The birch is a deciduous ornamental tree valued for its distinctive peeling bark, graceful branching, and attractive foliage. It is commonly planted in landscapes and gardens for its elegant appearance and year-round visual interest.

Zone: 4–6
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil: moist, well-drained, sandy, and loamy soils
PH: 5.0–6.5
Salt Tolerance: Low
Height: 30 to 70 feet with a spread of 20 to 40 feet

Type

- Dura Heat Clump

The boxwood is a dense evergreen shrub valued for its compact growth habit, small glossy leaves, and ability to be shaped into hedges and formal landscape designs. It is commonly planted in gardens and landscapes for borders, foundation planting, and year-round structure.

Zone: 4–6
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil: moist, well-drained, loamy soils
PH: 6.5–7.5
Salt Tolerance: Moderate
Height: 2 to 15 feet with a spread of 2 to 8 feet

Type

- Green Gem

- Green Mountain

- Green Mountain Pyramid

- Green Velvet

Cedar shrubs are hardy and easy to grow. While most of us refer to them as shrubs, they are actually cedar trees. They make great privacy or border hedges when planted in rows.

Zone: 3-7
Sun: Full Sun, part-shade
Soil: Moist, well-drained
PH: 6.5-8.0
Salt Tolerance: Moderate

Type

- Amber Gold

- Black

- Dancia Dwarf Globe

- Degroot's Spire

- Emerald Cedar

- Emerald Petite

- Fire Chief Globe

- Green Giant

- Hetz Midget

- Janed Gold

- Little Giant Globe

- Mr. Bowling Ball

- Sunkist

- Whipcord

- Wintergreen

The dogwood is an ornamental flowering tree or large shrub valued for its showy spring blooms, attractive berries, and vibrant fall foliage. It is commonly planted in landscapes and gardens for decorative appeal and seasonal interest.

Zone: 4–6
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil: moist, rich, well-drained soils
PH: 5.5–6.5
Salt Tolerance: Low
Height: 15 to 30 feet with a spread of 15 to 25 feet

Type

- Arctic Fire Yellow Red Oiser

The euonymus is a versatile evergreen or semi-evergreen ornamental shrub valued for its colourful foliage, dense growth habit, and adaptability to various landscape conditions. It is commonly planted in gardens and landscapes for hedges, borders, foundation planting, and ground cover.

Zone: 4–6
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil: well-drained, loamy, sandy, and clay soils
PH: 6.0–7.5
Salt Tolerance: Moderate
Height: 2 to 15 feet with a spread of 2 to 10 feet

Type

- Canadale Gold

- Country Gold

- Emerald Gaiety Big Leaf

- Gold Splash

- Lemon Lime

- Mickaela Summer Runner

- Moonshadow

- Sungold

- Surespot

The false cypress is an evergreen ornamental shrub or tree valued for its soft textured foliage, graceful branching, and variety of colours ranging from green to golden-yellow and blue-green. It is commonly planted in landscapes and gardens for foundation planting, privacy screens, and year-round interest.

Zone: 4–6
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil: moist, well-drained, loamy soils
PH: 5.0–6.5
Salt Tolerance: Low to Moderate
Height: 3 to 20 feet with a spread of 3 to 10 feet

Type

- Blue Weeping Nootka

- Gold Charm

- Golden Mops

- Slender Hinoki

- Sungold

- Weeping Nookta

The hemlock is a graceful evergreen tree valued for its soft needles, dense branching, and ability to provide year-round privacy and shade. It is commonly planted in landscapes and gardens for hedges, screens, and ornamental planting.

Zone: 4–6
Sun: Partial Shade to Full Sun
Soil: moist, rich, well-drained acidic soils
PH: 5.0–6.5
Salt Tolerance: Low
Height: 40 to 70 feet with a spread of 25 to 35 feet

Type

- Canadian

When all else in the winter appears dead and lifeless, holly remains green and full of berries, the holly bush gives hope for new life in the spring.

Zone: 4-9
Sun: Full Sun, part-shade, full-shade
Soil: Adaptable to heavy and light soil, can tolerate wet soil
PH: 5.5-6.0
Salt Tolerance: Moderate

Type

- Blue Prince

- Blue Princess

- Gem Box

- Squeeze Box

Junipers have the capacity to self-prune, shedding branches for survival, and its sap is rot resistant. Juniper berries supply food and shelter for native animals.

Zone: 3-9
Sun: Full Sun
Soil: Well-drained, not tolerant of wet soil.
PH: 5.5-7.0
Salt Tolerance: Tolerant

Type

- Bar Harbour

- Blue Arrow

- Blue Chip

- Blue Pacific

- Blue Point

- Blue Rug

- Blue Star

- Buffalo

- Calgary Carpet

- Compact Andorra

- Compressa

- Daubs Frosted

- Dream Joy

- Dwarf Japanese 'Nana'

- Gold Coast

- Green Sargent

- Icee Blue

- Meyer Pompom

- Mint Julep

- Moonglow

- Old Gold

- Prince of Wales

- Skandia

- Skyrocket

- Spartan

- Tamarix

- Wichita Blue

The larch is a unique deciduous conifer valued for its soft needles, pyramidal shape, and golden-yellow fall colour before shedding its needles in winter. It is commonly planted in landscapes and naturalized areas for ornamental interest and cold hardiness.

Zone: 4–6
Sun: Full Sun
Soil: moist, well-drained, loamy, and sandy soils
PH: 5.0–7.0
Salt Tolerance: Low
Height: 40 to 80 feet with a spread of 20 to 35 feet

Type

- Weeping

The microbiota is a low-growing evergreen shrub valued for its soft feathery foliage, spreading growth habit, and excellent cold hardiness. It is commonly planted in landscapes and gardens as a ground cover, on slopes, and in rock gardens for year-round texture and erosion control.

Zone: 4–6
Sun: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil: well-drained, sandy, loamy soils
PH: 5.0–7.0
Salt Tolerance: Moderate
Height: 1 to 2 feet with a spread of 6 to 12 feet

Type

- Russian Cypress

The pieris is a broadleaf evergreen shrub valued for its cascading clusters of bell-shaped flowers, colourful new growth, and glossy foliage. It is commonly planted in gardens and landscapes for foundation planting, woodland gardens, and year-round ornamental interest.

Zone: 5–6
Sun: Partial Shade to Full Sun
Soil: moist, rich, acidic, well-drained soils
PH: 4.5–6.0
Salt Tolerance: Low
Height: 4 to 12 feet with a spread of 4 to 10 feet

Type

- Japanese Prelude

- Mountain Fire Japanese

- Austrian

- Austrian Oregon Green

- Domingo

- Dwarf Mugho

- Eastern White

- Scotch Topiary

The rhododendron is a broadleaf evergreen shrub valued for its large clusters of colourful flowers, glossy foliage, and year-round ornamental appeal. It is commonly planted in gardens and landscapes for foundation planting, woodland gardens, and decorative borders.

Zone: 4–6
Sun: Partial Shade
Soil: moist, rich, acidic, well-drained soils
PH: 4.5–6.0
Salt Tolerance: Low
Height: 4 to 15 feet with a spread of 4 to 12 feet

Type

- Rosesum Pink

The spruce is a hardy evergreen conifer valued for its dense branching, pyramidal shape, and year-round needle foliage. It is commonly planted in landscapes and gardens for privacy screens, windbreaks, and ornamental planting.

Zone: 4–6
Sun: Full Sun
Soil: moist, well-drained, loamy, and sandy soils
PH: 5.0–6.5
Salt Tolerance: Low to Moderate
Height: 40 to 80 feet with a spread of 20 to 35 feet

Type

- Baby Blue

- Baby Blue Eyes

- Black Hill's

- Colorado Blue

- Dwarf Alberta

- Fat Alberta

- Globe Blue

- Little Gem Dwarf

- Montrose Charm

- Nest

- Norway

- Norway Columnar

- Norway Weeping

- Pendula Bruns

- Serbian Dwarf

- Spruce it Up Dwarf Alberta

- The Blues

- White

- White North Pole

- White Weeping

Yews are coniferous evergreen shrubs and trees that produce seed cones called yew berries. They are commonly used in landscaping to hide foundations or create hedges.

Zone: 3-6
Sun: Full Sun, part-shade, full shade
Soil: Moist, well-drained
PH: 6.0-7.0
Salt Tolerance: Moderate

Type

- Dense

- Dwarf Japanese

- Fairview

- Golden Japanese

- Hick's

- Hill's

- Japanese Clipped Pyramid

- Nova

- Sunburst

- Ward's

- Adam's Needle

- Bright Edge

- Colour Guard