Native Trees & Shrubs
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Ward’s offers a variety of native trees and shrubs that serve a landscape aesthetic as well as an environmental purpose.
To see a list of Native Trees & Shrubs that we usually carry or can easily acquire, see Plant List: Native Choices for the Berkshires.
For specific planting situations, check out our plant finder tool.
This post of images is just the beginning. If you have a specific plant in mind not on our list (link above), please send us an email.
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Comptonia peregrina is a native shrub that handles drought and stabilizes steep roadsides. Known as Sweetfern, it grows to about 4 feet tall.
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Juniperus horizontalis is a Northeast native for sun. Only growing to about 1/2 a foot tall it will spread up to 8 feet!
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Upright cones of Larix laricina – Larch the native conifer that turns golden in fall and loses its needles.
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Larix laricina needle foliage is very soft to the touch. A native in the hills especially of Vermont and Adirondacks, stands can be found in the Berkshires. Best grown in moist, acidic, well-drained soils in full sun.
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