Staghorn Sumac is a bold, architectural native that earns its name from the velvety, antler-like branches that give the plant a distinctive year-round presence. The dramatic tropical-looking compound leaves — sometimes 18–24 inches long — turn an extraordinary range of scarlet, orange, and gold in autumn, making this one of the most spectacular fall color shrubs native to the Great Lakes region. Dense, upright cones of deep red velvet fruit persist through winter, drawing birds and providing an ornamental focal point when the landscape is otherwise bare. Exceptionally tough, drought tolerant once established, and spreading naturally into colonies, it’s ideal for naturalizing slopes, banks, and areas where erosion control with a native plant is the goal.

Trembling Aspen has rich green deciduous foliage on a tree with an oval habit of growth. The round leaves turn an outstanding gold in the fall. However, the fruit can be messy in the landscape and may require occasional clean-up. The smooth white bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.

Renaissance Oasis® Paper Birch has dark green deciduous foliage on a tree with an oval habit of growth. The serrated pointy leaves turn outstanding shades of yellow and in the fall. The peeling white bark is extremely showy and adds significant winter interest.

This new sport of the well known 'Green Giant' is noted for its upright, more compact habit. Lively green foliage is fine to the touch and maintains a tight shape. Use this handsome, easy-care shrub to create an evergreen screen, define the back of a border, or feature as an accent specimen in landscape or container.

Heritage River Birch features subtle chartreuse catkins in early spring. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The pointy leaves turn an outstanding yellow in the fall. The peeling creamy white bark is extremely showy and adds significant winter interest.

Rosin Plant is a true prairie original, prized by gardeners who love a landscape with authentic native character. A Midwest prairie native, it forms sturdy, upright clumps of bold green foliage that hold their presence from spring through summer. It settles in happily in full sun with average moisture and, once rooted, stands up to heat and lean soil with classic prairie resilience. Deer and rabbits typically leave it alone, making it an easygoing choice for naturalized plantings and restoration-style gardens. Use it as a structural accent among grasses and other natives, where its upright form lends height and backbone to the planting. It’s a wonderful way to bring a piece of the tallgrass prairie home.

Prairie Blue Little Bluestem is a fine-textured native grass that earns its place through four-season structure and a brilliant fall display—its narrow blue-green summer foliage giving way to rich burgundy and copper-bronze color as the weather cools, then standing in beautiful form through winter. A native of Great Lakes prairies and grasslands, it grows in a tidy mounding clump reaching two to three feet tall, adapting readily to poor, dry soils in full sun and asking for almost nothing once established. Airy seed heads appear in late summer and fall, feeding sparrows and finches well into the cold months. It is exceptionally drought tolerant and handles clay, sandy, and rocky soils with equal ease. Plant it in drifts along a sunny slope for erosion control, or mass it across a meadow-style planting where its changing seasonal display can be fully appreciated.

Highly ornamental spring, summer and fall, with attractive fruit, leaves and berries; emerging foliage has reddish hue; this low growing spreader makes a good groundcover. Muskingum Gray Dogwood is primarily grown for its highly ornamental fruit. It features an abundance of magnificent white berries in late summer. It has clusters of creamy white flowers at the ends of the branches in late spring. It has grayish green foliage which emerges burgundy in spring. The glossy pointy leaves turn an outstanding dark red in the fall.

American Hazelnut is a native multi-stemmed shrub that earns its place in the landscape many times over — with fuzzy yellow catkins in early spring, lush summer foliage, excellent golden fall color, and a nutritious crop of hazelnuts in autumn that birds and wildlife prize as much as we do. Growing 9–15 feet tall and spreading generously, it naturally forms a dense, mounding thicket that makes an outstanding hedge, screening border, or naturalized planting in sun to partial shade. Fully resistant to deer, rabbits, insects, and disease, it’s one of the most carefree native shrubs available. It tolerates Black Walnut and handles erosion-prone sites with ease. A genuinely rewarding plant that gives back to the garden and to local wildlife every single season.

Berry Heavy® Gold Winterberry is primarily grown for its highly ornamental fruit. It features an abundance of magnificent gold berries from mid fall to late winter. It has forest green deciduous foliage. The pointy leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

Bud’s Yellow Dogwood is a four-season shrub with something beautiful to offer in every month of the year, from delicate white spring blooms to a spectacular show of fiery autumn foliage. Growing 15–20 feet with a graceful vase-shaped habit, it makes a striking specimen in partial shade. Summer brings full, healthy green foliage that erupts into a tapestry of orange, burgundy, gold, and copper-bronze tones as the season turns. Birds are drawn to the small fruit that follows the spring flowers, adding wildlife interest throughout summer and fall. Its bright yellow stems glow all winter long after the leaves drop, making it genuinely ornamental even in the coldest months. It’s cold-hardy and performs reliably year after year without demanding much in return. Plant it where you can appreciate the full sweep of the seasons — this dogwood never disappoints.

Sky Dew® Gold ornamental blueberry has such appealing bright gold foliage that the flowers and berries are almost an afterthought. Its display gets even more interesting as the summer nights start to cool, and the golden foliage starts taking on rich hues of orange and red. The effect is simply thrilling; seeing something so colorful and cheerful puts a smile on your face.

Yellowtwig Dogwood is a multi-season native shrub with year-round appeal, offering something beautiful in every month — white flower clusters in spring, lush green foliage in summer, golden fall color, and brilliant bright yellow stems that glow through the winter garden when color is most welcome. Growing 5–9 feet tall and wide in a graceful mounding form, it’s ideal for shrub borders, mass plantings, and naturalized areas in sun to partial shade. Birds are drawn to the small white ornamental fruit through summer and fall, and the vivid yellow stems are especially striking when cut for winter arrangements. Native to the Great Lakes region, resistant to deer and disease, and tolerant of Black Walnut, erosion, and cold, it’s one of the most adaptable and hardworking native shrubs available. A beautiful four-season investment for any landscape.

Skyline Honeylocust has dark green deciduous foliage on a tree with a pyramidal habit of growth. The pinnately compound leaves turn an outstanding gold in the fall.

Prairie Flame Shining Sumac is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its ornamental upright and spreading habit of growth. It features bold spikes of creamy white flowers rising above the foliage from mid to late summer. It has green deciduous foliage. The large glossy narrow pinnately compound leaves turn an outstanding scarlet in the fall.

Apache Rose Switchgrass is a standout native prairie grass with upright, dark green blades that flush with rosy-red tones as the season advances toward fall. Fine-textured pink flower panicles appear in summer, catching the light and adding a hazy, ornamental quality to the planting. By autumn, the foliage transitions to warm gold and copper-bronze, extending visual interest deep into the season. Growing 3 to 5 feet tall, it’s ideal for mass plantings where its movement and color can make a real statement. As a Great Lakes native, it offers exceptional wildlife value, providing habitat and seed for birds throughout the year.

White Pine is primarily valued in the landscape for its ornamental globe-shaped form. It has rich green evergreen foliage. The needles remain green throughout the winter. The furrowed gray bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.