Sequence the bloom
Plant for a relay, not a burst: earliest shrubs while snow lingers, crabapple-season showstoppers, then summer bloomers. Three well-chosen plants give you two months of flower.
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Flowering Trees & Shrubs
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Why grow flowering trees & shrubs?
Flowering trees earn their place twice: once in the eye, once in the ecosystem. Ours are chosen so the show survives Canadian winters — and so the bees get as much from it as you do.
Four-season presence
Spring bloom, summer foliage, fall colour, winter structure — one plant, four performances.
Pollinators first
Early-blooming trees are spring's first cafeteria for bees — beauty with a job.
Hardy show-offs
No borderline zone-pushers here: bloom you'll actually see every single spring.
Scaled to real yards
From front-step shrubs to street-tree size — beauty that fits the lot you have.
Beauty that doubles as habitat
Many flowering natives — serviceberry, elderberry, viburnums — follow their bloom with fruit the birds fight over. One planting, two seasons of life.
Bird-friendly flowering shrubsRight light, real bloom
Most flowering trees bloom in proportion to their sunshine. Six hours minimum for the full show; shade-tolerant species are the exception, not the rule.
For full-sun spotsFlowering Trees & Shrubs questions, answered
Which flowering trees bloom first in spring?
Serviceberry and the early willows lead — often while frost still visits at night. They're also the most important early pollinator plants you can add.
Will flowering trees bloom in shade?
Bloom follows light. Part shade halves the show for most species; deep shade cancels it. Check each plant's light listing and believe it.
When do I prune a flowering tree?
Right after it finishes blooming, as a rule — prune in late winter and you're cutting off this spring's flowers on many species.
Are these good for pollinators?
The ones we carry, yes — we favour single-flowered, nectar-accessible selections over sterile doubles that look lovely and feed nothing.
Flowering hedge — possible?
Absolutely: flowering shrubs at 1–1.5 m spacing make a privacy screen that blooms. Filter for hedging uses or ask us to design the row.
Zone-matched plants
Every plant shows the zones where it thrives.
Grown in Nova Scotia
Raised for Canadian winters, shipped across Canada.
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