blue Violet | Often still in Toronto gardens as weedy species. Often lives in turf grass under hardship from trampling, could make an excellent grass substitute in shade. Great for a normal to dry shade garden | P-S | 1-2 ft | Yellow | Apr-Jun | MD | A | $3.50 – $10.00 | $10.00 $3.50 Out of stock $7.00 Out of stock | Perennials | ||
Equisetum fluviatile | Water Horsetail | Thin and usually shorter rush seen preferring sand or gravel, full sun, appears grasslike, emergent, standing water up to 3 ft | F-P-S | 1-3 ft | n/a | Apr-May | WM | ASL | $3.50 | $3.50 | Rushes | ||
Clematis virginiana | Virgin's Bower Clematis | Also known as Devil's Darning Needles and Old Man's Beard. A beautiful and common Clematis, trails over fences and other shrubs along moist roadsides and riverbanks midsummer | F-P-S | 15-20 ft | White/Green/Brown | Jul-Sep | MD | A | $10.00 | Out of stock | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Pseudodognaphalium maccounii | Rabbit Tobacco/Maccoun's Everlasting | Rare in native plant nurseries, this is a very beautiful plant that deserves attention. Can be much larger than Pearly Everlasting, similar to Pussy Toes in flower. Works wonderfully in many soil types | F-P | 1.5-3.5 ft | White | Jul-Sep | MD | AS | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Rosa Blanda | Smooth Wild Rose | Tolerant small rose with less thorns than the rest, excellent for restoring old meadows, showy pink blooms | F-P | 2-4 ft | Pink | Jun-Jul | MD | ASC | $10.00 | $10.00 | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Amelanchier laevis | Smooth Serviceberry | Dense white foliage in early Spring, black, purple, red fruits in the summer | F-P-S | 12-36 ft | White | Apr-May | MWD | AL | $10.00 | $10.00 | Perennials | ||
Cercis canadensis | Redbud | Format is equivalent to large plugs, strong growth. Also known as Eastern Redbud, this deciduous tree shows off a short trunk with pinkish branches and flowers in the Spring | P-S | 12-36 ft | Pink | Mar-May | M | A | $10.00 | $10.00 | Trees | ||
Eutrochium (Eupatorium) purpureum | Sweet Joe Pye Weed | Virtually identical to Spotted Joe Pye, distinguishable by hollow stalk. It is more frequently seen in extreme southwestern Ontario | F | 2-5 ft | n/a | Jul-Sep | MD | AS | $7.00 – $10.00 | $7.00 $10.00 | Perennials | ||
Agastache scrophulariifolia | Purple Giant Hyssop | Found in rich wood and thickets, this plant has a fragrant foliage and flowers that are great for pollinators | F-P | 3-6 ft | Red/Purple | Jul-Sep | M | A | $10.00 | $10.00 | Perennials | ||
Echinacea purpurea | Purple Coneflower | This plant although seems to be an emblem of "native plant" is actually not local to Ontario, but historically explained as NE U.S. native, bordering Ontario. Similar growing conditions and habitat to Echinacea pallida. | F | 2.5-3 ft | Purple | Jun-Sep | MD | AS | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Betula papyrifera | Paper Birch | Format is equivalent to large plugs, strong growth. Easily recognizable by its white papery bark that peels off gradually, found in moist forests | F-P-S | 50-75 ft | Yellow/Green/Brown | Apr-May | MW | A | $10.00 | $10.00 | Trees | ||
Symphyotrichum (Aster) umbellata | Flat Topped Aster | Prefers acidic soils especially in rocky sandy Canadian Shield habitats. Tolerates poor soils, acidic gravel roadsides ditches, sunny wetland shoreline, acidic part shaded swamps | S-P-S | 1-4 ft | White | Jul-Sep | WMD | AS | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Carex pseudocyperus | Wool Grass | Marginal or bog plant, love moisture | P-S | 2-3 ft | n/a | n/a | MD | A | $3.50 | $3.50 | Rushes | ||
Sambucus nigra var. canadensis | Canadian Elderberry | Tolerant of many soils and wet to dry. Edible, showy flowers and fruit, excellent for wildlife | F-P | 6-12 ft | White | May-Jun | WMD | A | $10.00 | $10.00 | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Lonicera canadensis | Canada Fly Honeysuckle | Mixed wooded forests. Northern Mockingbirds, Gray Catbirds, and Brown Thrashers, are known to use honeysuckle species as a nesting site. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds like the nectar. | F-P | 4-5 ft | Cream/Yellow | Apr-May | WMD | A | $10.00 | $10.00 | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Mondarda didyma | Bee Balm | Red flowered Bee Balm, is one of the only red coloured blooms in nature in Ontario. Attractive to bees (within their vision they appear purple), this plant is very rare in Ontario. | F-P | 2-4 ft | Purple | Jul-Aug | WMD | ASC | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Ribes americana | American Black Current | Format is equivalent to large plugs, strong growth. Showy yellow flowers. Thornless, open woods, moist thickets, swamps, streambanks | F-P | 2-5 ft | Yellow | May-Jun | D | A | $10.00 | $10.00 | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Viburnum cassinoides | Wild Raisin | Common in wetland but tolerates dry soil. Prefers sand. Smooth shiny leaf and showy flower and berry. Popular for gardeners and edible | P-S | 5-12 ft | White | May-Jun | MD | AS | $10.00 | $10.00 | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Spirea tomentosa | Steeplebush | Like its cousin, growing in wet soil, however acidic soils preferred. Spreading. Pink showy blooms | F-P | 3-5 ft | Pink | Jul-Sep | WM | A | $10.00 | $10.00 | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Rubus odoratus | Flowering Raspberry | Large palmate leaf is an interesting feature as well as its hairy texture, and purple flowers so different than others of the genus | F-P | 3-6 ft | Pink | Jun-Aug | MD | A | $10.00 – $24.00 | $24.00 $10.00 | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Rubus idaeus | Wild Red Raspberry | Most common raspberry in Ontario, open clearings, woods, meadows, edible | P-S | 3-5 ft | White | Jun-Jul | MD | A | $7.00 – $10.00 | $10.00 $7.00 | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumach | Used in the most elegant of gardens, the red flower has a wonderful taste eaten raw and in teas. Forms thickets in open woods, glades rocky soils in both sand and calcareous | F-P | 2-3 ft | Red | Jun-Aug | D | AS | $10.00 | $10.00 | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Prunus pumila | Sand Cherry | Well adapted to dry sandy places, spreads well through rhizomes. Excellent japanese style gnarled ground cover. Beautiful blooms before leaves emerge in spring | F | 1-6 ft | White | May-June | D | A | $10.00 | $10.00 | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Physocarpus opulifolius | Ninebark | Prairie, meadow field, moist to dry, distinctive curled bark peels off easily, a great lakes shoreline species | F | 5-8 ft | White | Jul-Aug | MD | AS | $10.00 | $10.00 | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Lindera benzoin | Spicebush | An aromatic leaf, with showy yellow flowers in spring before leafing out. Berries. Perfect for more compact locations. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly host | F-P | 6-12 ft | Yellow | Apr | WMD | A | $30.00 | $30.00 | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Dioscorea villosa | Wild Yam | A twining vine that has many herbal benefits including use for arthritis, digestion, pain relief | F-P-S | 15 ft | Yellow/white | Jun-Jul | WM | AL | $3.50 – $10.00 | $3.50 $7.00 $10.00 | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Diervilla lonicera | Low Bush Honeysuckle | Open woods, calcareous soils, smaller shrub great for massing, edible yellow flower | F-P-S | 2-3 ft | Yellow | Jun-Aug | MD | ASL | $10.00 | $10.00 | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Cornus sericea | Red Twig / Red Osier Dogwood | Most at home in wet to mesic full sun sites, excellent for early restoration projects, striking red twigs used for winter boughs in pots | F-P | 6-9 ft | White | May-Jun | WMD | A | $10.00 | $10.00 | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Cornus rugosa | Round Leaved Dogwood | Prefers understory of upland deciduous or mixed forest slopes, rocky bluffs, prefers open woods | F-P | 6-10 ft | White | Jun-Jul | MD | A | $10.00 | $10.00 | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Cornus racemosa | Grey Dogwood | Average to dry soil in open woods, savannahs, thickets | F-P | 3-8 ft | White | Jun-Jul | MD | A | $10.00 | Out of stock | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Celastrus scandens | American Bittersweet | An attractive vine, has interesting coloured seed capsule and orange and yellow berries and capsule | F-P-S | 15-20 ft | White | Apr-May | MD | A | $10.00 | $10.00 | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Aronia melanocarpa | Chokeberry | Highly desireable smaller height, edible fruit, attractive white flowers in spring, and shiny leaves that turn brignt red in fall | F-P | 3-6 ft | White | May | WMD | AS | $24.00 | $24.00 | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Amelanchier canadensis | Canadian Serviceberry | Early successional for restoration, highly edible, very attractive shrub, one of the most widely used natives in landscape design. Species hybridize, making i.d. challenging | F-P | 20-30 ft | White | Apr-May | MD | A | $18.00 | $18.00 | Shrubs, Vines | ||
Zizia aurea | Golden Alexanders | Great for mass plantings in sun or part shade, wet meadow, prairie | F-P | 12"-3 ft | Yellow | Apr-Jun | WMD | ASC | $3.50 – $10.00 | $10.00 $3.50 $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Viola conspersa | Dog Violet | A hardy yellow violet that makes great colonies in deciduous forest. Great for a normal to dry shade garden | P-S | 1-2 ft | Blue | April-June | MD | A | $3.50 – $7.00 | $7.00 Out of stock $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's Root | Wet prairie, meadows, very showy flower, lush grey blue leaves | F-P | 3-6 ft | White | Jun-Jul | WM | ASL | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Vernonia noveboracensis | New York Ironweed | Tall grass prairie plant of extreme Southwestern Ontario, adaptable to wet and dry, the large and very attractive dark purple blooms are attractive to insects | F-P | 4-7 ft | Purple | Sep | WM | AS | $7.00 – $10.00 | $7.00 $10.00 | Perennials | ||
Verbena stricta | Hairy Vervain | Great for dry prairie, meadow gardens, the grey green leaf is a great multi purpose companion to lavender and other sage-like plants | F | 1-3 ft | Purple | Jul-Sep | MD | AS | $3.50 – $10.00 | $7.00 $10.00 $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Verbena simplex | Slender Vervain | Dry calcareous habitat. The smallest of the three Vervain, adapted to rocky dry soil. Similar showy purple flower. | F | 1-2.5 ft | Purple | Jun-Aug | MD | ASC | $3.50 – $10.00 | $7.00 Out of stock $3.50 $10.00 Out of stock | Perennials | ||
Verbena hastata | Blue Vervain | Wet marsh and meadow plant with very attractive purple blooms, edible, and works well with sage type plants very popular in gardens currently | F | 2-6 ft | Purple | Jul-Sep | WM | ACL | $3.50 – $10.00 | $10.00 $3.50 $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Trillium grandiflorum | Trillium | Ontario's emblem, ephemeral flowers bloom in deciduous forests first thing in spring, and recede through summer | S | 6'-1 ft | White | Apr-May | MD | AL | $8.00 | $8.00 | Perennials | ||
Triantha glutinosa | Sticky False Asphodel | Fens, moist calcareous rocky high value alvar and short grass wet meadows, thought to be insectivorous due to sticky hairs on upper stem | F-P | 6"=1 ft | White | Jun-Aug | WMD | ASC | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Tradscantia ohiensis | Ohio Spiderwort | Uncommon blue flower. Stands out and has been a staple in many nurseries. Extremely drought tolerate and robust, shade tolerant. Savannahs, tall grass prairies, meadows in extreme southwestern Ontario | F-P-S | 2-3 ft | Blue | May-Jul | MD | AS | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Thalictrum pubescens | Tall Meadow Rue | Forest edge, wet prairies, meadows, fields, rocky shorelines, riparian in sun to almost full shade, large white flower, similar to columbine's blue green foliage, a gem in a lush shady to full sun location | F-P | 2-5 ft | Cream | July | WM | AL | $3.50 – $7.00 | $7.00 $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Thalictrum dioicum | Early Meadow Rue | A common woodland plant alongside trillium, jack in the pulpit and other deciduous species, small yellow purple bloom | S | 1-3 ft | Wht/Grn | Apr-May | WM | AL | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Taenidia integerrima | Yellow Pimpernel | Wet open forest, prairie, meadow, a bloom like yellow fireworks, rare, nursery propagated only | F-P | 2-3 ft | Yellow | July-Aug | WMD | ASC | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Sporobolus crypandrus | Sand Dropseed | Dry sand, distrubed prairie soils. Smaller, clump forming and with showy seedheads, Ontario Sporobolus species are becoming commonly used by horticulturists for a variety of gardens | F | 1-3 ft | n/a | Aug-Oct | D | S | $7.00 | $7.00 Out of stock | Grasses | ||
Spartina pectinata | Prairie Cord Grass | Large wetland grass although tolerant of sandy and rocky habitat can withstand some drought. Attractive seedhead. Spreading | F | 4-7 ft | n/a | Jul-Aug | WM | AS | $7.00 | $7.00 | Grasses | ||
Solidago uglinosa | Bog Goldenrod | Enjoys slightly acidic, well drained soil. A wand like vertical stem, and showy yellow flowers | F | 2-5 ft | Yellow | Aug-Sep | WM | AS | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Solidago rigida | Stiff Goldenrod | Open woods, prairie, meadow, more common in prairie habitat through extreme southwestern Ontario | F | 3-5 ft | Yellow | Aug-Sep | MD | A | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Solidago ptarmicoides | Upland White Aster | Calcareous soil, alvars, Bruce Peninsula shoreline, a small plant, makes colonies of thin dark green leaves | F-P | 6"-1 ft | White | July-Sep | WMD | AS | $3.50 – $7.00 | $3.50 Out of stock $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Solidago ohioensis | Ohio Goldenrod | A usually compact goldenrod of dunes, sandy shorline and riparian areas. Shiny leaved, and flat topped flower. Excellent garden potential, great for fall pollinators | F | 3-4 ft | Yellow | Aug-Sep | MD | AS | $3.50 – $7.00 | $7.00 $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Solidago graminifolia | Grass-leaved Goldenrod | Meadow, prairie, field, flat topped flower, is one of the most delicate leaved goldrods, not used enough in gardens | F-P | 2-4 ft | Yellow | Jul-Oct | WM | A | $7.00 | $7.00 | Grasses | ||
Solidago flexicaulis | Zig Zag Solidago | Open woods, deciduous forests, lush dark green leaves, fall bloomer | P-S | 2-3 ft | Yellow | Sep-Oct | MD | ASC | $3.50 – $7.00 | $3.50 $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Solidago caesia | Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod | Open deciduous woods, drought tolerant attractive fall bloomer | P-S | 2-3 ft | Yellow | Aug-Oct | MD | AL | $3.50 – $7.00 | $3.50 $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Sisyrinchium montanum | Blue-eyed Grass | Great Lakes shorline, alvars, sweet plant in iris family, similar looking to grass, great for rock gardens, bloom closes at night | F-P | 6"-1 ft | Blue/Purple | May-Jul | WMD | A | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Silphium terebinthinaceum | Prairie Dock | A unique plant with small flowers paired with its huge leaves over 2 feet tall. Strikingly beautiful in wet meadow and dry tall grass prairie habitat | F | 4-9 ft | Yellow | Jul-Sep | WMD | AC | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Silphium perfoliatum | Cup Plant | Huge plant that holds water in cup shaped leaves, great for large spaces, great as natural water reservoirs for birds and insects in gardens | F | 5-9 ft | Yellow | Jul-Sep | WMD | ASC | $10.00 | $10.00 | Perennials | ||
Silphium laciniatum | Compass Plant | Well drained soils, seeds attractive to wildlife, sandy tall grass prairie, meadow savanah. Extreme southwestern Ontario | F | 5-12 ft | Yellow | Jul-Sep | MD | AS | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Scrophularia marilandica | Scrofularia/ Figwort/ Carpenter's Square | Prefers loose loamy soil, moist woodland edge, sandy prairie and meadow, tolerates some disturbance,, abundant food for bees and hummingbirds | F | 5-10 ft | n/a | Jul-Sep | M | A | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Scirpus atrovirens | Black Bulrush | Common wetland rush, shoreline aquatic pioneer species, important food and cover for wildlife | F | 4-5 ft | n/a | Jun-Jul | WM | A | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem | Savannah, prairie, meadow, drought and wet tolerant, thrives in rocky calcareous soil and sand. A native substitute for common exotic blue leaved species such as Festuca glauca | F | 2-3 ft | Brown | Aug-Oct | MD | ASC | $3.50 – $7.00 | $7.00 $3.50 | Grasses | ||
Sanguinaria canadensis | Bloodroot | A beautiful spring ephemeral with large rounded leaves, excellent in shade gardens. Can form large colonies on deciduous forest floor | P-S | 6"-1 ft | White | Apr-May | M | AL | $8.00 | $8.00 | Perennials | ||
Rudbeckia laciniata | Green-headed Coneflower | Prairie, meadow, and even shaded swamps, a GTA native, edible, showy plant, seeds itself readily | F-P-S | 3-6 ft | Yellow | Jun-Sep | WMD | A | $3.50 – $7.00 | $3.50 Out of stock $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan | Tried and true popular native, this is a short lived perennial, shake seeds where you want them in garden | F | 1-2 ft | Yellow | Jul-Sep | WMD | A | $7.00 – $10.00 | $10.00 Out of stock $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Ratibida pinnata | Grey Headed Coneflower | Dry tall grass prairie habitats, quite delicate flowers and light green coloured cut leaf | F | 3-5 ft | Yellow | Jul-Sep | MD | ASC | $3.50 – $7.00 | $3.50 $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Ranuculus abortivus | Kidney Leaved Buttercup | A small woodland species that doesn't appear in dense stands in nature like many of its genus. A lovely yellow flower | P-S | 6"-2 ft | Yellow | Apr-Jun | MD | A | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Pycnanthemum virginianum | Virginia Mountain Mint | Wet meadows, stream, pond, riparian edge, and can be invasive in wetter areas but less so in drier, prefers calcareous soil | F-P | 2-3 ft | White | Jul-Sep | MD | A | $3.50 – $7.00 | $7.00 $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Pycnanthemum pilosum | Hairy Mountain Mint | Edible minty leaves, globe-like flowers, excellent pollinator plant. Rare species, nursery propagated only | F | 2-3 ft | White | Jul-Sep | MD | AC | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Poluystichum achrostichoides | Christmas Fern | Evergreen under snow, hence the name when used by pioneers for Christmas gardlands. Smaller slow growing but fairly robust in dry to normal soil. Interesting arching fronds | S | 1-2 ft | n/a | n/a | MD | AC | $8.00 | $8.00 | Ferns | ||
Phytolacca americana | Pokeweed | Edible and used as purple dye by first nations. Especially popular in southern states as a leafy green. Note, edible only with special preparation | F | 3-5 ft | White | Jun-Oct | MD | A | $10.00 | $10.00 | Perennials | ||
Physostegia virginiana | Obedient Plant | Excellent for a wide variety of gardens, often see on sand dunes, wet thickets, meadows, quickly spreading | F-P | 2-4 ft | Pink | Aug-Sep | WM | AL | $3.50 – $7.00 | $3.50 Out of stock $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Physalis heterophylla | Clammy Ground Cherry | A plant of sandy prairies, roadsides, waste areas. Fruit is a berry that ripens to orange, and is edible when mature | P-S | 1-2 ft | Yellow | June-Aug | MD | A | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Penthorum sedoides | Ditch Stonecrop | A wetland edge species this is one that should surely thrive in gardens with its white showy raceme-like blooms, and red fruit | F-P | 1-3 ft | White | Jul-Sep | WM | A | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Penstemon hirsutus | Hairy Beardtongue | A great drought tolerant smaller perennial, great for hummingbirds, dry prairie/ savannah | F-P | 1-3 ft | Purple/Pink | May-July | MD | AL | $3.50 – $7.00 | $3.50 $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue | Savannah, prairie, meadow, field, drought tolerant, showy | F-P | 2-3 ft | White | June-Aug | MD | AL | $3.50 – $7.00 | $3.50 $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Panicum virgatum | Switch Grass | Prairie, meadow, field, wet meadow, dunes, successful pioneer species | F | 2-7 ft | Brown | Aug-Nov | WMD | ASC | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Packera paupercula | Balsam Ragwort - Packera paupercula | This is a dominant plant on the rocky shorelines of the Great Lakes. Small yellow daisy like flower, great for rock gardens | F-P | 6"-1 ft | Yellow | Jul-Aug | MD | ASC | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Packera obovatus | Round- leaved Ragwort | Ragwort of sand dunes, also uniquely showy and spreading ground cover in shady dry or moist sand | F-P | 1-1.5 ft | Yellow | Apr- Jun | WMD | S | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Osmunda regalis | Royal Fern | Unique because of its height and bushy habit, similar to a shrub. Excellent in moist soil in sun or shade | F-P-S | 2-4 ft | n/a | n/a | WM | S | $8.00 – $12.00 | $8.00 $12.00 | Ferns | ||
Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | Absolutely stunning glowing orange fertile frond, grows best in wet mixed and deciduous swamps, more common in sandy soil | S | 2-3 ft | n/a | n/a | WM | S | $8.00 | $8.00 | Ferns | ||
Oenethera pilosetta | Prairie Sundrops | Soil and moisture adaptable, spreading, prairie and meadows, roadsides, showy blooms | F-P | 1-2 ft | Yellow | May-Jun | WMD | A | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Mondarda punctata | Horsemint/ Spotted Bee Balm | Prairies, savannah's, plains, tall grass prairie habitats in extreme southwestern Ontario, and in general in sandy soils | F-P | 8"-2 ft | Pink | Jun-Jul | MD | S | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Mondarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot | Prairie, old field, wet meadow, great for bees and pioneer habitat, edible leaves for a tea | F-P | 2-4 ft | Purple | Jul-Aug | WMD | ASC | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Matteuccia streuthiopteris | Ostrich Fern | Moist woodland edge, open woods, edible fiddleheads in spring, produces large colonies, robust, easy care in gardens | P-S | 2-4 ft | n/a | Jun-Aug | WM | AL | $8.00 | $8.00 | Ferns | ||
Maianthemum racemosum | False Solomon Seal | Largest and most robust Ontario Solomon Seal, similar flower to the exotic 'Astilbe', great to use as a native substitute, lush green plume like leaves | P-S | 1-2.5 ft | White | May-June | M | ASC | $3.50 – $7.00 | $3.50 $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Lysimachia quadriflora | Prairie Loosestrife | Usually found in moist open meadows and prairies, great lakes shoreline, this thin leaved small plant is great as a rock gardens | F-P | 1-2 ft | yellow | Jul-Aug | WMD | A | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Lysimachia cilliata | Fringed Loosestrife | Excellent forest edge species, wet thickets, meadows, forms colonies in mixed woods, attractive whorled flower | F-P | 2-3 ft | Yellow | Jul-Aug | MD | A | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | Wet meadow, stream, pond in wet sun, tolerates shade and normal to moist soil in gardens, seeds well, very elegant very upright bloom, lush large green leaves | F-P-S | 2-3 ft | Blue | Aug-Sep | WM | AL | $7.00 – $10.00 | $10.00 $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Lobelia kalmii | Kalm's Lobelia | An alvar habitat plant, poor rocky soils, poor fen, moist to dry rocky lake huron shoreline. Great rock garden species | F-P | 4-16" | Blue | Jul-Sep | WMD | SC | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Lobelia inflata | Indian Tobacco | A pretty sight in both open woods, wet meadows and thickets this is a pretty plant this is still unknown in gardens | F-P-S | 6"-2 ft | Blue | July-Oct | WM | ASC | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | Great for wetland restoration. For gardens, this plant tolerates a moist place by a downspout in sunny location, or normal garden soil in shade | F-P | 2-4 ft | n/a | June-Aug | WM | A | $3.50 – $10.00 | $7.00 $3.50 Out of stock $10.00 | Perennials | ||
Liatris spicata | Dense Blazing Star | Occurring in extreme Southernwestern Ontario, has the densest blooms, a large and a rare perennial, nursery propagated only | F | 2-6.5 ft | Pink | July-Aug | MD | AS | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Liatris cylindracea | Cylindric Blazing Star | The smaller Blazing Star, this a threatened species is nursery propagated only, occurring in largest quantities in extreme Southwestern Ontario | F | 1-2 ft | Pink | July-Sep | MD | AS | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Lezpedeza hirta | Hairy Bush Clover | Typically growing in sandy prairie or meadow habitats with good drainage, nitrogen fixing | F-P | 3-6 ft | White | July-Sep | MD | A | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Juncus effusus | Soft Rush | A water's edge, wetland species, tolerates normal to dry soil pulsing, great in rain gardens | F | 2-4 ft | Brown | Jun-Jul | WM | A | $3.50 – $7.00 | $3.50 $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Iris versicolor | Blue Flag Iris | Wet meadow, stream, pond, riparian edge, great rain garden plant, it is tolerant of some drought when established | F-P | 1-3 ft | Blue | May-Aug | WM | A | $3.50 – $7.00 | $7.00 $3.50 Out of stock | Perennials | ||
Iris virginica | Southern Blue Flag Iris | Both of the Ontario versicolour and pallida species hybridize. This one is more common in extreme Southern Ontario | F-P | 1-3 ft | Blue | May-Aug | WM | A | $10.00 | $10.00 | Perennials | ||
Hystrix patula | Bottlebrush Grass | A grass of mostly deciduous and open wooded areas areas with attractive, soft bottle brush like flowers | P-S | 2-4 ft | n/a | June-Aug | MD | A | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Hierochloe odorata | Sweetgrass | This grass is likes wet shores, meadows both brackish and freshwater habitats, ditches, swales. A sacred herb of First Nations in Ontario | F-P | 1-3 ft | n/a | Jun | WM | $3.50 – $7.00 | $7.00 Out of stock $3.50 | Grasses | |||
Hellenium autumnale | Sneezeweed | Wet meadows, stream, pond, riparian edge, great for rain gardens, bold yellow flower that looks like a cap. Historically used as a substitute for snuff | F-P | 2-5 ft | Yellow | Aug-Oct | WM | ASC | $3.50 – $10.00 | $10.00 $3.50 Out of stock $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Heliposis helianthoides | False Sunflower, Oxeye Daisy | This yellow flowered, easily grown plant is attractive to pollinators and works well in dry sandy soils, great for larger masses in a large space | F-P | 3-6 ft | Yellow | Jun-Sep | MD | AS | $7.00 – $10.00 | $10.00 $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Helanthus divaricata | Woodland Sunflower | A large a spreading sunflower. The sessile leaves, and smooth stems distinguish this from other species | F-P | 2-6 ft | Yellow | July-Sep | MD | ASC | $10.00 | $10.00 | Perennials | ||
Geum triflorum | Prairie Smoke | A small plant that grows on Alvar, a limestone pavement habitat local to the Carden and Bruce Peninsula areas. Excellent for rock gardens | F-S | 3"-1ft | Rose | May-Jun | MD | A | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Geranium maculatum | Wild Geranium | Deciduous woodland edge, open woods, drought tolerant, showy, vegetatively propagated | P-S | 6"-2 ft | Pink | Apr-Sep | MD | AL | $3.50 – $7.00 | $3.50 $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Gentiana andrewsii | Bottle Gentian | Wet meadow, prairie, wet thickets, foliage with great structure | F-P-S | 1-2 ft | Blue | Aug-Sep | WM | AL | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Fragaria virginiana | Wild Strawberry | Forest edge, prairie, meadow, wet meadow, great for disturbed habitats, can work as ground cover in open shade and sunny areas | F-P-S | 1-6:" | White | Apr-May | MD | AL | $3.50 – $10.00 | $7.00 $3.50 $10.00 | Perennials | ||
Festuca saximontana | Rocky Mountain Fescue | This is not an Ontario plant, it appears just west and east of this province. Providing a native substitue for exotic blue leaved species such as Festuca glauca | F-P | 1-2 ft | n/a | May-Jul | MD | A | $3.50 – $7.00 | $7.00 $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Eurybia divaricata | White Wood Aster | This plant makes its home at the extreme tip of Southern Ontario with populations in the Niagara area. A Species of Special Concern. Nursery propagation only | P-S | 1.5-3 ft | White | Aug-Sep | MD | ASC | $7.00 – $10.00 | $10.00 $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Eutrochium (Eupatorium) maculatum | Spotted Joe Pye Weed | Wet meadow, wet prairie, swamp, marsh, wet open woods, ditches, a giant with rose coloured showy blooms | F-P | 3-6 ft | Pink | July-Aug | WM | ACL | $10.00 | $10.00 | Perennials | ||
Equisetum hymale | Scouring Rush | Hardy colonizer of open moist woods, sunny wetland edges, 'Jurassic' appearance, great with ferns in shade | F-P-S | 1-3 ft | n/a | Apr-May | WM | ASL | $7.00 | $7.00 | Rushes | ||
Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye | Ornamental seed head, blue grey foliage, likes sand, prairies, dunes in moist to dry habitat, tolerates roadside ditches, and part shade woodland edges | F-P | 3-5 ft | n/a | June-Aug | MD | ASC | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Echinacea pallida | Pale Purple Coneflower | Prairie, meadow, field, native to extreme Southwestern Ontario, rare in Ontario, nursery propagated only | F | 2.5-3 ft | Purple | Jun-Sep | MD | AS | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Dryopteris marginalis | Marginal Fern | Deciduous upland and mixed forests, part shade and drought tolerant | P-S | 2-4 ft | n/a | Jun-Aug | WMD | ASL | $8.00 | $8.00 | Ferns | ||
Drymocallis arguta | Prairie Cinquefoil | Sepals fold up when seeds mature containing them. Showy creamy yellow flowers, dry poor rocky soils, early colonizer | F-P | 2 ft | White | June-Sep | MD | A | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Desmodium canadense | Showy Tick Trefoil | In the clover family, this is one of the most showy pink flowers in Ontario. Its seeds are animimal dispersed, so noted for clinging to clothing. A nitrogen fixer | F-P | 3-6 ft | Pink | July-Sep | MD | A | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Cystopertis bulbifera | Bulblet Fern | A hardy spreading fern of moist open and shady mixed and deciduous woods and streambanks. Excellent garden fern. | S | 6"-2 ft | n/a | n/a | WM | AL | $8.00 – $12.00 | $8.00 $12.00 | Ferns | ||
Coreopsis tripteris | Tall Coreopsis | Savannah, forest edge, meadow, field, wet meadow, tall grass prairie, a giant with delicate leaves | F | 5-7 ft | Yellow | Jul-Aug | WMD | AS | $7.00 – $10.00 | $7.00 $10.00 | Perennials | ||
Coreopsis lanceolata | Lance Leaved Coreopsis | This prolific bloomer, has elegant shiny green leaves, short plant for for many types of sunny, rocky locations | F | 1-2 ft | Yellow | May- Jul | MD | ASC | $3.50 – $7.00 | $3.50 Out of stock $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Chelone glabra | Turtlehead | A sunny wet meadow and partly shaded wetland plant that enjoys richer soil, dislikes drought in gardens | F-P | 2-4 ft | White | Jun-Aug | WM | ASC | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Carex vulpinodea | Fox Sedge | A woodland edge to full sun disturbed wet meadow habitats, the seedhead appears like a bristly fox tail, great no mow grass substitute | F-P | 1-3 ft | n/a | May-Jun | WM | A | $3.50 | $3.50 | Sedges | ||
Carex scabrata | Eastern Rough Sedge | A sedge of woodland and habitats in wet shady deciduous forest to open wet meadow habitats. Happy in normal garden conditions | F-P-S | 1-3 ft | n/a | May-Jun | WM | A | $3.50 | $3.50 | Sedges | ||
Carex pensylvanica | Pensylvania Sedge | A woodland edge species, tolerating dry soil, can be used as no mow grass substitute in shaded area | F-P-S | 6"-1 ft | n/a | May-Jun | MD | A | $3.50 – $7.00 | $3.50 Out of stock $7.00 | Sedges | ||
Carex muskingumensis | Muskingum/ Palm Sedge | Exotic looking for shade and sun, helicopter- like leaves. Adapted wet bottomland habitats, very robust in wet thickets | F-P | 2-3 ft | n/a | May-Jun | WMD | A | $3.50 | $3.50 | Sedges | ||
Carex diandra | Lesser Tussock Sedge | Adaptable to full sun to shade, and variety of wetland habitats, both surbmerged, wet, large, attractive arching growth for pond edge | F-P-S | 1-3 ft | n/a | Jun-Jul | W | A | $3.50 | Out of stock | Sedges | ||
Carex hystericina | Porcupine Sedge | A more wet loving sedge great for rain gardens, ditches, wet meadows, fens and shoreline restoration, bristly dangling blooms | F-P | 1-3 ft | n/a | Jun-Jul | WM | A | $3.50 | Out of stock | Perennials | ||
Carex bicknellii | Copper-shouldered Sedge | Rounded form more like long hair than grass, great in shade with gold seedhead in spring | F-P | 1-3 ft | n/a | May-Jun | MD | A | $3.50 – $7.00 | $3.50 $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Carex aurea | Golden Fruited Sedge | A small sedge that is easily recognized by its golden orange round nut-like fruit. Great for both sun and almost full shade | F-P-S | 3-6" | n/a | May-Jul | WMD | A | $3.25 | $3.25 | Perennials | ||
Calamagrostis canadensis | Canada Bluejoint | Quite common in wetlands, interesting blueish leaves and stalks, spreading, Habitat includes wet meadow, thickets and shorelines | F-P | 3-4 ft | n/a | Jun-Aug | WM | A | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Campanula rotundifolia | Harebell | A small delicate perennial flowing like green hairs in the wind in large groups in gardens. Found in sandy, and short grass meadows, alvars, alpine, rocky crevices | F | 1-2 ft | Blue | Jun-Sep | D | A | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Calamintha arkansanas | Wild Calamint | This small plant is extremely aromatic with foot traffic, makes its home on the alvars of the Bruce Peninsula. Excellent rock garden plant, ground cover | F | 3-6" | Pink | May-June | MD | A | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Brachyelytrum erectum | Bearded Shorthusk | A woodland grass of sandy sheild habitats, in average to moist conditions, a new one for native nurseries | P-S | 1-3 ft | n/a | Jun-Aug | WM | AS | $3.50 | $3.50 | Grasses | ||
Baptisia australis | Wild Blue Indigo | An almost native. Does not extend its range into Ontario (as per official Ontario Plant List). A very popular plant in all nurseries | F-P | 3-4 ft | Blue | May-June | MD | A | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Aster macrophyllus | Large Leaved Aster | Woodlands, open woods, calcareous rocky soils, fall shade blooms, large leaf a great substitute for hostas and makes excellent weed fighting groundcover | P-S | 2-4 ft | White | Jul-Oct | WMD | AC | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Aster laevis | Smooth Aster | Prairie, meadow, alvar limestone pavement, wet to dry conditions, showy, rubbery leaf is also bluish green, often distinctive purple veined | F-P | 2-4 ft | Purple | Aug-Oct | WMD | AS | $3.50 – $7.00 | $7.00 $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed | Larval host to Monarch Butterfly, great early colonizer of old fields and meadows, lovely pink orchid-like flower, hairy grey leaf, essential for pollinator gardens | F-P | 3-4 ft | Pink | Jun-Aug | MD | A | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed | Monarch larval host, wet meadow, prairie, riparian, swamp, marsh, great for monarchs, adaptable to many types of gardens, very elegant, tropical looking flower | F-P | 2-4 ft | Pink | Jun-Aug | WM | A | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Asarum canadense | Wild Ginger | Deciduous forest, edible, drought tolerant ground cover with rough kidney shaped leaves, one of best native plant substitutes for hostas | S | 6"-1 ft | Brown | Apr-May | WMD | AL | $8.00 | $8.00 | Perennials | ||
Aralia racemosa | Spikenard | This edible wild plant has been used as substitute for root beer, excellent shade garden plant for normal to moist soil, a large plant in shade gardens | F-P | 2-5 ft | Cream | May-June | WM | AL | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Aquilegia canadensis | Wild Columbine | Adaptable to shade in open woods, rocky bluffs or sunny shorelines this wild version has a delicate yellow and red bloom, a plant of Bruce Peninsula alvars | F-P | 6"-3 ft | Yellow/Red | May-June | MD | ASC | $3.50 – $7.00 | $7.00 $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Apocynum cannabinum | Indian Hemp | Makes colonies in open woods and sunny edges, tolerates dry rocky soil, red stalk, upturned leaves unlike Spreading Dogbane | F-P | 3-4 ft | White | Jul-Aug | MD | ASC | $7.00 | $7.00 | Grasses | ||
Antennaria neglecta | Field Pussy Toes | Excellent rock garden groundcover. Substitute for the well known Pearly Everlasting. Larval host to Painted Lady Butterfly. Gravel or rocky soils | F-P | 6"-16" | White | Apr-Jun | MD | AS | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Angelica atropurpurea | Angelica | Not to be confused with other much more poison plants in this family, habitats are similar, but this beauty is possible to plant in gardens. | F-P | 6-8 ft | White | Jun | WM | A | $3.50 | Out of stock | Perennials | ||
Anemone cylindrica | Cylindric Anemone | This plant has 4-9 leaves in a whorl at midstem. Long thimble-like seedheads. Hardy in dry meadows, open woods | F-P-S | 2-3 ft | White | Jun-Aug | MD | A | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Anemone canadensis | Canadian Anemone | Woodland, forest edge, prairie, meadow, riparian, swamp, marsh, vegetative and seed propagated, the most adaptable groundcover | F-P-S | 1-2 ft | White | May-Aug | WM | A | $3.50 – $7.00 | $3.50 $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Anaphalis margaritacae | Pearly Everlasting | The whole plant has cottony hairy leaves and white flowers. Painted Lady Butterfly larval host | F | 1-3 ft | White | Jun-Oct | MD | A | $3.50 | Out of stock | Perennials | ||
Allium shoenoprasum | Wild Chives | Not the garden variety imported from Europe but the north american variety. Similar but generally fewer flowers per cluster, habitat is thin rocky soils such as alvar | F-P | 1-2 ft | Pink | Jun-Aug | MD | ASC | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Allium cernuum | Nodding Wild Onion | A flower head that leans toward the ground this onion is edible, wet meadows, streambanks, not edible in quantities | P | 1-3 ft | Pink | Jun-Aug | WM | ASC | $3.50 | $3.50 | Perennials | ||
Allium canadense | Canada Wild Onion | This plant makes its home in savannahs, short grass meadows habitats, great early bloomer for dry conditions, edible | P | 8"-2 ft | Pink/ White | Apr-May | MD | ASC | $7.00 | $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Ageratina altissima | White Snakeroot | Woodland, open woods, wet wooded clearings, a giant fall shade plant | P-S | 2-5 ft | Cream | Aug-Oct | WM | A | $7.00 – $10.00 | $10.00 $7.00 | Perennials | ||
Agastache nepetoides | Yellow Giant Hyssop | Large plant, mostly grown for foliage, habitat in open woods, meadows, seed location unknown | F-P | 4-6 ft | Yellow | Jul-Aug | M | A | $7.00 – $10.00 | $7.00 $10.00 | Perennials | ||