Plants We Grow

Ephemerals

Botanical Name Common Name
Allium tricoccum Wild Leek
Dicentra cucullaria Dutchman's breeches
Dodecatheon meadia Eastern Shooting Star
Erythronium americana Yellow Trout Lily
Mertensia virginica Virginia Bluebells
Podophyllum peltatum Mayapple
Trillium grandiflorum Large White
Trillium luteum Yellow trillium
Trillium recurvatum Prairie Trillium
Trillium sessile Red Toad Trillium
Uvularia grandiflora Large-flowered bellwort

Herbaceous Perennials

Botanical Name Common Name
Achillea millifolium Yarrow, Common Yarrow
Agastache foeniculum Anise Hyssop, Blue Giant Hyssop
Alisma subcordatum American Water Plantain
Allium stellatum Prairie Onion, Wild Onion
Amsonia hubrichtii Arkansas Blue Star
Amsonia illustris Ozark Blue Star
Anemone virginiana Tall Thimbleweed
Antennaria neglecta Field Pussytoes
Antennaria plantaginifolia Plantain-leaved Pussytoes
Aquilegia canadensis Eastern Red Columbine, Wild Columbine
Arisaema triphyllum Jack in the Pulpit
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium Pale Indian Plantain
Asarum canadensis Canadian wild ginger
Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias sullivantii Prairie Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly weed
Asclepias verticillata Whorled Milkweed
Baptisia australis Blue Wild Indigo
Baptisia tinctoria Yellow Wild Indigo
Bignonia capreolata Crossvine
Blephilia ciliata Downy Wood Mint, Pagoda Plant
Blephilia hirsuta Hairy woodmint
Boltonia asteroides Boltonia, False Aster
Callirhoe involucrata Wine Cup, Poppy Mallow
Campanula rotundifolia Harebell, Bluebell of Scotland
Caulophyllum thalictroides Blue Cohosh
Ceanothus americanus New Jersey Tea
Chelone glabra White Turtlehead
Chimaphila maculata Spotted wintergreen
Conoclinium coelestinum Blue Mistflower
Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Tickseed
Coreopsis rosea Pink Tickseed
Coreopsis tripteris Tall Tickseed
Dalea purpurea Purple Prairie Clover
Doellingeria umbellata Flat-top Aster, Parasol Whitetop
Echinacea pallida Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower
Echinacea tenneseensis Tennessee Coneflower
Eryngium yuccifolium Rattlesnake Master
Eupatorium dubium Eastern Joe Pye Weed
Eupatorium fistulosum Joe-Pye Weed, Trumpetweed
Eupatorium hyssopifolium Hyssop-leaf Thoroughwort
Eupatorium perfoliatum Common Boneset
Eurybia divaricata White Wood Aster
Eurybia macrophylla Big-leaved Aster
Eurybia spectabilis Eastern Showy Aster
Euthamia graminifolia Grass-leaf Goldenrod
Eutrochium maculatum Spotted Joe-Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum Sweetscented Joe-Pye Weed
Fragraria virginiana Wild Strawberry
Geranium maculatum Wild geranium
Helenium autumnale Sneezeweed
Helenium flexuosum Purple-headed Sneezeweed
Helianthus angustifolius Swamp Sunflower
Helianthus decapatalus Thinleaf Sunflower, Woodland Sunflower
Helianthus mollis Ashy Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides Oxeye, False Sunflower
Heuchera americana American Alumroot
Heuchera richardsonii Richardson's Alumroot
Heuchera villosa Hairy Alumroot
Hibiscus moscheutos Rose Mallow
Iris cristata Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata 'alba' White Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris fulva Copper Iris
Iris versicolor Blue Flag Iris
Liatris ligulistylis Meadow Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris scariosa Northern Blazing Star
Liatris spicata Dense Blazing Star
Lilium superbum Turk Cap Lily
Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower
Lobelia puberula Downy Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica Great Blue Lobelia
Lysimachia quadriflora Whorled Yellow Loosestrife
Mentha arvensis Wild Mint
Mimulus ringens Monkey Flower
Mitchella reptans Partridgeberry
Monarda bradburiana Eastern Beebalm
Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot
Monarda punctata Horsemint, Spotted Beebalm
Pachysandra procumbens Allegheny Spurge
Packera aurea Golden Ragwort
Penstemon calycosus Longsepal Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon hirsutus Hairy Beardtongue
Penstemon pallidus Pale beardtongue
Phlox divaricata Wild Blue Phlox, Woodland Phlox
Phlox glaberrima Smooth Phlox
Phlox maculata Meadow Phlox, Wild Sweet William
Phlox paniculata Garden Phlox, Summer Phlox
Phlox stolonifera Creeping Phlox
Physostegia virginiana Obedient Plant
Polemonium reptans Jacob's Ladder, Greek Valerian
Polygonatum biflorum Smooth solomon's-seal
Porteranthus stipulatus Western Indian Physic
Potentilla arguta Prairie Cinquefoil
Pycnanthemum flexuosum Appalachian Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum incanum Hoary Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum muticum Clustered Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum pilosum American mountain mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum Virginia Mountain Mint
Ratibida pinnata Yellow Coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia laciniata Cutleaf Coneflower
Rudbeckia maxima Great Coneflower
Rudbeckia subtomentosa Sweet Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba Brown-Eyed Susan
Ruellia humilis Fringeleaf Wild Petunia
Salvia azurea Azure Sage, Blue Sage
Salvia lyrata Lyreleaf Sage
Scutellaria incana Hoary Skullcap
Sedum ternatum Woodland Stonecrop
Silene caroliniana Wild Pink
Silene stellata Starry Campion
Silene virginica Fire Pink
Silphium integrifolium Rosinweed
Silphium laciniatum Compass Plant
Silphium mohrii Mohr's Rosinweed
Silphium perfoliatum Cup Plant
Silphium terebinthinaceum Prairie Dock
Sisyrinchium angustifolium 'lucerne' Blue-eyed Grass
Smilacina racemosa False Solomon's Seal
Solidago bicolor Silverrod, White Goldenrod
Solidago caesia Blue-stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago graminifolia Grass-leaved Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis Gray Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod
Solidago odora Sweet Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod
Solidago rigida Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rugosa Rough Goldenrod, Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod
Solidago speciosa Showy Goldenrod
Spigelia marilandica Indian Pink
Stylophorum diphyllum Celandine poppy
Symphyotrichum azureus Sky Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium Heartleaf Aster, Blue Wood Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides Heath Aster, White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve Smooth Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii New York Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum puniceum Purple-stemmed Aster, Swamp Aster
Taenidia integerrima Yellow Pimpernel
Thalictrum dasycarpum Purple Meadowrue
Tiarella cordifolia Foamflower
Tradescantia ohioensis Ohio Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana Virginia Spiderwort
Verbena hastata Blue Vervain
Vernonia gigantia Giant Ironweed
Vernonia glauca Broadleaf Ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis New York Ironweed
Veronicastrum virginicum Culver's Root
Viola canadensis Canadian White Violet
Viola pedata Bird's Foot Violet
Viola pensylvanica Smooth Yellow Violet
Viola sororia Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia 'alba' White Blue Violet
Xanthorhiza simplicissima Yellow Root

Ferns

Botanical Name Common Name
Onoclea sensibilis Sensitive Fern

Grasses & Sedges

Botanical Name Common Name
Acorus americanus Sweet Flag, Flag Root
Andropogon gerardii Big Bluestem
Andropogon virginicus Broomsedge Bluestem
Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats grama
Bouteloua gracilis Blue grama
Calamagrostis canadensis Bluejoint Grass
Carex grayi Gray's sedge
Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex plantaginea Plantain-leaved Sedge
Carex rosea Rosy sedge
Carex stricta Tussock Sedge
Chasmanthium latifolium Northern Sea Oats, Inland Sea Oats
Deschampsia flexuosa Wavy Hairgrass
Elymus virginicus Virginia Wild Rye
Equisetum hyemale Scouring Rush, Horsetail
Eragrostis spectabilis Purple Lovegrass
Juncus canadensis Canada Rush
Juncus effusus Soft Rush
Juncus gerardii Blackgrass Rush
Juncus tenuis Path Rush
Luzula acuminata hairy woodrush
Muhlenbergia capillaris Pink Muhly Grass
Muhlenbergia ringens Seep Muhly
Panicum clandestinum Deertongue Grass
Panicum virgatum Switchgrass
Schizachyrium littorale Seacoast Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem
Scirpus atrovirens Dark Green Bulrush
Scirpus cyperinus Woolgrass
Sorghastrum nutans Indiangrass
Sporobolis heterolepis Prairie Dropseed
Sporobolis wrightii Sacaton, Giant Sacaton
Tridens flavus Purpletop

Deciduous Shrubs

Botanical Name Common Name
Alnus serrulata Smooth Alder
Aronia arbutifolia Red Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa Black Chokeberry
Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush
Clethra alnifolia Summersweet, Coastal Sweet Pepperbush
Cornus amomum Silky Dogwood
Cornus racemosa Gray Twig Dogwood
Cornus sericea Redosier Dogwood
Euonymous americanus Strawberry Bush
Hamamelis virginiana Common Witch Hazel
Hypericum prolificum Shrubby St. John's Wort
Ilex verticillata Winterberry
Lindera benzoin Northern Spicebush
Physocarpus opulifolius Common Ninebark
Rhus aromatica Fragrant sumac
Rhus copallinum Shiny Sumac
Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac
Rosa palustris Swamp Rose
Salix discolor Pussy willow
Sambucus canadensis Black Elderberry
Spiraea latifolia Meadowsweet
Viburnum dentatum Arrowwood Viburnum, Southern Arrowwood
Viburnum prunifolium Blackhaw viburnum

Evergreen Shrubs

Botanical Name Common Name
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry

Deciduous Trees

Botanical Name Common Name
Acer negundo Box Elder Maple
Acer rubrum Red Maple
Acer saccharinum Silver Maple
Acer saccharum Sugar Maple
Aesculus flava Yellow Buckeye
Aesculus pavia Red Buckeye
Betula nigra River Birch
Betula populifolia Gray Birch
Carpinus caroliniana American Hornbeam, Ironwood
Celtis occidentalis Common Hackberry
Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood
Diospyros virginiana Persimmon
Fagus grandifolia American Beech
Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum
Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Poplar - Tulip Tree
Magnolia virginiana SweetBay Magnolia
Nyssa sylvatica Black gum, Black Tupelo
Platanus occidentalis American Sycamore
Populus deltoides Eastern Cottonwood
Prunus americana American Plum
Prunus serotina Black Cherry
Quercus alba White Oak
Quercus bicolor Swamp White Oak
Quercus coccinea Scarlet Oak
Quercus montana Chestnut Oak
Quercus palustris Pin Oak
Quercus phellos Willow Oak
Quercus rubra Red Oak
Quercus velutina Black Oak
Salix nigra Black Willow
Sassafras albidum Sassafras

Evergreen Trees

Botanical Name Common Name
Juniperus virginiana Eastern Red Cedar
Pinus virginiana Virginia Pine