Parker's Picks — Buttonbush
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The buttonbush is a deciduous shrub indigenous to the wetlands of Western New York renowned for its distinctive spherical flower clusters.
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Parker's Picks — Bunchberry
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Bunchberry (cornus canadensis) is a charming perennial ground cover native to Western New York and part of the dogwood family.
Read MoreParker's Picks — Northern Bush Honeysuckle
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Northern bush honeysuckle (diervilla lonicera) is a hardy Western New York deciduous shrub that typically reaches heights of 3 to 4 feet with a similar spread.
Read MoreParker's Picks — Meadowsweet
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Meadowsweet (spiraea alba) typically grows in wet meadows and does best in medium to moist soils here in Western New York.
Read MoreParker's Picks — Wild Geranium
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Wild geranium (geranium maculatum) is a widespread perennial wildflower of Western New York.
Read MoreParker's Picks — Wild Ginger
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This week’s Parker’s Picks Native Plant of the Week can help you tackle one of the garden’s peskiest spots — wet shade. Wild ginger (asarum canadense) is a low-growing, slow-spreading ground cover that thrives in consistently moist , shady patches.
Read MoreParker's Picks — Black Chokeberry
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Black chokeberry (aronia melanocarpa) is a rounded, upright shrub native to Western New York’s moist woodlands, pond edges, swamps and bogs.
Read MoreSpring-blooming shrubs for the native plant garden
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There are several shrubs native to Western New York that can provide the early spring pop of forsythia while offering our local ecosystem more than a pretty face.
Read MoreHelp! What's killing my boxwood?
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That's a question a lot of our customers have asked over the past several years and especially so this year. Boxwood (Buxus spp.) are ubiquitous, evergreen shrubs that many homeowners and landscapers chose for their prim, easy-to-shape appearance. For many years, boxwoods suffered little serious insect or disease pressure, but that is changing.
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