Green Streets Recommended Plant List
Shrubs for traffic circles and corner bulges: 0.7 metres (2 feet 4 inches) or less
Botanical Name
Common Name
Height (m)
Flower Colour
Characteristics
Calluna vulgaris var.
Heather
0.30
varies
winter interest
Dalphne cneorum
Rose Dalphne
0.20
white/pink
winter interest
Erica x darleyensis 'Kramer's Rote'
Kramer's Red Heath
0.30
red
winter interest
Euonymous fortunei 'Emerald and Gold'
Emerald and Gold Wintercreeper
0.60
n/a
winter interest
Genista pilosa 'Vancouver Gold'
Woodwaxen
0.60
yellow
winter interest
Hebe pinguifolia 'Pagei'
Pagei Grey Hebe
0.30
white
winter interest
Helianthemum nummularium
Sun Rose
0.15
yellow
winter interest
Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote'
English Lavender
0.60
purple
winter interest
Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead'
Munstead Lavender
0.46
blue/purple
winter interest
Lonicera pileata
Privet honeysuckle
0.60
white
winter interest
Nandina domestica 'Fire Power'
Fire Power Heavenly Bamboo
0.60
n/a
winter interest
*Mahonia nervosa
Longleaf Mahonia
0.46
yellow
winter interest
Rosa 'Simon Fraser'
Simon Fraser Rose
0.60
pink
Rosa meidiland 'Pearl'
Pearl Meidiland Rose
0.60
pastel ochre
Rosa meidiland 'Red'
Red Meidiland Rose
0.60
red
Rosa meidiland 'White'
White Meidiland Rose
0.60
white
Rosmarinus officinalis 'Prostratus'
Creeping Rosemary
0.15
blue
winter interest
Santolina chamaecyparissus
Cotton Lavender
0.50
yellow
winter interest
Spirea japonica 'Magic Carpet'
Magic Carpet Spirea
0.46
pink
* Native to BC
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Shrubs for corner bulges only: 1.0 metre (3 feet) or less
Botanical Name
Common Name
Height (m)
Flower Colour
Characteristics
Buxus microphylla 'Winter Gem'
Littleleaf Boxwood
1.00
n/a
winter interest
Ceratostigma willmottianum
Chinese Plumbago
1.00
blue
Cistus x corbariensis
Rock Rose
0.90
white-yellow
winter interest
Cistus 'Silver Pink'
Silver Pink Rock Rose
0.90
silver/pink
winter interest
Dalphne cneorum
Rose Dalphne
0.20
white/pink
winter interest
Escallonia 'Newport Dwarf'
Newport Dwarf Escallonia
1.00
red
winter interest
Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety'
Emerald Gaiety Wintercreeper
1.00
green/white
winter interest
Hebe x franciscana 'Blue Gem'
Blue Gem Hebe
1.00
pink/purple
winter interest
Hebe rakaiensis
Hebe
0.90
white
winter interest
Ilex crenata 'Green Thumb'
Japanese Holly
1.00
white/yellow
winter interest
*Mahonia aquifolium 'Compacta'
Dwarf Oregon Grape
0.90
yellow
winter interest
Phygelius rectus 'Salmon Leap'
Cape Fuchsia
1.00
salmon
Prunus laurocerasus 'Otto Luyken'
Otto Luyken Laurel
1.00
white
winter interest
Rosa explorer 'Champlain'
Champlain Explorer Rose
1.00
red
Rosa explorer 'Frontenac'
Frontenac Explorer Rose
0.90
pink
Rosa meidiland 'Scarlet'
Scarlet Meidiland Rose
1.00
scarlet
* Native to BC
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Ornamental Grasses
Botanical Name
Common Name
Height (m)
Flower Colour
Characteristics
Carex buchananii
Leatherleaf Sedge
0.70
n/a
Carex flacca
Blue Sedge
0.70
n/a
Carex morrowii 'Aurea variegata'
Japanese Sedge
0.50
n/a
winter interest
Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'
Japanese Sedge
0.30
n/a
winter interest
Festuca glauca 'Pepindale Blue'
Blue Fescue
0.64
n/a
winter interest
Helictotrichon sempervirens
Blue Oat Grass
0.60
n/a
winter interest
Imperata cylindrica 'Rubra'
Japanese Blood Grass
0.40
n/a
winter interest
Liriope muscari
Lilly Turf
0.46
n/a
winter interest
Molinia caerulea 'Moorhexe'
Molinia Moorhexe
0.46
n/a
winter interest
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'
Dwarf Fountain Grass
0.70
n/a
winter interest
Sisyrinchium douglasii
Blue Eyed Grass
0.30
n/a
winter interest
Stipa tenuissima
Mexican Feather Grass
0.60
n/a
winter interest
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Herbaceous Perennials
Botanical Name
Common Name
Height (m)
Flower Colour
Characteristics
Alchemilla mollis
Lady's mantle
0.60
green/yellow
Agastache cana
Hummingbird's mint
0.70
pink/purple
Aquilegia caerulea 'Dragonfly'
Colombine Dragonfly hybrids
0.46
various
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Willow Blue-Star
0.60
pale blue
Arabis procurrens
Rock Cress
0.08
white
Armeria maritima
Sea Thrift
0.20
white, pink
Artemesia stelleriana 'Boughton Silver'
Boughton Silver Wormwood
0.20
yellow
Artemesia arborescens 'Powis Castle'
Powis Castle Wormwood
0.50
yellow
Bergenia cordifolia
Heartleaf Bergenia
0.60
pale red
Centranthus ruber
Red Valerian
0.60
varies
Cerastium tomentosum
Snow in Summer
0.08
white
Coreopsis rosea 'American Dream'
Pink Coreopsis
0.60
pale red
Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam'
Tickseed
0.46
yellow
Echinacea purpurea 'Kim's Knee High'
Dwarf Purple Coneflower
0.60
pink
Echinops ritro
Small Globe Thistle
0.60
blue
Eryngium planum 'Sapphire Blue'
Sapphire Blue Flat Sea Holly
0.70
blue
Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve'
Wallflower
0.60
varies
Euphorbia x martinii
Martin's Spurge
0.60
yellow/green
winter interest
Euphorbia myrsinites
Donkey-Tail Spurge
0.10
yellow/green
winter interest
Geranium 'Philippe Vapelle'
Cranesbill
0.38
purple
Helianthemum nummularium
Sun Rose
0.15
yellow
Hemerocallis stella d'oro
Daylily
0.30
yellow
Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple'
Palace Purple Coral Bells
0.60
pink/white
Iris tenax
Oregon Iris
0.36
varies
Liatris spicata 'Kobold'
Blazing Star
0.50
purple
Leucanthemum x superbum
Snow Cap Daisy
0.60
white
Penstemon 'Purple Haze'
Purple Haze Beardtongue
0.76
magenta
*Polystichum munitum
Western Swordfern (for shade only)
0.70
n/a
winter interest
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'
Orange coneflower
0.60
yellow
winter interest
Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
Autumn Joy Stonecrop
0.58
pink
winter interest
Sedum 'Herbstfreude'
Herbstfreude Sedum
0.70
pink/purple
Stachys byzantina
Lamb's Ear
0.46
varies
Tanacetum coccineum
Painted Daisy
0.76
* Native to BC
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Groundcovers
Botanical Name
Common Name
Height (m)
Flower Colour
Characteristics
Erica sp.
Spring Flowering Heather
0.60
n/a
winter interest
Euonymous fortunei 'Coloratus'
Purple-leafed Wintercreeper
0.60
white
winter interest
Iberis sempervirens
Candytuft
0.30
blue
Laurentia fluviatilis
Blue Star Creeper
0.05
blue
winter interest
Lithodora 'Grace Ward'
Grace Ward Lithodora
0.10
varies
winter interest
Phlox subulata
Creeping Phlox
0.15
pink
winter interest
Sedum acre 'Aureum'
Golden Stonecrop
0.08
gold
winter interest
Sedum spurium
Two-row Stonecrop
0.15
red
winter interest
Sedum telephium 'Xenox'
Upright Stonecrop
0.25
pink
winter interest
Thymus pseudolanuginosus
Wooly Thyme
0.10
pink
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