Native Roots Collection
The environmental reasons for gardening with native plants are positive and compelling. Native plants increase biodiversity, provide habitat for a variety of creatures including birds and butterflies, provide a home for many native plants that are becoming increasingly rare in the wild, conserve water and help to eliminate the need for extensive use of pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers. Less work and lots of beauty!


Nursery
American Elder

- Great shrub with medium green foliage offset by large panicles of fragrant white flowers in spring
- The flowers are followed by dark purple to black round berries
- The berries are commonly used to make jams, jellies, and wine
- Rquires full sun or full shade
- Requires moist clay soil
- Height: 3 m
- Spread: 250 cm
- Zone: 3-9
Red Osier Dogwood

- Spreads slowly by underground stems
- Burgundy-red branches provide winter interest
- Cut back hard in spring to keep this dogwood shorter and produce more vivid winter twig colour
- Requires full to partial sun
- Requires wet moist soil
- Height: 3 m
- Spread: 250 cm
- Zone: 2-9
Sugar Maple

- An excellent choice as a specimen tree in the landscape, this lovely tree has lobed leaves which will take on spectacular fall colour
- A mixture of oranges, reds and yellows is produced in spectacular fashion, all on a tree that is drought tolerant
- Requires full sun
- Requires well drained soil
- Height: 18 m
- Spread: 14 m
- Zone: 3-9
Eastern White Pine

- This easy to grow coniferous tree has been shown to reach 30 meters or more in the wild
- It is pyramidal when young, becoming more rounded with age
- Needles have a nice soft texture
- Requires full to partial sun
- Requires light sandy soil
- Height: 25 m
- Spread: 8 m
- Zone: 3-9