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Woody plants
Rhodedendron Electric Lights Red Azalea
Electric Lights Red has fiery red flowers in early spring, blooming just after the new foliage emerges. It grows in an upright mound and will tolerate full sun to part shade. The flower buds are hardy to -35 C.
Bailey Nurseries Lilac
Cornus stolonifera Arctic Fire Yellow Red osier dogwood
A new selection of native Cornus stolonifera that offers the hardiness and durability of the species but with vivid yellow stems. White flowers are followed by bright white berries. Grows 1.5 m tall and 1.8 m wide.
Physocarpus opulifolius Panther Ninebark
Bloomin’ Easy introduces Panther ninebark with sleek dark foliage and stems. Reaches a mature size of 1.2-1.5 m tall and wide, making it great as a superb backdrop to brighter flowers and foliage.
Van Belle Nursery
Syringa x prestoniae Pinktini Spring Meadow Nursery
Pinktini is an outstanding dwarf lilac cultivar resulting from a cross between Charisma and Miss Canada. Abundant bright-pink panicles on a compact bush. Non suckering. Mature height is 1.5 m and width is 1.25 m.
Jefferies Nurseries
Finely-textured, golden-green foliage is followed by lovely white flower clusters. The flowers of Raspberry Lemonade give way to bright coral-red ornamental fruits that hold their colour for weeks. Grows to a height and spread of 1.25 m in full sun.
Hillen Nursery
Woody Plants
Prunus pumila Jade Parade Sand cherry
Jade Parade sand cherry is an ideal shrub for mass planting and groundcovers. Its glossy blueish-green leaves turn yellow, orange, and red in fall. Tiny white spring flowers are followed by black fruits in late summer. Tolerant of full sun and dry conditions.
Bailey Nurseries
Thuja occidentalis Sienna Sunset Cedar
Sienna Sunset has a compact, spherical habit with a height and spread of 40 cm. The new foliage is yellow-green in colour, turning a bronzed orange colour in late fall. Grows best in sun to part shade.
HillenNursery Spiraea japonica Poprocks Petite Spirea
A beautiful new selection from Bloomin’ Easy. Poprocks Petite has a tidy, compact 60-80 cm mounded form, and candy-pink button flowers that pop against rich green foliage and cover the plant, from late spring to frost.
Van Belle Nursery Potentilla fruticosa Bella Bianca Potentilla
Bella Bianca from Bloomin’ Easy is an elegant addition to the sunny landscape. This petite new selection blooms all season with pure-white flowers that completely cover its tidy frame.
Van Belle Nursery Ginkgo biloba Mariken Dwarf ginkgo standard
Bluish-green foliage that emerges chartreuse in spring. The fan-shaped leaves turn an outstanding buttery yellow in the fall. Grows 1.5 m tall and 60 cm wide.
JC Bakker & Sons
Woody Plants
Cornus kousa Scarlet Fire Kousa dogwood
The newest cultivar in the columnar Spire crabapple series, Midnite Spire offers outstanding glossy, purple foliage all summer long. Pink spring flowers give rise to medium-sized fruit. Mature height is 6 m and width is 2 m. Deep-pink to fuchsia blooms appear in late May to early June. The blooms of Scarlet Fire dogwood are pointed and do not overlap, creating an attractive starry shape lasting up to eight weeks. Grows 8 m tall with a spread of 5 m Full sun.
Hillen Nursery Syringa x hyacinthiflora Scentara Double Blue Lilac
The cool purple blooms take on a blue tone in the spring sunshine, each one full of petals for a delicate seashell-like effect. Heavy bloomer and very fragrant. Grows 2.4 m tall and wide.
Hydrangea serrata Let’s Dance Can Do! Hydrangea
A huge leap in achieving success with hydrangeas. Let’s Dance Can Do! is an excellent rebloomer, requiring only a short period of vegetative growth to create newwood blooms. It also sets flower buds along the entire length of the stem, not merely at the tips. Grows 1-1.3 m tall and wide.
Malus x adstringens Midnite Spire Flowering crabapple
Jefferies Nurseries
Spring Meadow Nursery
JC Bakker & Sons
Spiraea x fritschiana Spot On Spirea
Blazing shades of red, orange and yellow make this an outstanding fall-colour spirea. Dark pink flowers appear in early June with sporadic summer rebloom. Spot On spirea has a mounded habit that needs little pruning.
