Simcoe County Master Gardeners Grow Natives! PLANT PROFILE COMMON NAME: Wild Red Columbine BINOMIAL: Aquilegia canadensis FamilyRanunculaceaeCdn Native RangeSaskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, QuebecNatural habitatmeadow understory, woodlands, forest edgesTypeherbaceous perennialFeaturesintriguingly shaped, coloured flowers; hybridizes with non-native columbinesGrowth…
Simcoe County Master Gardeners Grow Natives! PLANT PROFILE COMMON NAME: Black Chokeberry BINOMIAL: Aronia melanocarpa FamilyRosaceaeCdn Native RangeNFLD to OntarioNatural habitatdry soils; moist thickets to a bog swamp habitatTypedeciduous woody shrubFeaturesshowy flowers and berries against…
Simcoe County Master Gardeners Grow Natives! PLANT PROFILE COMMON NAME: Northern bush honeysuckle BINOMIAL: Diervilla lonicera FamilyCaprifoliaceaeCdn Native Rangeacross Canada from Newfoundland to SaskatchewanNatural habitatcommonly found in rocky exposed sites that have dry, or infertile…
Simcoe County Master Gardeners Grow Natives! PLANT PROFILE COMMON NAME: Buttonbush BINOMIAL: Cephalanthus occidentalis FamilyRubiaceaeCdn Native Range All of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEINatural habitatwetlands, or areas that stay wet all or most of the…
Simcoe County Master Gardeners Grow Natives! PLANT PROFILE COMMON NAME: Fragrant Sumac BINOMIAL: Rhus aromatica FamilyAnacardiaceae (cashew)Cdn Native Rangesouthern and eastern Canada, primary range from Ontario to western QuebecNatural habitatdry, rocky or sandy areas, including open…
Simcoe County Master Gardeners Grow Natives! PLANT PROFILE COMMON NAME: American Elderberry BINOMIAL: Sambucus canadensis FamilyAdoxaceaeCdn Native Rangeall of CanadaNatural habitatmoist meadows, wetlands, stream banks, fields and open areas, thicketsTypewoody deciduous shrubFeaturestiny white flowers in large,…
By Anna Sauve, Master Gardener These perennial selections are reliable, more disease resistant, have good shape and form, and require little work in terms of pruning and trimming. They are all plants of size and…
Simcoe County Master Gardeners Grow Natives! PLANT PROFILE COMMON NAME: Nannyberry BINOMIAL: Viburnum lentago FamilyAdoxaceaeCdn Native RangeSouthern NB, QU, along the Great Lakes corridor, southern MN and SKNatural habitatopen woodlands, meadows, older fallow farmlands Typedeciduous woody…
Simcoe County Master Gardeners Grow Natives! PLANT PROFILE COMMON NAME: Ninebark BINOMIAL: Physocarpus opulifolius FamilyRosaceae (Rose)Cdn Native RangeOntario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New BrunswickNatural habitatopen meadow, woodlandsTypewoody shrubFeaturesshowy flowers, showy berries, excellent fall colour, exfoliating barkGrowth…
Simcoe County Master Gardeners Grow Natives! PLANT PROFILE COMMON NAME: Red-Osier Dogwood BINOMIAL: Cornus sericea aka Cornus stolinifera FamilyCornaceaeCdn Native Rangeall of CanadaNatural habitatopen wetlands, damp woods, stream banksTypewoody deciduous shrubFeaturesshowy stems and berries, fall colour, winter interestGrowth…