New Woody Plants for 2023
Weigela Vinho Verde
Vinho Verde is characterized by lime green leaves set off with a bold, black margin. A light crop of red-pink flowers appears in late spring, but the foliage — coupled with an irresistibly neat habit — is the primary reason to grow this beauty. (Zone 5)
Proven Winners | Spring Meadow Nursery
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Hydrangea Pink Dynamo
This mountain hydrangea produces vibrant, hot pink flowers that rebloom over silky black foliage. Its compact size and bold contrast make this unique new selection ideal for patio containers, walkways, or garden beds. (Zone 5)
Bloomin’ Easy | Van Belle Nursery
Hydrangea Endless Summer Pop Star
Pop Star Hydrangea is a lacecap cultivar that has strong bud hardiness, reliable rebloom, and doesn’t need pruning to keep its size. Dark green leaves with blue or pink blooms provide year-after-year colour and interest. (Zone 4)
Bailey Nurseries
Kolkwitzia JOLENE JOLENE
Jolene Jolene puts on the flower show you expect from a beautybush, but at half the conventional size so you can fit it into a modern residential landscape. It is very adaptable and can make an excellent flowering hedge, foundation plant, or be used as an all-purpose landscape plant. (Zone 4)
Proven Winners | Spring Meadow Nursery
Metasequoia ‘Soul Fire’
This dawn redwood has golden needles that can take full sun and be as colourful as if grown in part shade. It can be used as an accent in a mixed border or a focal specimen in any garden space to provide months of colour and a gorgeous backdrop to flowering shrubs. (Zone 4)
Plants Nouveau
Physocarpus FirstEditions Lucky Devil
Beautiful white blooms in spring, and orange fall colour make this compact shrub a multi-season wonder in cool and moderate climates. (Zone 3)
Bailey Nurseries
Diervilla Firefly
Firefly’s bright gold and orange foliage contrasts vibrantly against darker plants. Electric yellow flowers appear in late spring to really spark things up. This native plant is very attractive to pollinators. (Zone 4)
Plants Nouveau | Van Belle Nursery
Hydrangea Bloom Champion Mysterious Pink & Blue
This large-leaved hydrangea boasts three months of bloom with unique double colouring and a reblooming habit. Its strong stems and firm flowers are great for the patio and garden. Winner of a Gold Medal KVBC Spring Challenge 2020. (Zone 5)
ThinkPlants | Creekside Greenhouses
Hydrangea Torch
This hardy panicle hydrangea has the earliest flowering of its type that we’ve seen, leading the race through late spring with creamy blooms atop superior upright form. (Zone 5)
Bloomin’ Easy | Van Belle Nursery
Prunus Ruby Ruffle Patio Peach
A heavier bloomer than other varieties on the market, this tree flushes with semi-double dark pink flowers every spring and presents dark burgundy foliage that reliably retains its colour. Great in containers or the landscape. (Zone 5)
Star Roses and Plants
Hydrangea Sweet Starlight
This paniculata dazzles with an abundance of bright white blooms on dense and compact, non-flopping stems. Soft pink will appear on the large flower panicles as early as July and blooms will age beautifully to an antique dark pink.
Star Roses and Plants