Abelia mosanensis
HARDY ABELIA
- Rounded habit with arching stems
- Pink buds open to fragrant pinkish-white tubular flowers
- Glossy green leaves turn orange-red in the fall
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Acer saccharum
SUGAR MAPLE
- Upright growing, with a dense rounded crown
- Insignificant flowers appear just before the leaves
- Fruit (samaras in pairs) ripen early fall
HEIGHT: 25-30 m · SPREAD: 15-18 m
Ceanothus impressus 'Victoria'
VICTORIA CALIFORNIA LILAC
- Clusters of tiny fragrant light blue flowers
- Semi-evergreen dark green leaves
- Oval-rounded shrub
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Corylus cornuta
BEAKED HAZEL
- Male flowers are decorative brown catkins appearing before the leaves
- Female flowers are small and red
- Edible fruit emerges white, turning brown in the summer,
HEIGHT: 250-300 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Ginkgo biloba 'Prostrata'
WEEPING MAIDENHAIR TREE
- Low-growing by nature; can be staked and trained
- Unique two-lobed fan-shaped leaves with almost parallel veins
- Foliage emerges green in colour late in the spring
HEIGHT: 3 m · SPREAD: 2 m
Ginkgo biloba 'Yvonne'
YVONNE PYRAMIDAL MAIDENHAIR TREE
- Narrow pyramidal form with a central leader and ascending branches
- Green leaves turn bright golden-yellow in the fall
- Leaves are smaller than expected
HEIGHT: 7-8 m · SPREAD: 1-2 m
Gymnocladus dioicus
KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE
- Open oval crown with irregular branching
- Greenish-white flowers appear on both male and female plants
- Fertilized flowers on female plants give way to flat brown seed pods
HEIGHT: 17-20 m · SPREAD: 13-15 m
Juniperus virginiana 'Canaertii'
COMPACT EASTERN RED CEDAR
- Broadly columnar growth habit; somewhat smaller than the species
- Upright growing foliage is dark green in summer and bronze-ish in winter
- Foliage is fragrant when cut
HEIGHT: 9-10 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Juniperus x pfitzeriana 'Pfitzeriana Aurea'
GOLDEN PFITZER JUNIPER
- Flat-topped spreader with horizontal tiered branches
- Body of the plant is green with yellow new growth
- Good for screening or foundation plantings
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Juniperus x pfitzeriana 'Wilhelm Pfitzer'
PFITZER JUNIPER
- Wide-spreading horizontally-tiered branches with drooping tips
- Broad rounded shape with gray-green foliage year round
- Good for screening
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 250-300 cm
Liatris mucronata
NARROW-LEAF GAYFEATHER
- Clump-forming habit with upright spikes
- Fluffy thistle-like deep rose-purple flower heads at the ends of the spikes opening from the top down
- Narrow green leaves about 10cm long, held horizontally from the spike
HEIGHT: 80-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Mentha x villosa
MOJITO MINT
- Light purple flowers in interrupted terminal spikes
- Spearmint-scented round leaves
- Plants are edible raw or cooked
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Platanus x acerifolia 'Bloodgood'
LONDON PLANE TREE
- Pyramidal when young, becoming rounded to spreading with age
- Large medium-green leaves are maple-like in shape
- Fall colour is an insignificant golden-yellow
HEIGHT: 14-16 m · SPREAD: 10-13 m
Platanus x acerifolia Ovation™ ('Morton Euclid')
OVATION™ PLANETREE
- Strong central leader
- Uniform broad pyramidal habit
- Coarse green deeply lobed leaves
HEIGHT: 20-25 m · SPREAD: 15-20 m
Thalictrum dioicum
EARLY MEADOW RUE
- Showy nodding bell-shaped purple pistils or yellow stamens
- Dioecious: having male and female plants
- Attractive divided light green foliage
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-60 cm