Deciduous

Almond Russian (Prunus tenella) - Shrub Seedling

A compact, spreading shrub valued for its very showy bright pink flowers in early spring which smother the bare branches followed by sparse but curious fuzzy fruit.  Some suckering.  It does best in full sun and welldrained soil.

Ash Green (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) - Tree Seedling

A fast growing tree with incredible golden yellow leaves in the fall. This tree is native to the prairies and is well suited for drought and cold. Green ash can also tolerate soil compaction, periods of flooding and a wide variety of soils including alkaline making green ash ideally suited for use in urban and rural environments.

Birch Paper (Betula papyrifera) - Tree Seedling

Reddish young bark matures to attractive chalk-white colour.  Dark green foliage turns a striking yellow-gold in fall.

Buckeye Ohio (Aesculus glabra) - Tree Seedling

A hardy, medium sized, ornamental tree with masses of greenish-yellow flower clusters appearing in late spring.  Glossy green palmate foliage turns brilliant yellow or gold in fall.  Slow growing.

Buffaloberry Silver (Shepherdia argentea) - Shrub Seedling

A rugged shrub that can handle a wide variety of growing conditions.  It has attractive fuzzy, narrow silver foliage on thorny branches.  Produces bright red edible fruit.

Burning Bush Turkestan (Euonymus nana) - Shrub Seedling

Upright spreading shrub.  Pink capsule shaped flowers emerge in summer.  Narrow bluish-green foliage turn brilliant red in fall.  Hardy and drought tolerant once established.

Caragana Common (Caragana arborescens) - Shrub Seedling

A fast growing shrub that is known for its exceptional hardiness and drought tolerance.  Pea-shaped yellow flowers in late spring.  Dark green lobed foliage.  Although it’s most commonly planted in shelterbelts, caragana is also an excellent hedge or feature shrub.

Caragana Pygmy (Caragana pygmaea) - Shrub Seedling

A small spiny shrub with masses of beautiful gold pea-like flowers with orange overtones hanging below the branches from mid to late spring.  Fine textured grayish-green foliage turns yellow in fall.  Most effective when planted in groupings.  Makes an excellent hedge.

Cherry Carmine Jewel SK (Prunus x kerrasis) - Shrub Seedling

A hardy deciduous shrub and hybrid variety of sour cherry from the University of Saskatchewan.  It produces dark, black cherries with a sweet tart flavour.  Great for for pies, jams and jellies, and wine making.  It is often the first cherry ready in the summer. The hardiest of the dwarf sour cherry varieties makes a beautiful accent or landscape/orchard tree.

Cherry Crimson Passion (Prunus) - Tree Seedling

A hardy deciduous hybrid dwarf sour cherry.  This medium-sized self-pollinator produces tart, bright red fruit in large clusters in late summer that are perfect for jams, pies and jellies.  The fruit have a high sugar content.

Cherry Pincherry (Prunus pensylvanica) - Tree Seedling

A small, quick growing tree that produces clusters of small white blossoms in spring followed by bright, scarlet red berries that ripen through the summer.  In fall, the red color of the leaves is really quite attractive. The fruit is quite sour when eaten fresh but make excellent preserves.

Cherry Romeo (Prunus x kerrasis) - Shrub Seedling

A hardy hybrid shrub variety of sour cherry from the University of Saskatchewan.  Medium sized dark red/black flavorful fruit.  Suitable for fresh eating, processing, or juice.  The shrub is great as an accent or landscape tree.  Self-pollinating but better results obtained when two varieties are planted.

Cherry Sandcherry (Prunus besseyi) - Shrub Seedling

Known for its unique, leathery grey-green foliage which turns an attractive reddish-purple in fall.  Beautiful blanket of white blossoms.  Popular as an ornamental shrub in parks and front yards.  Edible small purple-black cherries. Is suitable as an under planting or groundcover.

Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) - Shrub Seedling

Commonly called black chokeberry.  A small, compact, spreading shrub with an upright growth habit.  Noted for its abundance of 5-6 flowered clusters of white flowers in spring.  Glossy dark green leaves turn purple/red in the fall.  The edible, blackish-purple fruit is tart and bitter and persists throughout fall and well into winter.  May be used to make jams and jellies.  Only one plant is required for abundant fruiting.  An excellent wildlife shrub. Tolerant of a wide range of soil and moisture conditions. Great for mass planting and general garden use.

Chokeberry McKenzie (Aronia melanocarpa) - Shrub Seedling

A shrub with a round, upright growth habit.  Beautiful white flowers emerge in spring.  Glossy dark green leaves turn shades of oranges and reds in the fall.  Produces large, black, juicy fruit that may be eaten fresh, used in baking, cooking, juice, or in jams and jellies.  Makes an excellent shelterbelt or efficient windbreak.  Self-pollinating but will produce more fruit if another aronia is present.

Chokeberry Viking (Aronia melanocarpa) - Shrub Seedling

A multi-stemmed, highly ornamental, somewhat rounded, compact shrub.  Showy white flowers in spring.  Glossy dark green leaves turn red in the fall.  Abundance of large, black berries ripen in late summer and may hang on the bush throughout winter.  May be eaten fresh, used for juice, baking, cooking, and jams and jellies.  Grows well in hedges or shrub borders.  Self-pollinating but will produce more if another aronia is present.

Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) - Shrub Seedling

A shrub or small tree that produces long clusters of small white blooms in the spring followed by edible dark purple fruit that mature between September and October.  The cherries are great for making jams, jellies, and wine.  Commonly used for reclamation and field windbreaks.

Chokecherry Robert (Prunus virginiana) - Shrub Seedling

A shrub or small tree that produces very large berries.  One of the sweeter chokecherries.  Good yield.  The berries are great for fresh eating, making jams, jellies, and wine.  Red foliage makes for a beautiful addition to any landscape.

Cotoneaster Peking (Cotoneaster acutifolia) - Shrub Seedling

This shrub is best used as a hedge, or in groupings.  Valued for its showy fall colors.  Features dark green foliage throughout the growing season.  The dark green foliage turn an attractive shades of orange and red in fall.  It has shell pink flowers along the branches in mid spring.  This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and takes pruning very well which can be done at any time.

Cranberry Highbush (Viburnum trilobum) - Shrub Seedling

Profuse, attractive blooms in the form of large clusters with small yellow flowers in the center surrounded by larger white blooms in spring.  Dark green, three-lobed foliage turns yellow to purplish-red in fall.  Produces pendulous clusters of small red edible berries similar in appearance and taste to cranberries.  The fruit are best used for making jams, preserves or sauces and can also be a useful cooking ingredient.  Excellent ornamental plants.

Cranberry Wentworth (Viburnum trilobum) - Shrub Seedling

Clusters of white flowers in spring.  Large, dark green, three-lobed foliage emerges brick red in spring, then turn an outstanding red in fall.  Produces an abundance of scarlet red sour berries.  The fruit are best used for making preserves.  Excellent ornamental plant.

Currant Ben Hope (Ribes nigrum) - Shrub Seedling

A high yielding, hardy shrub with medium sized berries.  Vigorous and upright growth habit.  Ripens mid-July.  Excellent for juice, eating fresh, cooking, and jam.

Currant Ben Nevis (Ribes nigrum) - Shrub Seedling

A medium-sized shrub grown for its tart black berries.  The clusters of black round berries are usually ready for picking from mid to late summer.  Ideal for jam and also used for fresh eating, cooking, baking, wine making, and sauces.

Dogwood Red Osier (Cornus sericea) - Shrub Seedling

Deep green foliage turns reddish-purple in fall.  Showy white flowers in summer are followed by bluish-white berries that attract birds in winter.  Dark red bark provides an attractive shrub in winter.  Often used as a garden hedge.  It is frequently used for waterway bank erosion protection and restoration in North America.  Its root system provides excellent soil retention.  Very tolerant of wet conditions.  Hardy.

Elder Red (Sambucus racemosa) - Shrub Seedling

Tall growing, deciduous shrub accented with creamy white flower clusters maturing to small, red ornamental berries.  The berries can be used in wine making, sauces,  and preserves.

Elderberry Adams (Sambucus canadensis) - Shrub Seedling

Produces attractive, very large, purple-black fruit that grow in large clusters, up to 6 inches in diameter.  The fruit ripen late August to early September.  Stems grow to eight feet and are well branched.  Requires a second elderberry for pollination.  Adams compliments Johns Elderberry in pollination.  The berries can be eaten when cooked and used to make jams, pies, teas, and wines.  Elderberries are often used in cold remedies.

Elderberry Johns (Sambucus canadensis) - Shrub Seedling

Fragrant flowers emerge in spring followed by clusters of larger, sweet, nearly black berries on a more vigorous growing plant.  The fruit ripen about two weeks earlier than Adams.  Stems grow to eight feet and are well branched.  Requires one wild elderberry to pollinate 12 Johns.  Johns compliments Adams Elderberry in pollination.  Ornamental.  The berries are ideal for pies, jam, juices, and wine.  Elderberries are often used in cold remedies.

Elm American (Ulmus americana) - Tree Seedling

Grand, vase-shaped, very fast growing tree often used in older street tree planting.  Brilliant yellow fall color.  Still used in most Saskatchewan and Albertan cities.

Engleman Ivy (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) - Vine Seedling

An extremely attractive vine with a twining and trailing growth habit.  Turns a rich burgundy in autumn.   Excellent choice for covering a wall or large exposed surface.  Self-clinging.  Extremely adaptable.

Flowering Crabapple Columbia (Malus) - Tree Seedling

An upright rounded tree with abundant fragrant white blooms. Persistent fruit.

Flowering Crabapple Dolgo (Malus) - Tree Seedling

Soft pink buds sprout in early April that open to an explosion of fragrant, self-pollinating, white flowers.  Deep green foliage turns a stunning bright yellow in fall.  Brilliant crimson fruit ripens in August are excellent for eating fresh, making pies, jams and jellies, and sauces.  Good pollinator.

Flowering Crabapple Siberian (Malus baccata) - Tree Seedling

White to light pinkish/white flowers appear in June, followed by very small persistent crabapples.

Haskap (Honeyberry) Aurora (Lonicera caerulea) - Shrub Seedling

Considered one of the best tasting early season varieties.  Sweet berries with half the acidity of other varieties.  The berries can be used for eating fresh, baking, jams and jellies, and freezing.  Pollinator variety.  Great companion for Borealis.

Haskap (Honeyberry) Boreal Beast (Lonicera caerulea) - Shrub Seedling

Firm, oval shaped berries harvest mid to late July.  Excellent flavor.  Pollinator haskap designed to plant with other ‘Boreal’ cultivars.  Cold hardy.

Haskap (Honeyberry) Boreal Beauty (Lonicera caerulea) - Shrub Seedling

Large berries are sweet, thick, firm, and meaty.  Ripens mid-June to mid-July.  Pairs well with other Boreals.

Haskap (Honeyberry) Borealis (Lonicera caerulea) - Shrub Seedling

Very large berries that have an excellent flavour; a taste between raspberry and blueberry.  A cold hardy, fast growing shrub.  Ready to harvest at the end of June.  Pollinator required.  Pair with other early pollinators to achieve a higher yield.  Aurora is a great companion for Borealis.  Bred at the University of Saskatchewan.

Haskap (Honeyberry) Tundra (Lonicera caerulea) - Shrub Seedling

A hardy, fast growing, high yielding, deciduous shrub with large, sweet, tart flavoured fruit that mature in early summer.  Of all the varieties, Tundra has the firmest fruit, making it great for commercial production.  Like Borealis, Tundra does not self-pollinate well. We recommend another variety such as Berry Blue.  Cold hardy.

Hawthorn Arnold (Crataegus arnoldiana) - Tree Seedling

A broadly rounded, low-branched tree with wide-spreading, horizontal branches.  The leaves are simple, oval-shaped, with serrated edges.  Beautiful clusters of white flowers in spring are followed by bright red berries mid-summer.  An attractive ornamental tree.  Also used in windbreaks and riparian planting.  The fruit can be made into jams and jellies.

Hazelnut Beaked (Corylus cornuta) - Shrub Seedling

Medium-sized shrub commonly grown for its edible qualities.  Hazelnuts have always grown in Saskatchewan.  The nuts are usually ready for picking from early to mid fall.  Hardiest species of hazelnut.

Larch Tamarack (Larix laricina) - Tree Seedling

Pyramidal, narrow-crowned with clusters of soft, green needles in spring turn golden-yellow in fall before dropping.  Grey bark matures to red-brown and small red-brown cones develop.  Cold hardy.

Lilac Japanese Tree (Syringa reticulata) - Tree Seedling

Features showy plumes of fragrant creamy white flowers rising above the foliage from late spring to early summer.  Dark green, heart-shaped, foliage turns yellow in fall.  Non-suckering.

Lilac Villosa (Syringa prestoniae) - Shrub Seedling

A late lilac with fragrant mauve flowers grow in clusters at the end of its branches during mid to late summer and fade to a light pink as it matures.  A relatively large and cold hardy shrub with excellent privacy and wind protection.  Grows quickly and is very drought resistant, making it most suitable for the outer row of a shelterbelt.  Its roots are non-suckering.

Lilac Vulgaris (Syringa vulgaris) - Shrub Seedling

An upright, multi-stemmed, suckering, deciduous shrub.  It is particularly noted for its mid to late spring (May) bloom of very fragrant, tubular, four lobed, lavender-purple flowers.

Linden American (Tilia americana) - Tree Seedling

Commonly called American Basswood, the American Linden is a medium to large deciduous tree with an ovate, dome crown.  Large, dark green, oval leaves and fragrant flowers in June.  The bark is a gray to light brown, with narrow, well defined fissures.  Drooping clusters of small, fragrant, yellowish-white flowers.  Attracts birds and butterflies.  Often used as a specimen or dense shade tree.

Linden Littleleaf (Tilia cordata) - Tree Seedling

The Littleleaf Linden has a symmetrical shape; dense pyramidal.  Branching is upright and increases in density with age.  Small, heart-shaped leaves.  Widely grown as an ornamental tree.  Popular as a shade tree with its dense canopy.

Maple Amur (Acer ginnala) - Tree Seedling

A small, graceful, incredibly colourful tree.  Fragrant pale yellow flowers in spring.  Attractive glossy green lobed foliage turns fiery red in fall.  This tree is perfectly suited for urban environments.  Its small size allows you to plant it in city yards and beneath power lines.

Maple Manitoba (Acer negundo) - Tree Seedling

Manitoba Maple are a fast growing tree with great fall color.  The foliage is light green above, grey-green below and turns yellow to yellow-orange in autumn.  Typically grown as a feature tree or shade trees on larger properties and acreages.

Maple Tatarian (Acer tataricum) - Tree Seedling

A small, multi-stemmed tree features attractive red foliage in fall.  Very hardy.