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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

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

Small Grasses - Meadow Like

Part sun - part shade - some color

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

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