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Fusion landscape plant list

Use this guide to help plan the placement of different plants in your garden.

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  • Native to Canada
  • Sun
  • Part sun
  • Shade
  • Little water
  • Moderate water
  • Lots of water

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Bulbs Perennials Shrubs Trees

Bulbs

Flower Remarks Light Moisture Bloom Height Spread
Allium Allium species Spring/Summer 30-60 cm 45 cm
Pearl Pink Hyacinth Hyacinth orientalis "Pink Pearl" Spring 15-30 cm 10-15 cm
Grape Hyacinth Muscari armeniacum Spring 15-20 cm 15-22 cm
Cream Beauty Crocus Crocus chrysanthus "Cream Beauty" Spring 5-8 cm 8-10 cm
Tulip Tulipa species Spring 25-75 cm 15-22 cm
Crocus Crocus species "Violet" Spring 5-15 cm 5-10 cm
Daffodil Narcissus Spring 45-69 cm 15-22 cm

Perennials

Flower Remarks Light Moisture Bloom Height Spread
Blanket Flower Gaillardia x grandiflora Summer/Fall 45-65 cm 45 cm
Blazing Star Liatris species Summer/Fall 20-30 cm 60-120 cm
Clematis Clematis species Spring/Fall 90-150 cm 200-300 cm
Coreopsis Coreopsis species Summer/Fall 60-75 cm 30-45 cm
Blue False Indigo Baptisia australis Spring 90-120 cm 90 cm
Lamb's Ear Stachys byzantina Summer 15-45 cm 30-45 cm
Woolly Thyme Thymus pseudolanuginosus Spring/Fall 4 cm 30-45 cm
ButterflyWeed Asclepias tuberosa Summer 60-75 cm 60-75 cm
Oriental Poppy papaver orientale Summer 15-30 cm 15-22 cm
Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass Calamagrostis x acutiflora Summer/Fall 120-150 cm 45-60 cm
Blue Oat Grass Helictotrichon sempervirens Summer/Fall 60-90 cm 60-75 cm
Hollyhock Alcea rosea Summer 180-240 cm 60 cm
Siberian Iris Iris sibirica Summer 60 cm 30-45 cm
Blue Fescue Festuca glauca Summer/Fall 22-30 cm 30-45 cm
Aster Asteraceae species Summer/Fall 45 cm 60 cm
Autumn Joy Sedum Sedum "Herbstfreude" Summer/Fall 45-60 cm 45-60 cm
Moss Phlox Phlox subulata Spring 5-15 cm 30-45 cm
Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta Summer 45-75 cm 30-60 cm
False Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides Summer 90-120 cm 60-90 cm
Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea Summer/Fall 45-90 cm 45-90 cm
Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii Summer/Fall 100-200 cm 60-90 cm
Daylilly Hemerocallis species Spring/Fall 60-90 cm 60-90 cm
Fountain Grass Pennisetum alopecuroides Summer/Fall 60-100 cm 90-180 cm
Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium Summer/Fall 100-120 cm 30-60 cm
Mum Chrysanthemum species Fall 45-60 cm 45-60 cm
Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana Summer/Fall 60-90 cm 45-60 cm
Phlox Phlox species Spring/Summer 30-120 cm 30-60 cm
Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum Spring/Summer 15-45 cm 30 cm
Silver Mound Artemisia schmidtiana Summer 25-75 cm 30-60 cm
Stonecrop Sedum species Summer/Fall 45-60 cm 30-45 cm
Goatsbeard Aruncus dioicus Spring/Summer 90-180 cm 90-180 cm
White Wood Aster Eurybia divaricata Summer/Fall 30-60 cm 22-30 cm
Peony Paeonia Spring 75-90 cm 75-90 cm
Lady's Mantle Alchemilla mollis Summer 30-45 cm 45-75 cm
Yellow Foxglove Digitalis grandiflora Spring/Summer 75-100 cm 40-60 cm
Red Columbine Aquilegia canadensis Spring 45-60 cm 30-40 cm
Purple Cone flower Echinacea purpurea Spring 60-75 cm 45-60 cm
Dwarf Chinese Astilbe Astible chinensis "Pumila" Summer 25-30 cm 30-45 cm
BeeBalm Monarda didyma Summer 90-120 cm 60-90 cm
Woodland Strawberry Fragaria vesca Spring/Summer 15 cm 22-30 cm
Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum Spring/Summer 30-45 cm 45-60 cm
Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis Summer/Fall 60-90 cm 38-60 cm
Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica Summer/Fall 60-90 cm 45-60 cm
Bleeding Heart Dicentra species Spring 30-40 cm 45-60 cm
Cora lBells Heuchera species Summer 20-30 cm 30 cm
Hosta Hosta species Summer 40-75 cm 40-75 cm
Solomon'sSeal Polygonatum species Spring/Summer 30-90 cm 60-90 cm
WhiteN ancy Spotted Deadnettle Lamium maculatum "White Nancy" Spring/Summer 15-45 cm 60-90 cm
Lungwort Pulmonaria saccharata Spring 25 cm 45-60 cm
Sagae Hosta Hosta "Sagae" Summer 90 cm 120 cm
Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia Spring/Summer 15-30 cm 15-22 cm

Shrubs

Flower Remarks Light Moisture Bloom Height Spread
Chokecherry Prunus virginiana Spring/Summer 7.6 m 6 m
Elderberry Sambucus canadensis Spring/Fall 3 m  3 m
Lilac Syringa species Spring/Summer 1.4 m 1.8-2.4 m
Royal Purple Smokebush Cotinus coggygria "Royal Purple" Spring/Fall 3-4.5 m 2.4-3.6 m
Juniper Juniperus All Year 1.2-1.5 m 3 m
Goldmound Spirea Spirea x bamulda "Goldmound" Spring/Fall 45-60 cm 45-60 cm
Barberry Berberis species Spring/Fall 20-130 cm 20-130 cm
Cinquefoil Potentilla fruticosa Summer/Fall 60-90 cm 60-90 cm
Forsythia Forsythia species Spring/Fall 2.4-3 m 2.4-3 m
Hardy Rose Rosa rugosa Summer/Fall 1-1.8 m 1-1.8 m
Mock-Orange Philadelphus species Spring/Summer 2.4-3 m 2.4-3 m
Raspberry Rubus species Summer/Fall 1.2-1.8 m 1.18 m
Boxwood Buxus species All year 1 m 1 m
Highbush Cranberry Viburnum trilobum Summer  3-4.5 m 3.6 m
Serviceberry Amelanchier species Spring/Fall 6.1-9.1 m 3.6-4.5 m
Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus Spring/Fall 1.8-2.4 m 1.8-2.4 m
Diabolo Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius "Diabolo" Spring/Fall 1.2-2.4 m 1.2-2.4 m
Alternate-Leaved Dogwood Cornus alternifolia Spring/Summer 3-4.5 m 3.6-6 m
Oregon Grape Holly Mahonia aquifolium All Year 90-180 cm 90-150 cm

Trees

Flower Remarks Light Moisture Bloom Height Spread
American Beech Fagus gradifolia Spring/Fall 12 m 9-12 m
Black Walnut Juglans nigra Spring/Fall 12 m 12 m
Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa Spring/Fall 6-12 m 6-12 m
Honey Locust  Gleditsia tricanthos Spring/Fall 12 m 12 m
Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana All Year 12 m 3.5-4.5 m
Red Maple Acer rubrum Spring   12 m 9-12 m
Silver Maple Acer saccharinum Spring 12 m 12 m
Sugar Maple Acer saccharum Spring 12 m 9-12 m
White Spruce Picea glauca All Year 12 m 9-12 m
Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus All Year 15-24 m 6-12 m
White Birch Betula papyrifera Spring/Fall 12 m 9.1-12 m