Garden with Natives
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