Hi Barb, I recently received some scull cap (shade friendly) and chocolate joe pye in trade that I could split with you. I have some commercially packaged nepeta from this year as well. please take a look at my list and let me know if you are interested in anything else. I have lots of veg. and herbs. kat d. floodthelast

Still adding to this discussion......... When I bought my first two lindera (early in Spring), I chose one with dried berries and one without. I planted them under trees. My soil is clay and is wet and soggy in the spring. The female got berries the next year. I "plant" the berries in the same area in early fall - no special treatment - and it looks like most of them root. As I was planting my little copse of native trees, I went into Shorthills Provincial Park and St. John's Conservation area to see what is growing there, and where (dry? shade?, wet?). I chose my trees and shrubs and bought them at local native plant sales and local nurseries that sell native plants. All of my trees and shrubs are thriving - because I chose them for the conditions I have. I have Freeman maple (not my first choice but we needed 2 large trees to block the neighbours), ironwood (ostrya) , blue beech (carpinus), spicebush (lindera), black gum (nyssa), striped maple (acer ), tulip tree (liriondendron), white pine, sassafrass. I also have pin oak (gathered acorns and planted them where they are growing) but don't know if I'll let them grow because I don't want the nuts falling into the neighbour's yard. All planted between 2013 and 2017. All (except freeman's) were saplings so I've been pruning all so they turn into a nice shape. One more year of that and they will be fine on their own.

grey dogwood likes wet its native to your area and its abundant. If you take a trip out to the country find a wet area near the side of the road or wetland border type area you can dig up one or two...nature will not miss them. I have so many I cant get rid of them mind you, I have an 8 acre wetland..I would not try to buy one of these at the nursery they are not worth the money you'll pay for them. Especially when they are so common in nature. If you cant find one I can try to collect seed from some of mine. there was seed on some just a week ago.

I don't have any personal experience with propagating Gray Dogwood, but I've found info on just about any plant I've looked for in the website from the USDA Forest Service and the University of Idaho, linked below. Just go to 'Propagation Protocol Database' and then 'Search Protocols'. A quick google on "gray dogwood propagation" also brought up good info from U. of Florida Here is a link that might be useful: Native Plant Network