Native Plants

This year over 50% of our native plants are in the edible category.
Yes!
Over HALF of our native plants you can either eat, make drinks and beverages, cups of teas, elixirs, wine and even lemonade.

Take our tall and majestic trees.
Northern Red Oak and the Burr Oak – Edible acorns.
Mind you there is a special trick involved to get these little guys to the edible stage. TIP: (It involves soaking).

Butternut tree. A native New Brunswick tree that rains down edible nuts that taste like butter each Fall.
They “Fall” from the tree. You just need to pick them up, crack them and eat them.

I’m here for the fruit shrubs!
Ok. Next up. Elderberry.
This year I made WINE! Yes!
Elderberry wine.
The Recipe: Elderberry berries, Sugar and a fermentation jar. SIMPLE!

Why do you have Blueberry as a native plant?
Just recently I read that the Highbush Blueberry is a native plant. I’ve even seen picture of them in a peat bog as an ancient looking tree. i wouldve been 90 years old. With 8 – 12 inch branches and multiple trunks.

One of my favourites this year is the Wild Rose. Rosa Virginiana.
Such a pretty and delicate pink flower that smells divine when in bloom.
It’s a lower sized shrub of about 3 – 4 feet that should be included in everyones garden.

Winter Garden Shrubs.
Yes Please!
Don’t go past the Red Osier Dogwood and the Pussy Willow.
The Red Osier Dogwood has dark red stems deep in the winter time.
Perfect for brightening up a winters day. But wait there’s more…..
This dogwood produces little white flowers in the summer followed by bird berries in the fall.

The lovely Pussy Willow catkins are the first sign of spring. They are one of the first things to pop when the weather is warming and the sun is shining more each day. Each pussy willow shrub grows to be between 4 – 6 feet tall.

I love to recommend native plants for any garden.
And this year we have 16 different plants to choose from.
Search below for your favourite native plants. ⬇️⬇️⬇️