Tricyrtis x 'Sinonome'
TOAD LILY
- Vase-shaped clump forming perennial, spreading by stolons
- Erect, somewhat zig-zagging stems
- Ovate medium-green leaves
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Trillium catesbaei
BASHFUL WAKEROBIN
- White flowers turn pink with age
- Blooms face downward with narrow petals
- Green foliage on a purplish stem
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Trillium erectum
RED TRILLIUM
- Native to woodlands throughout North America
- Outward-facing deep red three-petaled flowers
- Stalkless broadly ovate mid-green leaves
HEIGHT: 15-30 cm · SPREAD: 10-15 cm
Trillium grandiflorum
WHITE TRILLIUM
- Native to woodlands throughout North America
- Showiest of all the native trillium
- Outward-facing white three-petaled flowers
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Trillium recurvatum
WOOD LILY
- Upright purple to brownish-purple flowers
- Stalkless with purple mottled dark green foliage
- Spreads by thick underground rhizomes
HEIGHT: 30-50 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Trillium sessile
WOOD LILY
- Leaves and petals and sepals come in groups of three
- Hosta-like leaves are mottled with purple, mint and white
- Flower is three erect petals of maroon, to brownish-purple to dark red
HEIGHT: 30 cm · SPREAD: 30 cm
Tsuga canadensis 'Cole's Prostrata'
COLE'S PROSTRATE CANADIAN HEMLOCK
- Slow-growing prostrate habit
- Dark green foliage contrasts with older exposed silver-white bark
- Makes an interesting small specimen or ground cover
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Tsuga canadensis 'Moon Frost'
MOON FROST CANADIAN HEMLOCK
- Dwarf, broadly rounded form
- Soft feathery foliage with creamy-white variegation
- New growth emerges white, the older needles retain a hint of white
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Uvularia grandiflora
LARGE-FLOWERED BELLWORT
- Clump forming upright native wildflower
- Long bell-shaped yellow flowers
- Flowers have six slightly twisted petals
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Viburnum lentago
NANNYBERRY
- Flat-topped clusters of creamy-white flowers
- Bluish-black fruit in the fall is attractive to birds
- Glossy green leaves turn reddish-purple in the fall
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Viburnum x rhytidophylloides 'Alleghany'
ALLEGHANY VIBURNUM
- Pink to reddish buds open to flat-topped clusters of white flowers
- Red berries turn black and are attractive to birds
- Leathery semi-evergreen leaves
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Vinca minor
PERIWINKLE
- Trailing perennial
- Smooth evergreen foliage
- Beautiful blue phlox-like flowers
HEIGHT: 12-15 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm
Vinca minor 'Alba'
PERIWINKLE
- Glossy dark green evergreen foliage
- Trailing perennial
- White phlox-like flowers
HEIGHT: 12-15 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Vinca minor 'Illumination' (PP12132, COPF, CPBR1632)
VARIEGATED PERIWINKLE
- Trailing perennial
- Smooth evergreen foliage
- Beautiful blue phlox-like flowers
HEIGHT: 10-12 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Vinca minor 'Ralph Shugert'
- Trailing perennial
- Smooth dark green glossy leaves are edged in white
- Bright blue phlox-like flowers
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Viola canadensis
CANADA VIOLET
- White flowers are sometimes tinged with purple
- Heart-shaped deep green foliage
- Fragrant blooms have yellow centres
HEIGHT: 15-30 cm · SPREAD: 15-30 cm
Viola cornuta 'Black Magic' (PP06595)
PANSY
- Unusual flowers are close to jet-black in colour
- Each bloom has a tiny yellow eye
- The blooms are edible
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 15-20 cm
Viola cornuta 'Blue Perfection'
HORNED VIOLET
- Spreading, rhizomatous perennial
- Slightly fragrant five-petaled violet-blue bloom
- Green heart-shaped leaves have scalloped edges
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 20-25 cm
Viola cornuta 'Scottish Yellow'
HORNED VIOLET
- Spreading rhizomatous perennial
- Slightly fragrant five-petaled yellow flowers
- Green heart-shaped leaves have scalloped edges
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 20-25 cm
Viola cornuta 'White Perfection'
HORNED VIOLET
- Spreading, rhizomatous perennial
- Slightly fragrant five-petaled white flowers
- Green heart-shaped leaves have scalloped edges
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 20-25 cm
Viola riviniana 'Purpurea Group'
AMERICAN DOG VIOLET
- AKA Viola labradorica var. purpurea
- Low-growing woodland perennial
- Lavender-blue flowers
HEIGHT: 5-10 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Viola sororia 'Freckles'
WOOLLY BLUE VIOLET
- Large heart-shaped leaves
- Numerous large pearly-white flowers
- Flowers are edible
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 15-30 cm
Viola x 'Heartthrob' (PP19999, COPF)
PANSY
- Heart-shaped green leaves featuring deep burgundy centres
- Lavender blooms
- Bloom Time: April to May
HEIGHT: 20 cm · SPREAD: 30 cm
Viola x 'Mars'
PANSY
- Large leaves have dark purple centres and veining
- Abundant fragrant lavender blooms
- Flowers can be hidden by the foliage
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 15-20 cm
Viola x 'Silver Samurai'
PANSY
- Compact mounding habit
- Dark green foliage with distinct silver veining
- Serrated and slightly ruffled leaves
HEIGHT: 10-12 cm · SPREAD: 15-20 cm
Waldsteinia fragarioides
BARREN STRAWBERRY
- AKA Geum fragarioides
- Mat-forming rhizomatous perennial
- Dark green to bronze strawberry-like leaves
HEIGHT: 5-10 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Waldsteinia ternata
BARREN STRAWBERRY
- AKA Geum ternata
- Mat-forming rhizomatous perennial
- Dark green to bronze strawberry-like leaves
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Woodsia obtusa
CLIFF FERN
- Feathery dull green mounding fronds
- Leaflets are blunt-lobed
- Leaflets have hairy undersides when young
HEIGHT: 30-50 cm · SPREAD: 25-40 cm
Woodwardia virginica
VIRGINIA CHAIN FERN
- AKA Anchistea virginica
- Deeply cut leathery green fronds
- Thick black central stem
HEIGHT: 50-70 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Xanthorhiza simplissima
YELLOWROOT
- Inconspicuous bronze four-petaled flowers appear before the foliage
- Star-shaped light brown fruit attract ground birds
- Compound pinnate green leaves resemble celery leaves
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm