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  • VISITthe Preserve
    • Plan Your Visit
      • Hours and Admission
      • Directions
      • Map
      • Visitor Center
      • Tips for Visitors
    • What’s in Season
      • Spring
      • Summer
      • Fall
      • Winter
    • Things to See and Do
      • Calendar
      • Follow the Trails
      • For Kids & Families
      • For Birders
  • EXPLOREthe Grounds
    • A Sense of Place
      • Virtual Tour
      • Geology
      • Historic Land Use
      • History of the Preserve
    • Special Habitat Areas
      • Meadow
      • Aquetong Meadow
      • Penn’s Woods
      • Heritage Forest
      • Limestone Habitat
      • Founders’ Pond
      • Pond
      • Pidcock Creek, Dam & Mill Race
      • Green Labyrinth
    • Historic Elements
      • Stone Arch Bridge
      • Log Cabin
      • The Captain James Moore Pavilion
  • GROWNative Plants
    • About Native Plants
      • What is a Native Plant?
      • What is a Plant Community?
      • Why are Native Plants and Plant Communities Important?
      • Plant Stewardship at the Preserve
    • Native Plant Nursery
      • Buying Native Plants
      • Native Plant Catalog
      • Grow Houses
    • Garden with Natives
      • Why Native Plants Matter
      • Native Plant Benefits
      • Understanding Plant Communities in Your Garden
      • Attracting Birds, Bees and Butterflies
      • Transitioning Your Garden
      • Get Started
      • Native Plant Profiles from A to Z
      • Right Plant, Right Place
      • Maintaining Your Garden
      • Invasive Species
      • What Threats Do Invasives Pose to Our Native Plant Communities?
    • Living Museum Collection of Native Plants
      • Curation & Acquisitions
      • Partnering with the Community
      • Contributing to Our Plant Collection
  • LEARN& Discover

    Calendar

    Tour the Preserve

    • Guided Wildflower Walks
    • Self Guided Walks
    • Group Tours

    Talks, Walks & Lectures

    • Exploring Nature
    • Winter Lecture Series
    • Knowing Native Plants
    • Growing Native Plants
    • Specialty Walks

    Workshops & Events

    • Ecology & Conservation
    • Art, Health & Nature
    • Birding Programs
    • Penn State Extension Programs

    Kids & Family Programs

    • Children’s Summer Reading
    • Nature Buddies
    • Nature Explorations

    Become a Naturalist

    • What is a Naturalist?
    • Naturalist Training Overview
    • Core Training
    • Advanced Training
    • Supplemental Learning
    • Naturalist Fulfillment

    Schools, Scouts &
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    • School Group Tours
    • Off-Site Programs
    • Scout Tour and Badge
    • Summer Camps

    Conferences & Symposia

    • Land Ethics Symposium
    • Land Ethics Award
    • Native Plants in the Landscape Conference at Millersville

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      • Guided Wildflower Walks
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      • Group Tours
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      • Exploring Nature
      • Winter Lecture Series
      • Knowing Native Plants
      • Growing Native Plants
      • Specialty Walks
    • Workshops & Events
      • Ecology & Conservation
      • Art, Health & Nature
      • Birding Programs
      • Penn State Extension Programs
    • Kids & Family Programs
      • Children’s Summer Reading
      • Nature Buddies
      • Nature Explorations
    • Become a Naturalist
      • What is a Naturalist?
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      • Core Training
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    • Schools, Scouts, & Camps
      • School Group Tours
      • Off-Site Programs
      • Scout Tour and Badge
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      • Native Plants in the Landscape Conference at Millersville
    • Into The Community
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Tried & True

Mix of sun and shade

Wood Poppy – Stylophorum diphyllum
Jacob’s Ladder - Polemonium reptans
Foamflower - Tiarella cordifolia
Fringed Bleeding Heart - Dicentra eximia
Wild Geranium - Geranium maculatum
Violets - Viola spp.
Meadow Phlox - Phlox maculata
New England Aster - Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

 

Sun - summer to fall Flowers

Beardtongue - Penstemon digitalis
Summer Phlox - Phlox paniculata
Meadow Phlox - Phlox maculata
Purple Coneflower - Echinacea purpurea
Purple Hyssop - Agastache scrophulariifolia
Orange Coneflower - Rudbeckia fulgida aka - Black-eyed Susan
Downy Skullcap - Scutellaria incana
False Sunflower - Heliopsis helianthoides
New England Aster - Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Shade - spring to fall bloom

Bluebells - Mertensia virginica
Creeping Phlox - Phlox stolonifera
Wood Poppy - Stylophorum diphyllum
Golden Ragwort - Packera aurea
Foamflower - Tiarella cordifolia
Wild Geranium - Geranium maculatum
Lady Fern - Athyrium filix-femina
Marginal Wood Fern - Dryopteris marginalis
Black Cohosh - Actaea racemosa, syn. Cimicifuga racemosa
Zigzag Goldenrod - Solidago flexicaulis
Calico Aster - Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
White Wood Aster - Eurybia divaricata


Rock Garden

MOSTLY SUN

Moss Pink - Phlox subulata
Green-and-Gold - Chrysogonum virginianum
Blue-eyed Grass -Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Shooting Star - Dodecatheon meadia - (Spring)
Pussy-toes - Antennaria plantaginifolia
Wild Columbine - Aquilegia canadensis

Wild Pink - Silene caroliniana
Butterfly Weed - Asclepias tuberosa - (summer)


Groundcovers

Sun

Barren Strawberry - Waldsteinia fragarioides
Pussy Toes - Antennaria plantaginifolia
Golden Ragwort - Packera aurea

 

Mix of sun and shade

Green-and-Gold - Chrysogonum virginianum
Wild Stonecrop - Sedum ternatum
Dwarf Crested Iris - Iris cristata
Violets - Viola spp.
Broad-leaved Sedge - Carex platyphylla
Thin-leaved Sedge - Carex pensylvanica
Golden Ragwort - Packera aurea

Shade

Allegheny Spurge - Pachysandra procumbens (slow)
Wild Ginger - Asarum canadense
Broad-leaved Sedge - Carex platyphylla
Thin-leaved Sedge - Carex pensylvanica
Creeping Mint - Meehania cordata
Foamflower - Tiarella cordifolia


Groundcover (erosion control & hilly areas)

Mix of sun and shade

Fragrant Sumac - Rhus aromatica var.’gro-low’


Butterfly Basics

Mostly sun

Butterfly Weed - Asclepias tuberosa
Blazing Star - Liatris spicata
Bee Balm - Monarda didyma
Wild Bergamot - Monarda fistulosa

Purple Coneflower - Echinacea purpurea
Mountain Mint - Pycnanthemum species
Purple Hyssop - Agastache scrophularia
Pink Turtlehead - Chelone lyonii

New England Aster - Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Aromatic Aster - Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Joe-Pye-Weed - Eutrochium purpureum
Fireworks Goldenrod - Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’


Wet Sites (edge of run-off streams or ponds)

Mostly sun

Marsh Marigold - Caltha palustris
Blue Flag Iris - Iris versicolor
Cardinal Flower - Lobelia cardinalis

Swamp Milkweed - Asclepias incarnata
Pink Turtlehead - Chelone lyonii

Swamp Rose-Mallow - Hibiscus moscheutos
New England Aster - Symphyotrichum novae-angliae


Very Tall Perennials

Sun - moist soil (soil holding capacity)

Joe-pye-weed - Eutrochium purpureum
New York Ironweed - Vernonia noveboracensis

Cutleaf Coneflower - Rudbeckia laciniata
Swamp Sunflower - Helianthus angustifolia


Woodland Mix

Shade with some sun

Up to 16”
Woodland Phlox - Phlox divaricata
Golden Ragwort - Packera aurea
Wild Columbine - Aquilegia canadensis
Creeping Mint - Meehania cordata
Violets - Viola spp.
Foamflower - Tiarella cordifolia
Fringed Bleeding Heart - Dicentra eximia
Alumroot - Heuchera americana
Jacob’s Ladder - Polemonium reptans

 

16” to 30”
Golden Alexander - Zizia aurea
False Solomon’s Seal - Maianthemum racemosa
Pinkroot - Spigelia marilandica
Sensitive Fern - Onoclea sensibilis
Bluebells - Mertensia virginica
Wood Poppy - Stylophorum diphyllum
Solomon’s seal - Polygonatum biflorum
Black cohosh -Actaea racemosa, syn. Cimicifuga racemosa


Small Grasses - Meadow Like

Part sun - part shade - some color

Broad-leaved Sedge - Carex platyphylla
Thin-leaved Sedge - Carex pensylvanica

Nodding Onion - Allium cernuum
Blue-eyed Grass - Sisyrinchium angustifolium


GRASS MEADOW

Sun

Little Bluestem - Schizachyrium scoparium
Switchgrass - Panicum virgatum
Prairie Dropseed - Sporobolus heterolepis

Culver’s root - Veronicastrum virginicum
Joe-pye-weed - Eutrochium purpureum
New York Ironweed - Vernonia noveboracensis

New England Aster - Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Stiff Goldenrod - Solidago rigida


Very Aggressive (almost scary!)

Sun and shade mix for moist soil

Canada Anemone - Anemone canadensis
Lanceleaf Loosestrife - Lysimachia lanceolata


Slightly Aggressive

Sundrops - Oenothera fruticosa
Great Blue Lobelia - Lobelia siphilitica
Golden alexander - Zizia aurea
Obedient plant - Physostegia virginiana

Garden with Natives

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  • Transitioning Your Garden
  • Get Started
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  • Maintaining Your Garden
  • Right Plant, Right Place
  • Invasive Species
  • What Threats Do Invasives Pose to Our Native Plant Communities?

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