These are the plants we have in our yard.
Note: you can click any column heading to sort the table by that criteria.
| Growth Habit | Scientific Name | Common Name | Light Pref. | Bloom | Height | Moisture Pref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fern | Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas Fern | 1-2 shade - mix | N/A | 12-24" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| fern | Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | 1-2 shade - mix | N/A | 24-36" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| fern | Onoclea sensibilis | Sensitive Fern | 1-2 shade - mix | N/A | 12-36" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| fern | Dryopteris marginalis | Leatherwood Fern | 1-2 shade - mix | N/A | 18-24" | 2 avg |
| fern | Athyrium filix-femina | Lady Fern | 1-2 shade - mix | N/A | 12-24" | 2 avg |
| fern | Adiantum pedatum | Maidenhair Fern | 1-2 shade - mix | N/A | 12-30" | 2 avg |
| grass | Sporobulus heterolepis | Prairie Dropseed | 3 sun | 08-10 Aug - Oct | 18-24" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| grass | Sorghastrum nutans | Indian Grass | 2-3 mix - sun | 08 Aug | 60-84" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| grass | Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem | 2-3 mix - sun | 08 Aug | 24-48" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| grass | Muhlenbergia capillaris | Pink Muhly Grass | 2-3 mix - sun | 09-11 Sep - Nov | 24-36" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| grass | Juncus effusus | Soft Rush | 2-3 mix - sun | 06-09 Jun - Sep | 24-36" | 3-4 moist - wet |
| grass | Equisetum hyemale | Scouring Rush; Horsetail | 2-3 mix - sun | N/A | 30-40" | 2-4 avg - wet |
| grass | Chasmanthium latifolium | River Oats | 2-3 mix - sun | 07-08 Jul & Aug | 24-36" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| grass | Carex pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Sedge | 2 mix | 04-06 Apr - Jun | 12-18" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| grass | Carex flaccosperma | Blue Wood Sedge | 1-2 shade - mix | 05-06 May & Jun | 06-12" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| grass | Carex appalachica | Appalachian Sedge | 1 shade | N/A | 06" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| grass | Carex albicans | Oak Sedge | 1-2 shade - mix | 05 May | 12-18" | 2 avg |
| grn. cover | Waldstenia fragarioides | Barren Strawberry | 1 shade | 04-06 Apr - Jun | 04-06" | 1-3 dry - moist |
| grn. cover | Viola sororia | Common Purple Violet | 2-3 mix - sun | 04-08 Apr - Aug | 06-09" | 2 avg |
| grn. cover | Viola blanda | White Violet | 2 mix | 04-05 Apr & May | 03-06" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| grn. cover | Tiarella cordifolia | Foam Flower | 1-2 shade - mix | 05 May | 09-12" | 2 avg |
| grn. cover | Senecio obovatus | Squaw-weed | 1-2 shade - mix | 04-05 Apr & May | 10-14" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| grn. cover | Sedum ternatum | Wild Stonecrop | 2 mix | 05 May | 02-04" | 2 avg |
| grn. cover | Phlox subulata | Creeping Phlox | 3 sun | 03-05 Mar - May | 03-06" | 2 avg |
| grn. cover | Pachysandra procumbens | Allegheny Spurge | 1-2 shade - mix | 03-04 Mar & Apr | 06-12" | 2 avg |
| grn. cover | Iris cristata | Dwarf Crested Iris | 2 mix | 04-05 Apr & May | 05-10" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| grn. cover | Galium odoratum | Sweet Woodruff (non-native) | 1-2 shade - mix | 04-05 Apr & May | 06-12" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| grn. cover | Fragaria virginiana | Wild Strawberry | 2-3 mix - sun | 04-05 Apr & May | 04-10" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| grn. cover | Eurybia divaricata | White Wood Aster | 1-2 shade - mix | 08-09 Aug & Sep | 12-30" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| grn. cover | Claytonia virginica | Spring Beauty | 1-2 shade - mix | 02-04 Feb - Apr | 03-05" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| grn. cover | Asarum canadense | Wild Ginger | 1 shade | 04-05 Apr & May | 04-06" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| grn. cover | Antennaria porlinii | Pussytoes | 2-3 mix - sun | 04-05 Apr & May | 06-10" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| grn. cover | Antennaria neglecta | Prairie (field) Pussytoes | 2-3 mix - sun | 04-06 Apr - Jun | 04-10" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| perennial | Zizia aurea | Golden Alexander | 2-3 mix - sun | 05-06 May & Jun | 18-36" | 2 avg |
| perennial | Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's Root | 2-3 mix - sun | 06-08 Jun - Aug | 36-48" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Verbesina virginica | White Crownbeard | 3 sun | 08-10 Aug - Oct | 20-40" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| perennial | Uvularia grandiflora | Large-flowered Bellwort | 1-2 shade - mix | 04-05 Apr & May | 12-24" | 2 avg |
| perennial | Thalictrum dioicum | Early Meadow Rue | 2-3 mix - sun | 04-05 Apr & May | 12-24" | 2 avg |
| perennial | Stylophorum diphyllum | Celandine Poppy | 1 shade | 04-05 Apr & May | 16-24" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Stokesia laevis | Stoke's Aster | 3 sun | 05-07 May - Jul | 12-24" | 2 avg |
| perennial | Spigelia marilandica | Indian Pink | 2-3 mix - sun | 06-07 Jun & Jul | 24" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Solidago speciosa | Showy Goldenrod | 2-3 mix - sun | 09-10 Sep & Oct | 24-48" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| perennial | Solidago rugosa | Rough-leaved Goldenrod | 3 sun | 09-10 Sep & Oct | 36-60" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Solidago flexicaulis | Zigzag Goldenrod | 2-3 mix - sun | 07-09 Jul - Sep | 12-36" | 2 avg |
| perennial | Solidago caesia | Woodland Goldenrod / Blue Stem Goldenrod | 2-3 mix - sun | 08-09 Aug & Sep | 18-36" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| perennial | Silene regia | Royal Catchfly | 3 sun | 06-08 Jun - Aug | 24-48" | 2 avg |
| perennial | Scutellaria incana | Downy Skullcap | 2-3 mix - sun | 08-09 Aug & Sep | 30-40" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Salvia lyrata | Lyre-leaf Sage | 3 sun | 04-06 Apr - Jun | 12-24" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Sagittaria latifolia | Broadleaf Arrowhead | 3 sun | 07-09 Jul - Sep | 12-48" | 3 wet |
| perennial | Rudbeckia subtomentosa | Sweet Coneflower | 2-3 mix - sun | 08-09 Aug & Sep | 36-54 | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Rudbeckia fulgida/umbrosa | Orange Coneflower | 2-3 mix - sun | 08-09 Aug & Sep | 20-30" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Pycanthemum tenuifolium | Slender Mountain Mint | 3 sun | 07-08 Jul & Aug | 12-20" | 1-3 dry - moist |
| perennial | Polemonium reptans | Jacob's Ladder | 1 shade | 04-06 Apr - Jun | 12-18" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Phlox paniculata | Garden/Summer Phlox | 1-3 shade - sun | 07-09 Jul - Sep | 30-48" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Phlox maculata | Meadow Phlox | 2-3 mix - sun | 08-10 Aug - Oct | 24-36" | 2 avg |
| perennial | Phlox glaberrima | Smooth Phlox | 2-3 mix - sun | 06-07 Jun & Jul | 24-40" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue | 2-3 mix - sun | 05-06 May & Jun | 30-48" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Sagittaria latifolia | Common Arrowhead | 1-2 shade - mix | 04-06 Apr - Jun | 18-30" | 4 >wet |
| perennial | Parthenium integrifolium | Wild Quinine | 2-3 mix - sun | 06-07 Jun & Jul | 30-40" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| perennial | Oenothera macrocarpa | Missouri Primrose | 3 sun | 05-06 May & Jun | 06-12" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| perennial | Oenothera fruticosa | Sundrops | 3 sun | 05-06 May & Jun | 12-18" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| perennial | Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot | 2-3 mix - sun | 06-07 Jun & Jul | 36-48" | 2 avg |
| perennial | Monarda didyma | Scarlet Beebalm | 2-3 mix - sun | 06-08 Jun - Aug | 24-36" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Mertensia virginica | Bluebells | 1 shade | 04-05 Apr & May | 12-24" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Lobelia siphilitica | Blue Lobelia | 2-3 mix | 09-10 Sep & Oct | 18-30" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | 2-3 mix - sun | 08-09 Aug & Sep | 24-54" | 3 moist |
| perennial | Lilium superbum | Turk's Cap Lily | 2-3 mix - sun | 07 July | feet: 04-07 | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Liatris scariosa | Eastern Blazing Star | 2-3 mix - sun | 08-09 Aug & Sep | 30-54" | 2 avg |
| perennial | Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazing Star | 3 sun | 07-08 Jul & Aug | 30-48" | 1-3 dry - moist |
| perennial | Liatris mucronata | Bottlebrush Blazing Star | 3 sun | 07-08 Jul & Aug | 18-30" | 1 dry |
| perennial | Liatris aspera | Rough Blazing Star | 2-3 mix - sun | 09 Sep | 24-48" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| perennial | Juncus effusus | Soft Rush | 3 sun | 06-08 Jun - Aug | 24-48" | 2-3 moist-wet |
| perennial | Jeffersonia diphylla | Twinleaf | 2 mix | 03-04 Mar & Apr | 09-18" | 2 avg |
| perennial | Iris virginica | Southern Blue Flag | 2-3 mix - sun | 05 May | 30-40" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Iris sp. | Louisiana Iris | 1-2 shade - mix | 05-06 May & Jun | 12-24" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Iris fulva | Copper Iris | 2-3 mix - sun | 05 May | 18-24" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Heuchera richardsonii | Alumroot or Coral Bells | 2-3 mix - sun | 05-06 May & Jun | 10-16" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| perennial | Heliopsis helianthoides | Ox-eye Sunflower | 2-3 mix - sun | 06-09 Jun - Sep | 24-48" | 1-3 dry - moist |
| perennial | Geum triflorum | Prairie Smoke | 3 sun | 05-07 May - Jul | 06-18" | 1 dry |
| perennial | Geranium maculatum | Wild Geranium | 1-2 shade - mix | 04-05 Apr & May | 16-22" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Euphorbia corollata | Flowering Spurge | 3 sun | 07-08 Jul & Aug | 36" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| perennial | Eupatorium purpureum | Joe Pye Weed | 2-3 mix - sun | 07-08 Jul & Aug | 48-80" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Eupatorium coelistinum | Mist Flower or Wild Ageratum | 2-3 mix - sun | 08-10 Aug - Oct | 16-24" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master | 2-3 mix - sun | 07-08 Jul & Aug | 30-48" | 2 avg |
| perennial | Echinacea purpurea | Purple Coneflower | 2-3 mix - sun | 06-08 Jun - Aug | 30-40" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Echinacea pallida | Pale Purple Coneflower | 2-3 mix - sun | 06 Jun | 26-36" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| perennial | Cunila origanoides | Dittany | 2-3 mix - sun | 09-10 Sep & Oct | 12-16" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| perennial | Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis | 2-3 mix - sun | 05-06 May & Jun | 16-24" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| perennial | Chrysopsis ... | Golden Aster | 3 sun | 07-09 Jul - Sep | 12-36" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| perennial | Chelone obliqua | Rose Turtlehead | 2-3 mix - sun | 07-08 Jul & Aug | 24-36" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Baptisia australis | Blue Wild Indigo | 3 sun | 05-06 May & Jun | 30-60" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| perennial | Aster oblongifolius | Aromatic Aster | 2-3 mix - sun | 10-11 Oct & Nov | 12-30" | 1 dry |
| perennial | Aster novae-angliae | New England Aster | 2-3 mix - sun | 09-10 Sep & Oct | 40-60" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Weed | 2-3 mix - sun | 06-07 Jun & Jul | 24-36" | 2 avg |
| perennial | Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed | 2-3 mix - sun | 06-08 Jun - Aug | 48-60" | 2 avg |
| perennial | Asclepias purpurascens | Purple Milkweed | 2-3 mix - sun | 05-06 May & Jun | 24-48" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| perennial | Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed | 2-3 mix - sun | 08-09 Aug & Sep | 48-60" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Aquilegia canadensis | Columbine | 1-3 shade - sun | 04-06 Apr - Jun | 24-36" | 1-2 dry - avg |
| perennial | Amsonia tabernaemontana | Blue Star | 3 sun | 04-05 Apr & May | 12-36" | 1 dry |
| perennial | Amsonia illustris | Shining Blue Star | 2-3 mix - sun | 05-06 May & Jun | 30-48" | 2-3 avg - moist |
| perennial | Amsonia hubrictii | Thread-leaf Blue Star | 2-3 mix - sun | 04-05 Apr & May | 24-36" | 2 avg |
| perennial | Dicentra eximia | Wild Fringed Bleeding Heart | 2 mix | 04-07 Apr - Jul | 12-18" | 2 avg |
| shrub | Viburnum dentatum | Arrowwood Viburnum | 2-3 mix - sun | 05-06 May & Jun | feet: 06-10 | 2 avg |
| shrub | Viburnum acerifolium | Maple-leaf Viburnum | 2-3 mix - sun | 06 Jun | feet: 03-06 | 2 avg |
| shrub | Vaccinium corymbosum | Blueberry | 2-3 mix - sun | 05 May | feet: 06-12 | 2-3 avg - moist |
| shrub | Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Coralberry | 2-3 mix - sun | 06-07 Jun & Jul | feet: 02-05 | 2 avg |
| shrub | Staphylea trifolia | Bladdernut | 1-2 shade - mix | 04-05 Apr & May | feet: 10-15 | 1-2 dry - avg |
| shrub | Sambucus racemosa | Red Elderberry | 2-3 mix - sun | 04-05 Apr & May | feet: 04-08 | 2-3 avg - moist |
| shrub | Ribes missouriense | Gooseberry | 2-3 mix - sun | 04-05 Apr & May | feet: 02-04 | 2 avg |
| shrub | Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash | 1-2 shade - mix | 05-06 May & Jun | feet: 15-20 | 1-2 dry - avg |
| shrub | Lindera benzoin | Spicebush | 1-2 shade - mix | 02-03 Feb & Mar | feet: 06-14 | 2-3 avg - moist |
| shrub | Juniperus virginiana 'Glauca' | Eastern Red Cedar | 3 sun | N/A | feet: 25 | 1-2 dry - avg |
| shrub | Itea virginica | Virginia Sweetspire | 1-3 shade - sun | 05-06 May & Jun | feet: 04-06 | 2-4 avg - wet |
| shrub | Ilex verticillata 'Shaver' | Winterberry | 2-3 mix - sun | 06-07 Jun & Jul | feet: 03-12 | 2-3 avg - moist |
| shrub | Ilex verticillata 'Bonfire' | Winterberry | 2-3 mix - sun | 06-07 Jun & Jul | feet: 03-12 | 2-3 avg - moist |
| shrub | Ilex glabra 'Green Magic' | Inkberry | 2-3 mix - sun | 05-06 May & Jun | feet: 05-08 | 2-3 avg - moist |
| shrub | Hypericum frondosum 'Sunburst' | Saint John's Wort | 2-3 mix - sun | 06-07 Jun & Jul | feet: 03-04 | 2 avg |
| shrub | Hydrangea quercifolia 'Pee Wee' | Dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea | 2-3 mix - sun | 05-07 May - Jul | feet: 06-08 | 2 avg |
| shrub | Hydrangea arborescens | Wild Hydrangea | 2 mix | 05-07 May - Jul | feet: 04-05 | 1-2 dry - avg |
| shrub | Euonymus atropurpureus | Wahoo | 2-3 mix - sun | 05-06 May & Jun | feet: 10-20 | 2-3 avg - moist |
| shrub | Euonymus americanus | Strawberry Bush | 1-3 shade - sun | 05-06 May & Jun | feet: 05-08 | 2-3 avg - moist |
| shrub | Dirca palustris | Leatherwood | 1-2 shade - mix | 03-04 Mar & Apr | 48-72" | 2 avg |
| shrub | Cephalanthus occidentalis | Buttonbush | 2-3 mix - sun | 06-08 Jun - Aug | feet: 06-10 | 2-3 avg - moist |
| shrub | Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea | 2-3 mix - sun | 05-06 May & Jun | feet: 03-04 | 1-2 dry - avg |
| shrub | Castanea pumila | Dwarf Chestnut | 2-3 mix - sun | 05 May | feet: 06-24 | 1-2 dry - avg |
| shrub | Callicarpa americana | American Beauty Berry | 2-3 mix - sun | 06-08 Jun - Aug | feet: 03-05 | 1-2 dry - avg |
| shrub | Aronia arbutifolia | Red Chokeberry | 2-3 mix - sun | 04 Apr | feet: 06-10 | 2 avg |
| shrub | Amorpha canescens | Lead Plant | 2-3 mix - sun | 06 Jun | feet: 03-04 | 1-2 dry - avg |
| shrub | Amelanchier arborea | Downy Serviceberry | 2-3 mix - sun | 03-05 Mar - May | feet: 15-25 | 1-2 dry - avg |
| tree | Taxodium distichum 'Shawnee Brave' | Bald Cypress | 2-3 mix - sun | N/A | feet: 50-70 | 2-3 avg - moist |
| tree | Sassafras albidum | Sassafras | 2-3 mix - sun | 04-05 Apr & May | feet: 30-60 | 2 avg |
| tree | Rhamnus caroliniana | Carolina Buckthorn | 2-3 mix - sun | 05-06 May & Jun | feet: 15-25 | 1-3 dry - moist |
| tree | Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak | 2-3 mix - sun | 04-05 Apr & May | feet: 40-80 | 2-3 avg - moist |
| tree | Pinus strobus | White Pine | 2-3 mix - sun | N/A | feet: 50-80 | 2 avg |
| tree | Nyssa sylvatica | Black Gum | 2-3 mix - sun | 04-06 Apr - Jun | feet: 60-80 | 2 avg |
| tree | Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip Tree (Yellow-Poplar) | 3 sun | 05-06 May & Jun | feet: 70-120 | 2-3 avg - moist |
| tree | Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar | 3 sun | N/A | feet: 30-65 | 1-2 dry - avg |
| tree | Fraxinus americana | White Ash | 3 sun | 04-05 Apr & May | feet: 50-70 | 2 avg |
| tree | Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood | 1-3 shade - sun | 04-05 Apr & May | feet: 20-30 | 2 avg |
| tree | Cercis canadensis | Eastern Redbud | 2-3 mix - sun | 03-04 Mar & Apr | feet: 20-30 | 1-2 dry - avg |
| tree | Acer saccharinum | Silver (Water) Maple | 2-3 mix - sun | 03 Mar | feet: 50-80 | 2-3 avg - moist |
| tree | Acer rubrum | Red Maple | 2-3 mix - sun | 03-04 Mar & Apr | feet: 40-70 | 2-3 avg - moist |
| vine | Passiflora incarnata | Passion Flower | 2-3 mix - sun | 06-08 Jun - Aug | N/A | 1-3 dry - moist |
| vine | Lonicera sempervirens | Trumpet Honeysuckle | 2-3 mix - sun | 04-07 Apr - Jul | N/A | 2-3 avg - moist |
| vine | Clematis versicolor | Leather Flower | 2 mix | 05-09 May - Sep | N/A | 2 avg |
| vine | Aristolochia tomentosa | Dutchman's Pipe-vine | 2-3 mix - sun | 05-06 May & Jun | N/A | 2-3 avg - moist |