Growing Conditions

Adaptable native wildflower, important late source of nectar and pollen for native bees, various butterflies including Monarch butterflies and other insects. Seeds feed the birds. 3' tall x 1' wide upright and a bit leggy looking plants. Violet-blue...

Originally named Aster ptarmicoides, this plant was re-named to Solidago ptarmicoides in 1981 as a result of research by two botanists, Brouillet and Semple, who realized that this plant belongs to the goldenrod family. For more confusion, another...

This is an early flowering aster that blooms in umbels of smaller, cream-white flowers with yellow centers. It starts flowering much earlier than other asters, and continues until September. It attracts a wide range of native pollinators. It's...

Upright native aster with late blooming, small light yellow flowers age to reddish-purple. Pollinator magnet, adatable to various soil and light conditions. Blooming Time: August - September/OctoberSize: around 3' high x 1-1.5' wideUSDA Zones: 3 to...

Showy, easy to grow, suitable for garden conditions and with superior qualities for native pollinators! Aromatic minty leaves.  This plant is not aggressive than similar Mints or Monarda, and it's better to pair it with smaller or same-sized plants...

An upright perennial with clusters of pale lilac to whitish, fragrant flowers, aromatic minty leaves, and stems that do not branch much. This plant can bloom for very long time. Provides excellent pollinator support, offering pollen and nectar to a...

Boltonias are great plants for adding color to the garden in the fall. Related to Asters, they are covered with 3/4" aster-like white flowers. The green-gray leaves are ornamental too. This clumping perennial slowly spreads by rhizomes (not...

End of season flowering native plant, small creamy flowers in loose panicles open to highly ornamental fluffy seedheads. Fragrant flowers attract a lot of insects. Suitable for dryish garden. Size: usually around 3' tall x 1.5-2’ wide. Can handle...

Clump-forming grass with ornamental dangling spikelets arranged in loose panicles. (they start green with a hint of purple and fade to tan color). The flowers move in a slight breeze and are excellent dry flowers! Cool season grass that prefers somewhat...

This native woodland perennial grass spreads very slowly and forms clumps that have a light, airy structure. The leaves are gray-green; the long panicles of satin-silver flowers often flop to one side and turn brown-yellow with age. ...

Showy and all summer blooming perennial for drier or drained soil. Usually grows to 1-1.5' of height x 1-2' wide, it's also usually more sprawling than growing upwards. Deep magenta, upward facing cup-shaped flowers in Jun to beginning of August. Sun and...

Pretty native wildflower for sunny and dry soil. Also called "winecup" according to the shape of blooms. Forms up to 3' wide and less than 1' tall ground covering mounds. Divided green leaves, magenta flowers (up to 2.5" in diameter) appear in May and...

Short lived native wildflower, more likely annual or biennial, that stays in your garden by self seeding. Why do we grow this plant? It's simple, native flora doesn't offer many blue flowers and nearly any showy bluebells (these all originate in Europe...

One of several top performing sedges in Mt. Cuba trials - both in sunny location (4.1 point out of 5) and full shade (4.3 points out of five). Although plants in the full sun get older sooner and have to be divided. Universal use, adaptable to soils and...

"Add Cherokee Sedge to your list of great North American native grasses. Carex cherokeensis serves as a foundation in the landscape, particularly in meadow gardens, rain gardens, ground covers, natural areas, and in alternatives to traditional plantings...

Dwarf version of ground covering, tough and adaptable silver-blue sedge. Valuable for it's tolerance to full sun and drier soils. Well behaved and not seeding. Low maintenance grass - it requires only light trimming in pre-spring (before the new growth...

Southeastern, native sedge with significantly blue-green leaves. Requires some shade during the day, likes moisture, but will grow fine in average garden conditions. Well behaved, clumping, with fairly robust evergreen leaves. Blooming Time: May-June...

Highly ornamental and well behaved clump sedge that likes moisture, but will do fine in medium moist garden in half shade. Usually grows to 2' (up to 3' in rich and moist soil) x 1-1.5' wide clumps. Cool season grass (grows actively since early spring),...