Acer rubrum 

Full Sun

Zone: 5 - 9

Height: 48"+

Red Maple is suitable for a shade tree in a home setting or use for restoration projects. Handsome green foliage with excellent fall color.

Achillea millefolium 'Wildform' 

Full Sun

Zone: 3 - 8

Height: 18-24"

Typical form that is found in nature with white flowers.

Adiantum pedatum 

Part Shade to Shade Full Shade

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 12-18"

Maidenhair fern is graceful and delicate in appearance. It has a lacy, soft, green leaf with dark centers. Fronds are arranged in a half circle like streams of hair from around a lady's head. Grows fast and gets to be about 12 to 18 inches tall. Tolerent to alkaline soils.

Aesculus parvifolia 

Agastache nepetoides 

Full Sun

Zone: 5 - 9

Height: 48"+

Giant Yellow Hyssop is slowy disappearing from the wild, so we are happy to re-introduce it to the public. Upright candles of yellow flowers on towering 5-7’ tall plants.

Ajuga reptans 

Sun to Part Sun/Part Shade to Shade

Zone: 3 - 10

Height: 0-6"

Waxy deep green foliage, blue flower spikes. Nice, hardy ground cover.

Allium cernuum 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 12-18"

Pastel lilac-pink flowers, Nodding Onion survives in challenging sites. Native to the US, this diminutive 1-2' Allium thrives on rocky outcrops, dry woodlands, and bone dry prairies. In the garden tuck a handful here and there, among rockery, in the woodland popping up through Carex foliage, nestled up against a tree trunk, or in the sunny rock garden.

Amelanchier arborea 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 48"+

The pure white, blossoms dangling in the spring air, the delectable fruit, much like a blueberry only sweeter, and the brilliant crimson autumn foliage glowing against light-gray striations on silvery bark are some great reasons to plant this native. Mature height is 15 to 25'.

Amelanchier canadensis 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 48"+

This large shrub has erect stems that form multi-stemmed clumps. The small clusters of white flowers are followed by blue fruits that are edible and often eaten by birds. The fall color is usually yellow with red or orange. Grows up to 10’ by 6’.wide. Will also do well in moist soils.

Amelanchier laevis 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 48"+

Grows up to 20' tall, can be pruned into single or multiple trunked small trees, or grown as large shrubs. Covered with white flowers in the early spring before leafing out. In mid summer, edible berries turn dark purple and they make excellent desserts. Readily eaten by birds. Foliage turns yellow-orange to red-purple in fall.

Amelanchier stolinifera 

Full Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 48"+

Tolerates poor dry soils. White flowers in June produce sweet bluish fruit in July that are relished by birds. Good for groupings, naturalizing and massing on slopes. Grows 6’-8’ tall.

Amsonia hubrechtii 

Full to Part Sun

Zone: 6 - 9

Height: 24-36"

Narrow thread-like foliage with bright sky-blue flowers. Grows 36” tall by 30” wide. Once planted you will never need to divide this plant. Just cut it down in the spring and enjoy.

Amsonia tabernaemontana 'Blue Ice' 

Full Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 12-18"

Beautiful yellow fall color and showy star-shapped, lavender-blue flowers in May/June. ‘Blue Ice’ is a handsome, small, 1 to 2 foot high plant with narrow, 1/2-inch wide by 1 1/2- to 2-inch long, green leaves. Discovered at White Flower Farm, Litchfield, Connecticut, in a seedling block of the native Amsonia tabernaemontana.

Amsonia tabernaemontana 

Full Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 6 - 9

Height: 18-24"

Star-like clusters of periwinkle blue in May through June. Grows 24' tall, foliage is sword-like, waxy and trouble free. Again, no maintenance is needed with this long lived perennial.

Andropogon gerardii 

Full Sun

Zone: 4 - 8

Height: 48"+

Big bluestem is a perennial bunch grass that forms large clumps. It normally grows to 5-7 ft in height, but under ideal conditions can get more than 8 ft tall. The habit is fairly upright, and not as arching as some ornamental grasses. Look for the blue color at the base of the stems. The stems and leaves are blue-green in early summer, developing reddish tinges as they mature. The plants turn a rich copper or orange-brown in autumn and develop an overall reddish or burgundy cast after frost.

Andropogon scoparium 

Full Sun

Zone: 4 - 8

Height: 24-36"

This has to be one of my favorites, 24 to 30” tall blue-foliage, heat tolerant, great fall color, what’s not to love? Looks great as an accent plant or in drifts. Can be custom grown in deep 38’s and 2Ό” plugs, or any size your project may need.

Andropogon virginicus 

Full Sun

Zone: 4 - 8

Height: 36-48"/ 48"+

Golden clump forming native warm season grass. Tolerant of dry soils and flood, very adaptable.

Aquilegia canadensis 'Corbet' 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 12-18"

This smaller native Columbine grows only 12” to 18” tall. Flowers are a clear yellow.

Aquilegia canadensis 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 12-18"

This smaller native Columbine grows only 12” to 18” tall. Flowers are red edged in yellow-orange. Very hardy and not too fussy.

Arisaema triphyllum 

Part Shade to Shade

Zone: 3 - 8

Height: 12-18"

This plant is found scattered throughout various terrains in the southern Appalachians, but it can almost always be found near waterfalls or where water is running or splashing. Three fairly large leaves radiating out from the top of the stalk are usually the most noticeable feature and the flower is often hidden beneath. The flowers appear through the spring and into the summer. Later in the summer, the flower is replaced by a black seed cluster that turns red by autumn.

Aronia arbutifolia 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 4 - 8

Height: 48"+

Red Chokeberry is grown for its excellent red fall color and profuse production of red fruits. This slow growing, suckering shrub transplants easily. The 1/4 inch red fruits are borne along the stem. White flowers bloom in the spring and the foliage turns bright red in the fall. Red Chokeberry will adapt to wet or dry soils. Grows from 6' to 13' tall.

Aronia prunifolium 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 4 - 8

Height: 48"+

Purple Chokeberry is native to North America. The upright stems form a shrub with a rounded outline. The white flowers are followed by dark, purple fruits. The fall foliage color is dark red. Grows to 8’ tall.

Artemisia ludoviciana 

Sun

Zone: 4 - 8

Height: 12-18"

One of the sages that Native Americans used in ceremonies. Fragrant silvery foliage spreads by rhizomes in harsh soils.

Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet' 

Full Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 36-48"

Long lasting white flowers on 3’ stems. Swamp milkweed cultivar is an erect, clump-forming plant which typically grows 36 to 40" tall on branching stems and is basically compact.

Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra 

Full Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 36-48"

A local subspecies of Swamp Milkweed that has downy leaves.

Asclepias incarnata 

Full Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 24-36"

Deep rose pink flowers on 3’ stems. Good for cutting. Nice naturalizing plant for around ponds.

Asclepias syriaca 

Full Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 36-48"

This native Butterfly Weed is a butterfly magnet. Pink flowers on 36-48” stems.

Asclepias tuberosa 

Full Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 24-36"

Butterfly Weed forms clumps of stiff arching stems with narrow 2” to 4” leaves. Brilliant orange flowers, that hold up to heat very well. Grows well in well drained sandy soil. Drought tolerant, once established this plant laughs at drought.

Asclepias verticillata 

Full Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 12-18"

A small statured milkweed with very fine foliage and small fragrant white flowers. Blooms in midsummer. Good for meadows and open woodlands.

Aster cordifolius 

Full Sun / Sun to Part Sun / Part Shade to Shade

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 18-24"

Small blue flowers on 18-24” tall plants that are at home in shady woodland or full sun conditions.

Aster divaricatus 

Full Sun / Sun to Part Sun / Part Shade to Shade

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 24-36"

Pale purple flowers on stocky 24-36” tall plants. Blooms September-October and is mildew resistant.

Aster ericoides 'Snow Flurry' 

Full Sun / Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 0-6"

This Aster is almost a groundcover. Hundreds of small white flowers will cover 3” tall plants in late summer - early Fall.

Aster laevis 'Bluebird' 

Full Sun

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 36-48"

Easily grown in average, dry to medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun. Good drought tolerance. Staking is usually not required, so pinching back the stems to control plant height is not necessary.

Aster lateriflorus 'Lady in Black' 

Full Sun

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 24-36"

A strong growing aster that is suitable for use as a cut flower. Dark purple-green foliage dramatically offsets the starry white flowers in early fall.

Aster linarifolius' 

Full Sun

Zone: 4 - 8

Height: 18-24"

Very unusual stiff needle-like foliage. Showy blue flowers on very drought resistant plants. A native New Jersey wildflower.

Aster macrophyllus 

Part Shade to Shade

Zone: 4 - 8

Height: 36-48"

A large leaved aster (6 x 8") for shade conditions. White flowers on low 2-3’ tall plants.

Aster nova-belgii 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 4 - 8

Height: 12-18" / 18-24" / 24-36"

Otherwise known as New York Aster. Light purple flowers bloom in late summer in moist or average soils. Can range from 1 to 3’ in height depending on moisture availability.

Aster novae-angliae 'Alma Potschke' 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 4 - 8

Height: 24-36"

A bright pink flower form. Very striking a real eye catcher.

Aster novae-angliae 'Purple Dome' 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 8

Height: 12-18"

Most compact of the species. This heavy bloomer produces a solid mass of purple flowers with yellow centers.

Aster novae-angliae 'September Ruby' 

Full Sun / Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 8

Height: 24-36"

Intense bright purple-red flowers. Incredible, what an eye catcher, everyone who has seen it has asked, “Wow what is that?”. Grows 36” tall.

Aster novae-angliae 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 8

Height: 48"+

At home in moist soils. Grows to 5’ in height. Typically the species has a range of purple colored flowers. Can be pinched back in the summer to form shorter stockier plants.

Aster oblongifolius 'October Skies' 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 8

Height: 6-12"

Medium blue, fine textured single flowers bloom in September and October. The low mounding 8" plants are highly drought tolerant.

Aster shortii 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 8

Height: 24 to 48"

A light purple Aster that blooms in late summer. Hardy in a range of moisture habitats and sun exposure conditions.

Aster spectabilis 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 8

Height: 18- 24"

A New Jersey native. Showy fall blooming aster for dry sandy soil. Blue flowers with yellow centers.

Baptisa alba 

Full Sun

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 36-48"

A durable long lived plant. Columns of white lupine-like blooms. 40” tall, blooms June though July.

Baptisa australis 

Full Sun

Zone: 4 -9

Height: 24-36"

Bright blue flowers on 36” tall mounds. Blooms June-July. A great perennial.

Baptisa leucantha 

Full Sun

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 48"+

White False Indigo grows 3’-5’ tall. Blooms May through June. Very stiff stemmed, a very hardy perennial. Native, also loves a fire every now and then, as well as drought.

Baptisia 'Purple Smoke' 

Full Sun / Sun to Part Sun / Part Shade

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 36-48" / 48"+

Easily grown in average, dry to medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Best in full sun in acidic, somewhat poor soils. Good drought tolerance. This false indigo hybrid is a shrubby perennial which typically grows 3 to 4.5' tall. Features smoky violet, lupine-like flowers and gray-green, clover-like foliage. Flowers appear in mid-spring, opening up from bottom to top in erect but slightly arching terminal racemes (to 1' long) which extend well above the foliage. Flowers give way to cylindrical, bean-like seed pods (to 2.5" long) which have good ornamental interest and are sometimes used in dried flower arrangements.

Betula populifolia 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 8

Height: 48"+

Common clump forming birch of open fields. Gray-white bark gives year round interest.

Betula alleganiensis 

Full Sun / Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 48"+

Oil of wintergreen is made of the sap and leaves of yellow birch. The wood is often stained and given cherry and mahogany-like finishes. One of the sturdiest and largest native birch species.

Betula nigra 

Full Sun / Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 48"+

River birch when mature has interesting exfoliating pinkish bark. Does well in moist or average soils. Not bothered by leaf miner.

Briza media 

Full Sun

Zone: 4 - 8

Height: 18-24"

A cool season perennial that grows best in poor soils and full sun. Seed heads are great for fresh or dried flower arangements. Grows 18-24” tall.

Caenothus americanus 

Full Sun / Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 5 - 9

Height: 24-36"

New Jersey tea is a compact, dense, rounded shrub which typically grows 2-3' tall. It is native where it occurs in, glades, dry open woods and thickets. Cylindrical clusters (1-2" long) of tiny, fragrant, white flowers appear on long stalks at the stem ends or upper leaf axils in late spring. Medium to dark green leaves (to 4" long) are gray and hairy below. Young twigs are noticeably yellow and stand out in winter. Dried leaves were used as a tea substitute, albeit without caffeine, in American Revolutionary War times.

Calycanthus floridus 

Full Sun / Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 5 - 9

Height: 48"+

Carolina allspice is a dense, rounded deciduous shrub with a suckering habit which grows 6-9' tall with an equal or slightly greater spread. Features very fragrant, brown to reddish-brown flowers (2" across) which bloom at the ends of short branchlets in May. Flowers give way to brownish, urn-shaped fruits which mature in fall and persist throughout the winter. Lustrous, dark green leaves to 6" long turn golden yellow in fall. Leaves are aromatic when bruised. Fragrant blooms which have been described as combining hints of pineapple, strawberry and banana. U.S. native from Virginia to Florida.

Carex flacca 

Sun to Part Sun / Shade to Part Shade

Zone: 4 - 8

Height: 6-12"

Dense groundcover, grows best in full to part shade with average soil conditions.

Carex flaccosperma 

Sun to Part Sun / Shade to Part Shade

Zone: 5 - 8

Height: 6-12"

Powder blue foliage and stiff growth habit make this ground cover a “must have” on everyone’s list this spring. Grows 10” tall.

Carex glauca 'Blue Zinger' 

Sun to Part Sun / Part Shade to Shade

Zone: 5 - 8

Height: 0-6"

An excellent gound cover. Steel-blue clumps of foliage. Grows 6” tall.

Carex pensylvanica 

Part Shade to Shade

Zone: 4 - 8

Height: 0-6"

A wonderful native ground cover for average to dry soils. Slow spreading to form a carpet that you will just want to lay in. Great plant for under small trees and evergreens.

Carex plantaginea 

Part Shade to Shade

Zone: 5 - 8

Height: 12-18"

Seersucker Sedge has unique one-inch wide, rippled and dimpled, deep-green textured leaves. In early spring, foot-high spikes topped with purple blooms rise above the 6-12 inch tall foliage. It is a great complement to other shade and woodland plants that also thrive in high organic, moist soil.

Carex platyphylla 

Part Shade to Shade

Zone: 5 - 8

Height: 6-12"

Silver Sedge is a spectacular new clump-former with powder blue leaves up to an inch wide. Spreads slowly to form a wonderfully textured ground cover for moist shady spots. Grows 8” tall.

Carex stricta 

Sun to Part Sun / Shade to Part Shade

Zone: 5 - 8

Height: 24-36"

Tussock Sedge grows 2' to 3' tall forming a mat of fluffy foliage. Grows best in average to wet soils in part shade.

Carex vulpinoidea 

Sun to Part Shade

Zone: 3 - 7

Height: 24-36"

Common grass of wetlands areas. Mostly used as a restoration plant.

Cephalanthus occidentalis 

Full Sun / Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 48"+

Small, white tubular flowers occur in a dense round (1" across) cluster appearing June to July. Fruit is a round cluster of nuttlets (each 1/4" long), dark brown, mature August to November. Upright, multiple branching shrub, may reach 25 feet in height.

Cercis canadensis 'Alba' 

Full Sun / Sun to Part Sun / Part Shade to Shade

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 48"+

The White Flowering Redbud or ‘Alba’ is very similar to the species candensis differing only in bloom color. ‘Alba’ has white flowers that bloom on bare branches before the leaves emerge. The leaves are a rich green color and 3-6 inches long with a pointed tip. The White Flowering Redbud can work great as a small garden or patio tree since it only reaches 20-25 feet tall.

Cercis canadensis 

Full Sun / Sun to Part Sun / Part Shade to Shade

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 48"+

Native understory tree of eastern woodlands. When mature, Redbud is one of the first trees to bloom in spring with bright pink flowers.

Chasmanthium latifolium 

Full Sun / Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 24-36"

Attractive oat-like seed heads in late summer through winter. A good naturalized grass for dry shade. Golden fall color.

Chelone glabra 

Full Sun / Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 8

Height: 24-36"

This species of turtlehead is a stiffly erect, clump-forming, leafy-stemmed, Missouri native perennial which typically grows 2-3' tall and occurs in moist woods, swampy areas and along streams. Hooded, snapdragon-like, two-lipped, white flowers with a tinge of pink appear in tight, spike-like terminal racemes from late summer into autumn. Coarsely-toothed, lance-shaped,dark green leaves. Synonymous with C. obliqua ‘Alba’.

Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips' 

Full Sun / Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 24-36"

2-3’ tall clumps of lustrous, deep green foliage topped with rose pink flowers. Blooms August through September with turtle head shaped flowers.

Chrysogonum virginianum 'Eco Lacquered Spider' 

Full Sun / Sun to Part Sun / Part Shade to Shade

Zone: 6 - 9

Height: 0-6"

Most Chrysogonum virginianum are slow spreaders, but not 'Eco Lacquered Spider.' This Golden Star has runners that can quickly get to be 3' long. The deeply veined, semi evergreen foliage grows from the center of the plant like spider legs, and spreads vigorously. The flowers are gold, slightly notched, and star shaped with contrasting brown stamens. Strong growing, and very stoloniferous. Numerous 1” gold flowers in May.

Chrysopsis mariana 

Full Sun / Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 24-36"

The leaves are long, entire, and silvery, creating sturdy foliage in dry eroding soil until the bright yellow clusters of loose, single, 1", daisy flowers appear in the late summer and continue throughout the fall. Maryland Golden Aster truly is drought tolerant and easy to grow. Provides a low, sturdy rosette effect until late summer when its flowering branches lift clusters of yellow, aster-like flowers 12" off the ground. The foliage is woolly when young, becoming smoother with age. The fruiting heads of this perennial are also attractive.

Cimicifuga racemosa 'Atropurpurea' 

Part Shade to Shade

Zone: 4 - 8

Height: 48"+

Bugbane grows best in partial shade with a deep humus rich soil. Great for woodland gardens. Dark purple-green foliage helps the creamy white flowers shine.

Cimicifuga racemosa 'Cordifolia' 

Part Shade to Shade

Zone: 4 - 8

Height: 48"+

Bugbane grows best in partial shade with a deep humus rich soil. Great for woodland gardens. ‘Cordifolia’ is a later blooming selection with broader leaflets.

Cimicifuga racemosa 

Part Shade to Shade

Zone: 3 - 8

Height: 48"+

Long, narrow, fuzzy spikes of fragrant white flowers on 36” stems.

Cimicifuga simplex 'Hillside Black Beauty' 

Part Shade to Shade

Zone: 3 - 8

Height: 48"+

Very dark leaved Bugbane with copper - purple foliage. White flowers, grows 50” tall.

Cimicifuga simplex 'White Pearl' 

Part Shade to Shade

Zone: 3 - 8

Height: 36-48" / 48"+

White flower spikes on pale green foliage grows 48" tall, spectacular in large groups. Blooms July through August.

Clethra 'Hummingbird' 

Full Sun/Sun to Part Shade

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 24-36"

Excellent compact form with glossy, dark green foliage and long, fragrant white blooms in mid-summer. Attractive and unusual exfoliating (peel) bark. Foliage turns bright yellow in the fall. Wonderful as a specimen or in the perennial border. The entire shrub is very showy. Easily grown in partial shade and moist, well-drained soil.

Clethra alnifolia 'Rosea' 

Full Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 48"+

Pink Flowering Summersweet is a beautiful deciduous shrub for the border or natural areas. For 4 to 6 weeks in midsummer, plants bear hundreds of pink, fragrant flowers. The scent is a sweet perfume and bees love the nectar. Pink Summersweet grows to about 8 feet. It grows in wet or average soil in sun or shade. The attractive green leaves turn a good yellow in the fall, then fall off neatly.

Clethra alnifolia 

Full Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 48"+

This is a versitile shrub. It will take a range of soil and light conditions. Sweet scented white flower spires bloom in mid-summer. Good yellow fall color.

Comptonia peregrina 

Part Sun

Zone: 2 - 9

Height: 24-36"

Sweet fern is planted as a landscape plant because of its fern-like, aromatic foliage and stems. Because it fixes nitrogen, sweet fern is useful for rehabilitation of disturbed sites.

Coreopsis auriculata 'Nana' 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 12 - 18"

Orange-yellow blooms over low, spreading mats of deep green foliage.

Coreopsis lanceolata 'Tetra-Giants' 

Sun to Part Shade

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 24-36 ''

Large Golden flowers in Early Summer. A great addition to butterfly gardens, cut flower gardens and perennial borders.

Coreopsis lanceolata 

Sun to Part Shade

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 18-24"

Lanceleaf Coreopsis has masses of 2 inch yellow flowers. A fast growing wildflower, grows to 2 feet tall in dry or average soil and its seeds are a favorite food for goldfinches. The 8 inch long shiny lance-like foliage makes an attractive ground cover for harsh sunny conditions like roadsides and pond banks. Lanceleaf Coreopsis is a showy, fast growing and long-blooming perennial that will continue to bloom through the summer with occasional dead heading.

Cornus alternifolia 

Full Sun / Sun to Part Shade

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 48"+

The Pagoda Dogwood is a small flowering tree with horizontal branches, small pale yellow-white flowers with tiny blue-black fruit. Good fall color and interesting shape. This tree has an attractive winter silhouette.

Cornus amomum 

Full Sun / Part Sun / Part Shade

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 48"+

Silky dogwood has clusters of blue-white berries in fall that are a favorite food of birds. Red stems in winter are attractive.

Cornus sericea 

Sun / Part-Sun / Part-Shade

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 48"+

Known for its brilliant red stems in winter. White flower clusters in spring give rise to white berries in fall.

Dennstaedtia punctiloba 

Sun to Part Shade

Zone: 2 - 8

Height: 24-36"

The only fern that is suitable to grow in full sun. Likes dry soils and forms a lacy groundcover when happy.

Deschampsia caespitosa 'Northern Lights' 

Part Sun

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 6-12"

A dwarf form featuring silvery variegated foliage and leaves marked with long white stripes with a pink tint that varies with seasonal light. Blooms in midsummer, fading to straw color in the late season. Preferred for the front of a border, or to plant in mass.

Deschampsia caespitosa 

Sun to Part Shade

Zone: 5 - 10

Height: 24-36"

Dense, tufted grass with delicate light tan panicles in June through fall.

Dicentra eximia 'Alba' 

Part Shade to Shade

Zone: 4 - 8

Height: 12-18"

This perennial forms clumps of ferny, grey green foliage. The heart-shaped flowers will continue to bloom off and on throughout the summer if provided part shade and adequate moisture.

Dicentra eximia 

Sun, Part Shade to Shade

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 12-18"

Our native Bleeding Heart. Fern-like foliage with numerous pink flowers. Long blooming in shaded woodland settings.

Diervilla lonicera 

Sun to Part Sun / Part Shade to Shade

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 24-36"

Shrub Honeysuckle has numerous yellow flowers in summer. Low growing and hardy. Grows to 3’ tall.

Echinacea pallida 

Sun

Zone: 5 - 9

Height: 24-30"

A thin leaved coneflower. Individual flower petals are also thinner than the typical. Useful as a medicinal plant.

Echinacea purpurea 'Bravado' 

Sun

Zone: 2 - 8

Height: 24-30"

Deep rose flowers with non-drooping rays. Flower petals are also wider on Bravado and it is very easy to grow. Blooms July through August on 30” stems.

Echinacea purpurea 'Bright Star' 

Full Sun

Zone: 3 - 8

Height: 36-48"

Bright Star as it is known in the USA has rose pink flowers with a maroon center. This one is a little taller than the others, growing 3 to 4’.

Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus' 

Full Sun

Zone: 2 - 9

Height: 24-30"

1998 PERENNIAL PLANT OF THE YEAR. Magnus is named for Magnus B. Nilsson. Magnus has extremely broad petals that are the most horizontal compared to the narrow hanging petals of other selections. Blooms July through September. Large purple flowers with brown centers.

Echinacea purpurea 'Razzmatazz' 

Full Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 24-36"

A floral extravaganza, their great pom-poms of fringed rose-pink petals dancing unashamedly in the summer breeze and filling the air with their delicious fragrance. This ostentatious Echinacea boasts 3" long-lasting flowers carried on strong stems, and is an excellent variety both in the garden and as a cut flower. Will grow in any conditions.

Echinacea purpurea 'Ruby Star' 

Full Sun

Zone: 2 - 9

Height: 24-36"

Intense carmine-red flowers with extremely horizontal petals. A new improvement of Magnus which is already one of the best. Grows 30” tall.

Echinacea purpurea 'Vintage Wine' 

Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan' 

Sun

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 18-24"

Pure white flowers on 18 to 24” stems. Blooms July through August. A very tough plant and a good cut flower.

Echinacea purpurea 

Full Sun

Zone: 2 - 9

Height: 24-36"

Large purple-pink flowers on stiff 36” stems are ideal for cutting. A good variety for naturalizing and a good background plant. Very easy to grow, requires very little care. Blooms July through August.

Equisetum hyemale 

Full Sun

Zone: 3 -9

Height: 36-48"

Enjoys the moist soil around a pond’s edge. Ancient plant whose rough textured bristles have been used as a scouring brush. Could also be an unusual vertical accent in gardens with moisture or irrigation. Grows 4’ tall.

Eryngium yuccafolium 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 4 - 8

Height: 24-36"

Eryngium yuccafolium (common name Rattlesnake Master)is a U.S. native found in moist or dry, sandy soil in open areas. The botanical name refers to the long, narrow leaf shape that is similar to that of yucca leaves. The flowers are at first light blue, but become white or silvery as they mature. Established plants should not be disturbed.

Eupatorium coelestinum 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 6 - 9

Height: 24-36"

This is a native plant found from New Jersey to Kansas and from Florida to Texas. Grows 12" to 36". Pale violet blooms in August.

Eupatorium dubium 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 3 - 9

Height: 36-48"

Is only about 3' tall and has wider leaves generally in whorls of three or four. The stem is usually speckled with purple and may be sticky near the top. It is found in wet, sandy soil often near the coast from North Carolina to Maine. Grow in full sun in average to dry soil with good drainage.

Eupatorium fistulosum 'Atropurpureum' 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 48"+

Another seed grown selection that has large red flower clusters with red tinged stems that make for a very attractive combination.

Eupatorium hyssopifolium 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 24-36"

Fuzzy clusters of white flowers in late summer. Very narrow, linear to lanceolate leaves. Good for naturalizing in the wild garden.

Eupatorium maculatum 'Gateway' 

Full Sun

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 48"+

Butterflies love the huge violet/red flower clusters atop this plant with deep wine red stems. Blooms July through September and grows 5-6’ tall in average to moist soil. Nice combo with Autumn Joy, Goldsturm & Hamlin.

Eupatorium maculatum 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 48"+

Lavendar flower clusters atop deep wine red stems. Blooms July through September. Great butterfly plant. Grows 5-6’ tall in average to moist soil.

Eupatorium perfoliatum 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 48"+

This tough native is covered in white flower heads in late summer and early fall. Grows 4’ tall.

Eupatorium purpureum 'Little Joe' 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 4 - 8

Height: 48"+

In appearance, E. dubium is similar to E. purpureum, but more tolerant of light shade. 4' tall stems are clothed with whorls of green leaves and topped in midsummer with heads of lavender flowers.

Eupatorium purpureum 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 48"+

Sweet-scented Joe-pye weed has leaves usually in whorls of three or four. The stem is smooth below the flowers and mostly green, purple only at the nodes. There is a sweet, vanilla like smell to crushed leaves. It is found in dryer places than the other species throughout the eastern U. S.

Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate' 

Sun to Part Sun

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 24-36"

This Snakeroot has chocolate foliage with deep shiny purple stems which contrast nicely against the clusters of bright white flowers. Blooms September through October. Grows 36” tall.

Eupatorium rugosum 

Sun to Part sun

Zone: 4 - 9

Height: 24-36"

Masses of white flower heads form June through August. 36” tall. Great for cut flowers.