Ianna, I'm only 20 minutes northwest of Barrie. Look at my exchange page. The scree and rock garden plants would be OK for sun and sand. We can grow successfully crocosmia and butterfly bush as perennials although they like loam rather than sand.
Sharon

I am in Barrie and grow a long list of perennials and shrubs. The list of what I grow is so long, I don't know if I can remember them all. I will try to list what I have here:
snowball and peegee hydrangea
rugosa rose
sweet peas
beauty bush
spirea
peony
lilacs
hardy hibiscus
filipendula rubra
cranesbill geranium
tall and creeping phlox
monarda
black eyed susan
iris
japanese iris
joe pye weed
shasta daisy
African daisy
malva moschata
rose campion
feverfew
obedient plant
sweet william
donkey tail spurge
lamb's ear
red yarrow
purple cone flower
evening primrose
salvias
penstamons
primula
agastache
and many, many more that I can't remember right now. It's impossible to list them all...