2016 Healthy Yards Plant Guide SUN KIT Each Wildflower Kit includes a tray of 17 wildflowers in 10cm pots Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta Average Height: 30 to 150 cm Quantity: 3 Flowers: Yellow, Orange, June to October Blue Vervain Verbena hastata Average Height: 60 to 180 cm Quantity: 3 Flowers: Blue, Purple, June to September Wildlife Attracted: Birds, Butterfly larvae Butterfly Milkweed Asclepoas tuberosa Average Height: 30 to 75 cm Quantity: 3 Flowers: Yellow, Orange, June to September Wildlife Attracted: Butterflies Dense Blazing Star Liatris spicata Average Height: 30 to 180 cm Quantity: 2 Flowers: Purple, July to November Lance Leaved Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata Average Height: 30 to 60 cm Quantity: 3 Flowers: Yellow, May to July Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium Average Height: 45 to 120 cm Quantity: 1 Flowers: White/Cream, Green/Brown, Aug to Oct Wild Strawberry Fragaria virginiana Average Height: 5 to 25 cm Quantity: 2 Proposed Garden Design Layout (Sun & small kit): NOTE: Native tree & shrub kit and rain barrel(s) shown in design sold separately through the Healthy Yards Program. All hardscaping and decorative items are for concept only and are not part of the native plant kits. Garden design representation 3 to4 years after planting. We will do our best to adhere to your plant selection; however, in circumstances where plant material is not available we will substitute with another plant that is similar to your original choice.
SHADE KIT Each Wildflower Kit includes a tray of 17 wildflowers in 10cm pots Common Anemone Anemone virginiana (or other anemone species) Average Height:60 to 90 cm Quantity: 2 Flowers: White/Cream, Green/Brown, April to July Wildlife Attracted: Birds, Butterflies Bottlebrush Grass Hystrix patula Average Height:100 to 150 cm Quantity: 2 Flowers: White/Cream, Green/Brown, June to August Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica Average Height:30 to 120 cm Quantity: 3 Flowers: Blue, August to September Wildlife Attracted: Insects Hairy Beardtongue Penstemon hirsutus Average Height:30 to 90 cm Quantity: 3 Flowers: Purple, Pink, May to July Smooth Aster Symphyotrichum leave (or other aster species) Average Height:30 to 120 cm Quantity: 2 Flowers: Blue, Purple, August to November Wildlife Attracted: Butterflies, Insects Wild Columbine Aquilegia canadensis Average Height:30 to 90 cm Quantity: 2 Flowers: Yellow, Red, April to July Zig Zag Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis (or other aster species) Average Height:30 to 100 cm Quantity: 3 Flowers: Yellow, September to October Wildlife Attracted: Hummingbirds, Insects Proposed Garden Design (Shade & large kit): NOTE: Native tree & shrub kit and rain barrel(s) shown in design sold separately through the Healthy Yards Program. All hardscaping and decorative items are for concept only and are not part of the native plant kits. Garden design representation 3 to4 years after planting. We will do our best to adhere to your plant selection; however, in circumstances where plant material is not available we will substitute with another plant that is similar to your original choice. Pg.2
TREES 1 to 2 gallon pots ranging in sizes from 40 cm to 125 cm in height American Hazelnut Corylus americana Average Height: 2 to 3 m Flowers: White/Cream, April to May Edible: Nuts can be eaten raw or roasted in oven/pan. Soil: Loam Regular pruning required to maintain tree form. Serviceberry Amelanchier canadensis Average Height: 2 to 6 m Moisture: Moist, Wet Soil: Loam, Salt Tolerant Edible: Fruits edible raw or cooked, dried like raisins, used in pies or preserves. Regular pruning required to maintain tree form. Silver Maple Acer saccharinum Average Height: 20 to 30 m, Shade Flowers: Yellow, Red, White/Cream, April to May, Bees Sweet Crabapple Malus coronaria Average Height: 0 to 12 m Flowers: White/Cream, April to May Soil: Clay, Loam Edible: Fruits edible raw or cooked, used in pies or preserves. Wildlife Attracted: Butterflies, Bees White Birch Betula papyrifera Average Height: 6 to 30 m Flowers: Yellow, Green/Brown, April to May Moisture: Moist Soil: Sand, Loam, Salt Tolerant, Hummingbird. Larval host for Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Luna Moth. Pg.3
TREES 1 to 2 gallon pots ranging in sizes from 40 cm to 125 cm in height White Cedar Thuja occidentalis Average Height: 9 to 6 m Flowers: Yellow, Green/Brown, April to April, and Salt Tolerant White Pine Pinus strobus Average Height: 0 to 30 m Flowers: Yellow, Green/Brown, May to June Wildlife Attracted: Birds Soil: Sand, Loam, Humus Enriched SHRUBS White Spruce Picea glauca Average Height: 20 to 30 m Flowers: Red Wildlife Attracted: Birds 1 to 2 gallon pots ranging in sizes from 20 cm to 75 cm in height American Cranberry Viburnum trilobum Average Height: 2 to 4 m Edible: Fruits in the fall can be made into jelly and jams. Soil: Sand, Loam Black Chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa Average Height: 1 to 3 m, Humus Flowers: White/Cream, Pink, May to June Edible: Fruits in the fall can be made into jelly and jams., Bees Black Raspberry Rubus occidentalis Average Height: 2 to 3 m Flowers: White/Cream, May to June Edible: Fruits edible raw or cooked, used in pies or preserves., Thorns or Prickles: Yes Pg.4
SHRUBS 1 to 2 gallon pots ranging in sizes from 20 cm to 75 cm in height Common Elderberry Sambucus canadensis Average Height: 0.9 to 3.6 m Flowers: White/Cream, June to July Moisture: Moist, Wet Edible: Cooked berries, fruits and flowers used in wine making pies and jellies. Wildlife Attracted: Birds, Butterflies, Bees Flowering Raspberry Rubus odoratus Average Height: 0.9 to 1.8 m Flowers: Purple/pink, June to September. Thorns or Prickles: Yes Edible: Fruits edible raw or cooked. Used in pies, jellies and preserves. Wildlife Attracted: Birds, Butterflies, Bees Nannyberry Viburnum lentago Average Height: 4 to 7 m Flowers: White/Cream, May to June. Edible: Fruits edible raw or cooked. Can be dried for winter use. Narrow-leaved Meadowsweet Spiraea alba Average Height: 1 to 1.5 m, Wet. Flowers: White/Cream, June to July Wildlife Attracted: Birds, Butterflies Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius Average Height: 2 to 3 m Flowers: White/Cream, Pink June to July Wildlife Attracted: Birds, Bees Soil: Sand, Loam, Drought Tolerant Pg.5
SHRUBS Pasture Rose Rosa carolina 1 to 2 gallon pots ranging in sizes from 20 cm to 75 cm in height Average Height: 0.3 to 2 m Moisture: Dry, Moist, Wet Soil: Sand, Loam, Salt Tolerant Flowers: White/Cream, Pink June to July Thorns or Prickles: Yes Edible: Rose hips can be used in jams and jellies. Red Osier Dogwood Cornus sericea Average Height: 1.6 to 4 m, Wet Wild Black Currant Ribes americanum Average Height: 0.1 to 0.2 m Moisture: Moist Flowers: Yellow, White/Cream, May to June Edible: Fruit edible raw and cooked, used in jellies, jams, pies and preserves, and dried., Other Showy Insects Wild Raisin Viburnum cassinoides Average Height: 0.3 to 3.6 m Edible: Fruit is edible raw. Moisture: Moist Wild Red Raspberry Rubus idaeus Average Height: 0.3 to 3.6 m Edible: Fruit is edible raw. Thorns or Prickles: Yes Photo Reference: Evergreen. (2014). Native Plant Database. Retrieved 3 March, 2016, from http://nativeplants.evergreen.ca Pg.6