Consider using native plants in your landscape for their durability, drought tolerance, ability to attract various wildlife, conservation of natural resources, endurance of wet soil, edible fruits & berries, great fall colors, lengthy blooming periods, disease & insect resistance, fragrance, tolerance of local soil conditions, and minimal care required.
Anemone canadensis – Canadian Anemone
Artemisia stelleriana – Silver Mound
Aruncus dioicus – Goatsbeard
Asclepias incarnata – Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly Flower
Aster divaricatus – White Wood Aster
Baptisia australis – Blue False Indigo
Boltonia asteroides ‘Snow Bank’
Chelone lyonii – Pink Turtlehead
Cimicifuga racemose – Black Snakeroot
Coreopsis rosea – Tickseed
Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’
Coreopsis verticillata ‘Zagreb’
Dicentra eximia – Fringed Bleeding Heart
Dodecatheon meadia – Shooting Star
Echinacea purpurea – Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea ‘White Swan’ – White Coneflower
Eupatorium coelestinum – Hardy Ageratum
Eupatorium maculatum ‘Gateway’ – Mistflower
Adiantum pedantum – Maidenhair Fern
Athyrium filix-femina – Lady Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris – Ostrich Fern
Osmunda cinnamonea – Cinnamon Fern
Osmunda regalis – Royal Fern
Grass – Panicum ‘Dewey Blue’ – Switch Grass
Grass – Panicum virgatum ‘Dallas Blues’ – Switch Grass
Grass – Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’
Heliopsis helianthoides ‘Summer Sun’ – Heliopsis
Heuchera americana ‘Ruby Veil’ – Coral Bells
Iris cristata – Crested Dwarf Iris
Liatris spicata – Spike Gayfeather
Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal Flower
Lysimachia ciliata – Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia punctata – Spotted Loosestrife
Mimulus cardinalis – Monkey Flower
Monarda didyma ‘Gardenview Scarlet’ – Bee Balm
Opuntia humifus – Prickly Pear Cactus
Pachysandra procumbens – Alleghany Spurge
Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker’s Red’ – Beard Tongue
Phlox divaricata ‘Laphammi’ – Woodland Phlox
Phlox paniculata – Summer Phlox
Physostegia virginiana – Obediant Plant
Polemonium reptans – Creeping Jacob’s Ladder
Pontederia cordata – Pickrel Rush
Rudbeckia – Black-eyed Susan
Sarracenia alata – Pale Pitcher Plant
Solidago ‘Fireworks’ – Goldenrod
Stokesia laevis – Stokes Aster
Thermopsis caroliniana – False Lupine
Tiarella cordifolia – Foam Flower
Typha angustifolia – Narrow Leaf Cattail
Viola labradorica – Labrador Violet
Alchemilla – Lady’s Mantle
Aquilegia – Columbine
Aruncus – Goat’s Beard
Aegopodium podagraria – Snow-on-the-Mountain
Chelone lyonii – Turtlehead
Cimicifuga – Bugbane
Epimedium – Barrenwort
Digitalis – Foxglove
Galium – Sweet Woodruff
Heuchera – Coral Bells
Houttynia cordata- Chameleon plant
Polemonium – Jacob’s Ladder
Lamium – Dead Nettle
Mertensia – Virginia Bluebells
Pachysandra – Japanese Spurge
Pulmonaria – Lungwort
Sedum – Stonecrop
Polygonatum multiflorum – Solomon’s Seal
Tradescantia – Spiderwort
Tricyrtis – Japanese Toad Lily
Chelone – Turtlehead
Hibiscus moscheutus – Rose Mallow
Ligularia – Groundsel
Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal flower
Lysimachia – Loosestrife
Monarda – Bee Balm
Osmunda cinnamonea – Cinnamon Fern
Osmunda regalis – Royal Fern
Primula species – Primrose
Phalaris arundinacea – Ribbon grass
Achillea – Yarrow
Asclepias – Butterfly Weed
Buddleia – Butterfly Bush
Campanula – Bellflower
Caryopteris – Blue Mist Spirea
Chrysanthemum ‘Alaska’
Echinacea – Purple & White Coneflower
Gaillardia – Blanket Flower
Heliopsis – Perennial Sunflower
Hemerocallis – Day Lilies
Iris ensata – Japanese Iris
Iris siberica – Siberian Iris
Kniphofia – Red Hot Poker
Liatris – Gayfeather
Malva – Mallow
Physostegia – False Dragonhead
Rudbeckia – Black Eyed Susan
Artemesia species – Wormwood
Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly Weed
Baptisia australis – Blue False Indigo
Centaurea species – Cornflower, Bachelor Button
Cerastium tomentosum – Snow-in-summer
Coreopsis species – Tickseed
Delosperma – Ice Plant
Echinops species – Globe Thistle
Gaillardia – Blanket Flower
Hemerocallis species – Daylilies
Liatris spicata – Gayfeather
Linum perenne – Flax
Rudbeckia – Black-eyed Susan
Santolina – Lavender Cotton
Aconitum uncinatum – Monkshood
Agastache scrophulariifolia – Hyssop
Allium cernuum – Wild Onion
Aquilegia canadensis – Columbine
Arisaema – Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Aruncus dioicus – Goat’s Beard
Asclepias tuberosa – Butterflyweed
Baptisia australis – False Indigo
Cimicifuga racemosa – Black Snakeroot
Coreopsis rosea – Tickseed
Dicentra eximia – Fringed Bleeding Heart
Euphorbia corollata – Flowering spurge
Helenium autumnale – Helen’s flower
Mimulus ringens – Monkey flower
Panicum virgatum – Switch grass
Penstemon digitalis – Beardtongue
Phlox stolonifera – Creeping phlox
Physostegia virginiana – Obedient plant
Polemonium reptans – Jacob’s ladder
Rudbeckia – Black-eyed Susan
Solidago – Goldenrod
Trees & Shrubs
Acer – Maple
Amelanchier – Service Berry
Betula – Birch
Clethra alnifolia – Summersweet
Dirca palustris – Leatherwood
Fagus – Beech
Fraxinus – Ash
Hamamelis – Witchhazel
Hypericum – St. John’s wort
Lindera benzoin – Spicebush
Liquidambar styraciflua – Sweet gum
Lonicera sempervirens – Trumpet honeysuckle
Myrica pensylvanica – Bayberry
Nyssa sylvatica – Sourgum
Quercus – Oak
Agastache – Anise Hyssop
Alcea – Hollyhock
Aquilegia – Columbine
Asclepias – Butterfly Weed
Dicentra – Bleeding Heart
Hemerocallis – Daylilies
Heuchera – Coral Bells
Kniphofia – Red Hot Poker
Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal Flower
Lychnis – Rose Campion
Mimulus – Monkey Flower
Monarda – Bee Balm
Nepeta – Catmint
Phlox paniculata – Garden Phlox
Scabiosa – Pincushion Flower
Veronica – Speedwell
Achillea – Yarrow
Agastache – Anise Hyssop
Coreopsis species – Tickseed
Crocosmia – Montbretia
Delosperma – Ice Plant
Delphinium elatum – Larkspur
Dicentra formosa– Bleeding Heart
Echinacea – Coneflower
Echinops – Globe Thistle
Gaillardia – Blanket Flower
Gaura – Wand Flower
Heliopsis – False Sunflower
Hemerocallis – Stella D’Oro, Happy Returns
Lamium – Dead Nettle
Lathyrus – Sweet Pea
Leuchanthemum – Shasta Daisy
Liatris spicata – Gayfeather
Linum perenne – Flax
Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal Flower
Kniphofia – Red Hot Poker
Mimulus – Monkey Flower
Monarda – Bee Balm
Nepeta – Catmint
Oenothera – Evening Primrose
Papaver – Poppy
Phlox paniculata – Garden Phlox
Rudbeckia – Black-eyed Susan
Scabiosa – Pincushion Flower
Silene – Catchfly
Stokesia – Stokes Aster
Tradescantia – Spiderwort
Zantedeschia – Calla Lily