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MOUNTAIN MAPLE Acer spicatum
Sun: Sun or Shade
Moisture: Medium to Moist, Well drained
Height: 3 - 7 metres
Description: Bright red seeds in summer and orange foliage in
fall - Host for Harvester and Tiger Swallowtail butterfly caterpillars.
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SPECKLED ALDER Alnus rugosa
Sun: Sun or Part Shade
Moisture: Medium to Wet
Height: 2 - 4 metres
Bloom Time: April/May
Description: Birds love the seeds - Host for Harvester butterfly
caterpillars.
| Sizes & Prices |
| Ask about availability. |
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SASKATOON Amelanchier alnifolia
Sun: Sun
Moisture: Dry to Medium, Well drained
Height: 3 - 4 metres
Bloom Time: May
Colour: White
Description: The purple fruit is great to eat fresh or for Saskatoon
pie - Early to bloom and leaf out in spring - Golden fall colour
- Deer Resistant.
| Sizes & Prices |
| 4.5"
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LEADPLANT Amorpha canescens
Sun: Sun
Moisture: Dry to Medium
Height: 30 - 90 cm
Bloom Time: June
Colour: Blue/Purple
Description: The glowing, blue/purple flower spikes attract
butterflies for nectar - A rare shrub with grey-green leaves
- Prefers sandier soil - A legume.
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INDIGO BUSH Amorpha fruiticosa
Sun: Sun
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 2 - 3 metres
Bloom Time: June
Colour: Dark Purple
Description: A rare shrub with gorgeous, dark purple flower
spikes - Host to Alfalfa butterflies - A legume.
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DWARF FALSE INDIGO Amorpha nana
Sun: Sun
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 30 - 50 cm
Bloom Time: June
Colour: Reddish Purple
Description: A small, rare shrub with fragrant flowers in spike
like racemes - Attractive, fine textured leaves.
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RED OSIER DOGWOOD Cornus sericea ssp.
sericea
Sun: Sun or Shade
Moisture: Medium to Wet
Height: 1 - 3 metres
Bloom Time: June
Colour: White
Description: Red bark adds winter colour - White berries attract
birds - Host of Spring Azure butterflies - Excellent for riverbanks.
| Sizes & Prices |
| 4.5"
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GREY DOGWOOD Cornus racemosa
Sun: Sun or Shade
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 2 metres
Bloom Time: June
Colour: White
Description: Showy flowers and white berries, which birds love
- Grey bark - Host for Spring Azure butterflies - Purple fall
colour - Spreads gradually by underground roots.
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| 4.5"
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10/$72 |
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HAZELNUT Corylus americana and Corylus
cornuta
Sun: Sun
Moisture: Dry to Moist, Well drained
Height: 1 - 3 metres
Bloom Time: May
Colour: Red, tiny
Description: Excellent, golden orange fall colour - Nuts can
be roasted and eaten - Spreads to form dense clumps - Deer Resistant.
| Sizes & Prices |
| 4.5" pots |
$7.95 |
10/$72 |
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10/$125 |
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$21.95 |
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HAWTHORN Crataegus chrysocarpa
Sun: Sun
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 2 - 4 metres
Bloom Time: June
Colour: White
Description: A very attractive shrub with stout thorns - Loaded
with beautiful, white flowers, followed by bright red fruit
- Host for Harvester butterflies and Hairstreak butterflies
- Deer Resistant.
| Sizes & Prices |
| 4.5"
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$7.95 |
10/$72 |
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$13.95 |
10/$125 |
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BUSH HONEYSUCKLE Diervilla lonicera
Sun: Sun or Shade
Moisture: Dry to Moist, Well drained
Height: 50 - 100 cm
Bloom Time: June/July
Colour: Yellow
Description: Great as a tall groundcover - Clusters of yellow,
funnel shaped flowers - Spreads by roots - Red/gold fall colour.
| Sizes & Prices |
| 4.5"
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$7.95 |
10/$72 |
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10/$125 |
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SILVERBERRY Eleagnus commutata
Sun: Sun
Moisture: Dry to Medium, Well drained
Height: 2 - 4 metres
Bloom Time: June
Colour: Yellow
Description: Silver leaves - Thicket forming shrub spreads by
roots - Also called Wolf Willow - Great for erosion control
and wildlife - Deer Resistant.
| Sizes & Prices |
| 4.5"
pots |
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10/$72 |
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WILD PLUM Prunus americana
Sun: Sun or Part Shade
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 3 - 5 metres
Bloom Time: May
Colour: White
Description: A mass of flowers cover the plant before the leaves
emerge - Red or yellow plums - Host of Spring Azure and Swallowtail
butterflies.
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$21.95 |
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PINCHERRY Prunus pensylvanica
Sun: Sun or Part Shade
Moisture: Dry to Medium, Well drained
Height: 3 - 5 metres
Bloom Time: May
Colour: White
Description: Bright red, pea sized cherries make good jelly
- Nice fall colour - Birds love the fruit - All prunus species
host Spring Azure and Swallowtail butterflies.
(Ask about availability.)
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WESTERN SANDCHERRY Prunus pumila besseyi
Sun: Sun
Moisture: Dry to Medium
Height: 15 - 40 cm
Bloom Time: May
Colour: White
Description: White flowers are followed by tart, purplish, edible
cherries – Native to dry, sandy
prairies in the southwest parklands of Manitoba.
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10/$72 |
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SMOOTH SUMAC Rhus glabra
Sun: Sun
Moisture: Dry to Medium
Height: 2 - 4 metres
Bloom Time:
Colour:
Description: Fast growing with showy, brilliant red leaves in
fall - Spreads by roots - Cone shaped red fruit clusters attract
wildlife.
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WILD BLACK CURRANT Ribes americanum
Sun: Sun or Shade
Moisture: Medium to Wet
Height: 90 - 120 cm
Bloom Time: May
Colour: Yellow
Description: A great shrub for shady, moist areas - Edible black
berries - Birds love the fruit too - Fast growing.
| Sizes & Prices |
| 4.5"
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PRICKLY ROSE Rosa acicularis
Sun: Sun or Part Shade
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 1 - 2 metres
Bloom Time: June
Colour: Pink
Description: Fragrant flowers produce red rose hips - Floral
emblem of Alberta - Spreads by roots - Host for Hairstreak butterflies
- Rusty orange fall colour.
| Sizes & Prices |
| 4.5"
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WILD RASPBERRY Rubus idaeus
Sun: Sun or Part Shade
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 1 - 2 metres
Bloom Time: June
Colour: White
Description: Very tasty fruit, great for eating fresh or in
jam or pies - Fresh or dried leaves make good tea - Spreads
by roots.
Fruiting is best with regular moisture.
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BUFFALOBERRY Sheperdia argentea
Sun: Sun
Moisture: Dry to Medium
Height: 3 - 5 metres
Description: A thorny shrub with silver leaves and orange/red
berries. Berries are very sour but after a hard frost they make
good jelly. Male and female flowers are on separate plants so
more than one plant is needed to produce fruit. Buffaloberry
does great on sandier soils.
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| 4.5"
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10/$72 |
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SHOWY MOUNTAIN ASH Sorbus decora
Sun: Sun or Shade
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 5- 8metres
Bloom Time: June
Colour: White
Description: A very pretty small tree with flat clusters of
flowers and big clusters of red berries in summer.
Not Available in 2015.
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NARROWLEAF MEADOWSWEET Spirea alba
Sun: Sun or Part Shade
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 50 - 100 cm
Bloom Time: July
Colour: White
Description: Pyramidal clusters of fuzzy flowers - Host for
Spring Azure butterflies - Great for low untrimmed hedges.
| Sizes & Prices |
| 4.5"
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10/$72 |
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SNOWBERRY Symphoricarpos albus var.
pauciflorus
Sun: Sun or Shade
Moisture: Dry to Moist
Height: 30 – 75 cm
Bloom Time: June
Colour: Pink/White
Description: Important food and cover source for many birds
- Spreads by roots to form thickets - White berries are not
edible.
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WESTERN SNOWBERRY
Symphoricarpos occidentalis
Sun: Sun or shade
Moisture: Dry to Moist
Height: 50-90 centimetres
Bloom Time: June
Colour: Pink/White
Description: One of the most widespread and commonest shrubs
in the prairies. Spreads a lot by creeping roots. Best used
for reclamation and to control soil erosion on banks and slopes.
The white fruit is a source of food for birds.
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WHITE CEDAR Thuja occidentalis
Sun: Sun or Shade
Moisture: Medium to Wet
Height: 10 – 20 Metres
Bloom Time: June
Colour: Pink/White
Description: A long lived, bushy cedar growing in a broadly
pyramidal shape 3-5 metres wide (10-15 feet wide). Makes a beautiful
tree or shelterbelt. Native to the south eastern Manitoba boreal
forest. Birds like to eat the seeds and nest in the tree.
Aromatic foliage. One of the four sacred plants used by First
Nations people in smudging ceremonies.
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NANNYBERRY Viburnum lentago
Sun: Sun or Shade
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 3 - 4 metres
Bloom Time: June
Colour: White
Description: Shiny leaves, flat clusters of flowers and navy
blue berries - Bright red fall colour - Viburnums host Spring
Azure butterflies.
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HIGHBUSH CRANBERRY Viburnum trilobum
Sun: Sun or Shade
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 2 - 4 metres
Bloom Time: June
Colour: White
Description: Showy flowers and bunches of red berries - Gorgeous
red fall colour - Host for Hummingbird Clearwing Moth.
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10/$72 |
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DOWNY ARROWWOOD Viburnum rafinesquianum
Sun: Sun or Shade
Moisture: Dry to Moist
Height: 90 – 150 cm
Bloom Time: June
Colour: White
Description: Round flower clusters are followed by navy/black
berries – Leaves turn purple in autumn – Birds and
other wildlife like to eat the berries – Viburnums host
the little Spring Azure butterflies.
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| 4.5" pots
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10/$72 |
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$13.95 |
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PAGODA DOGWOOD Cornus alternifolia
Sun: Part-Shade or Shade
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 2 - 5 metres
Bloom Time: June
Colour: White
Description: A rare shrub with showy clusters of flowers and
dark blue berries that birds love. Excellent for many pollinators
too.
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10/$125 |
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