This native tree delights in springtime with its show-stopping fluffy and fragrant blooms. Fact checked by Jillian Dara Fringe tree, or old man's beard, (Chionanthus virginicus) has always played ...

* Where to use: A partly shaded spot (out of direct afternoon sun) with moist soil is ideal. Two good locations for fringe-leaf bleeding hearts are toward the front of a shade garden and edging east- ...

Like the fringe tree, Saskatoon serviceberries are native to North America, and they attract butterflies with their fragrant spring flowers and wild birds with their summertime berries.