Nettlecreek Nursery specializes in rare or unusual natives and hardy oriental woodlanders. Fifty percent of our product is now grown using the Rootmaker Growing system using root pruning technology to provide better product for our customers. Most of our trees, perennials, and flowering shrubs thrive in shade but a few of our offerings do best in full sun. The majority of our selections feature more than a brief floral display. Disanthus, Serviceberry, some Heucheras and Hydrangeas also boast brilliant autumn colours while fruits on Ilex, Viburnum, and Callicarpa enliven winter landscapes. The decorative bark on birch, Stewartia, Chinese lilac and various maples is beautiful year round. During the growing season a rich variety of contrasting textures and colours is available from the Carex, Heuchera, and Japanese fern cultivars listed below as well as from the purple or golden leaved trees.

Located in the historic St. John's Valley, midway between Lakes Erie and Ontario in the Niagara peninsula, the nursery borders a Carolinian forest where hickory, dogwood, lindera and liriodendron grow wild. We grow from seed, tissue culture, and liner stock without using pesticides. Currently part of a research program on the effects of worm castings from compost on the growth rate of container plants, this could obviate our reliance on petrochemically based fertilizer and we hope to be organic in the near future.

We will gladly design a landscape for you and credit 50% of the consultation fee towards the purchase of our plants.

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