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Botanical Name
Common Name
Bloom
Color
Sun Type
Soils
Height
Spacing Comments
Aquiligea canadensis
Wild columbine
June-Aug
Amsonia hubrechtii Asclepias incarnata Asclepias syriaca Asclepias tuberosa Aster novae angliae Aster divaricatus Baptisia australis
New England Aster Aug-Oct White Wood Aster False Blue Indigo Jul-Oct may-june
red and Sand, Loam, Clay, yellow Sun-Shade moist-dry blue flowers, yellow fall Sun-Pt color Shade Sand, Loam, Clay, pink Sun-Shade Dry-wet pale purple Sun Moist Sand, Loam, Clay, orange Sun Dry-med Sand, Loam, Clay, purple Sun-Shade Med-wet pt Shadewhite sh dry-med wet blue, purple Sun-Shade sand, loam Sand, Loam, Clay, Sun-Shade Dry-med Sand, Loam, Clay, Sun-Shade Dry-med
2'
1'
2'
18"
deer resistant 3' tall, fine texture, blue summer flowers, yellow fall color, needs part sun deer resistant deer resistant deer resistant deer resistant spreads freely
2'-4' 2' 3.5-6.5' 2' 1-3' 2'-6' 0.5-3' 3-5' 1-2' 2'-3' 1-2' 1-2'
Chelone glabra/obliqua
Turtlehead
aug-oct
white/pink
1-4'
Chelone lyonii
Pink Turtlehead
1-4'
deer resistant host plant to Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly, MD 12-18" state insect host plant to Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly, MD 12-18" state insect evergreen ground cover fine texture, deer resistant
Sun- Shade dry-med wet; loam 0.5-1' Sun, PS dry-med wet, loam 1-3.5'
1' 1-2'
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Bloom
Color
Sun Type
Soils
Height
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Echinacea purpurea 'Kim's Dwarf Purple Knee-Hi' Coneflower May-Aug Echinacea purpurea Magnus Purple Coneflower May-Aug ' Magnus' Echinacea purpurea Razzmatazz Purple 'Razzmatazz' Coneflower June-Aug Eupatorium coelestinum Eupatorium dubium Eupatorium fistolosum Eupatorium perfoliatum Eupatorium purpureum Geranium maculatum Helenium autumnale Helianthus angustifolius Hibiscus moscheutos Iris cristata Iris fulva Liatris spicata Lilium superbum Mistflower Coastal Joe-pye Weed ('Little Joe' ) Common Joe-pye weed Boneset Sweet Joe-pye weed Wild Geranium Sneezeweed Swamp Sunflower Marsh Mallow Dwarf Crested Iris Copper Iris blazingstar Turk's Cap Lily May June Jul-Aug July-Aug Jul-Oct
dry dry-moist dry dry to wet; clay, loam moist moist-dry Sand, Loam, Clay, med-wet Sand, Loam, Clay, moist dry-med, loam med. wet, clay, loam, sand moist
15" 24" 24" 1-3.5' 3-4' 1.5-6' 3-4' 5-6' 1-2' 1.5-6'
12" 15" 15" 1-2' 2' 2' 1-2' 1-2' 1-2' 1-2'
butterfly attractor, deer resistant butterfly attractor, deer resistant butterfly attractor, deer resistant
pink, dk pink Sun, PS jul-sep Jul-Oct July-Sept Apr-Jul Jul-Nov Aug-Oct pink white pink-dk pink pink yellow yellow pink early spring flowers colored flowers purple Orange Sun Sun-pt Shade Sun-pt Shade Sun-pt shade sun-pt shade Sun Sun
wet-dry 3' gravelly well drained Partial Sun moist soils 8-10" Sun Sun-pt shade Sun-pt shade Dry-wet clay, loam, sand dry-moist
Edger One of the Louisiana Iris parents deer resistant deer resistant don't mulch Place at entry points into the rain garden, hummingbird attractor
Sand, Loam, Clay, med-wet 2'-4' Sand, Loam, Clay, Sun-Shade med-wet 2'-3' pt-shade to shade med-wet;clay, loam 1-2.5'
Sun-pt Shade
deer resistant
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Common Name
Bloom
Color
Sun Type
Soils
Height
Spacing Comments
Mimulus ringens Monarda didyma Monarda fistulosa Penstemon digitalis Phlox divaricata Phlox stolonifera Phlox paniculata
Monkeyflower Bee Balm Wild Bergamot Beardtongue Wild Blue Phlox Creeping Phlox Summer phlox
blue pink pink, purple white blue varied deep pink to white
Sun-pt Shade full Sun-pt Shade Sun-pt Shade Sun-pt Shade pt Shadesh PS-Shade sun-pt shade
moist, loamy Sand, Loam, Clay, Med-wet Moist-Dry dry-med wet; clay, loam, sand moist moist-dry moist
1-3'
1'
DELICATE deer resistant deer resistant deer resistant deer resistant deer resistant cultivars are shorter deer resistant, plant in driest parts of rain garden deer resistant
12-18" 1' 1.5-5' 2-5' 1.5' .5-1.5' 1-2' 1-2' 1' 1'
1.5'-6.5' 1'
Phlox subulata Physostegia virginiana Rudbeckia fulgida Rudbeckia hirta Rudbeckia laciniata
Apr-Jun aug-sep
Sun Sun Sun-pt yellow-orange Shade Sun, PS yellow Sun-pt yellow Shade
Scenecio aureus Sisyrinchium graminoides Solidago nemoralis Solidago rugosa Solidago sphacelata Solidago ulmifolia
Sun-Shade Sun-pt Shade Sun-pt Shade Sun-pt shade Sun-pt shade Sunpt.shade
1.5-9' 2' 15" flowers, 8" tall plant 0.5-1.5' .5-1' 0.5-3' 1-6.5' 18" 1-2' 1-2'
med-dry
18"
18"
Wildlife plant
Tiarella cordifolia
Foamflower
May
White
pt shadeshade
med-dry
Groundcover
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Botanical Name
Common Name
Bloom
Color
Sun Type
Soils
Height
Spacing Comments
Viola labridorica FERNS Dennstaedtia punctilobula Onoclea sensibilis Osmunda cinnamonea Osmunda regalis
Labrador Violet
June, reblooms if cut back after first flowering blue summer flowers white purplish foliage and June violet flowers
1-5.5' 4-6'
1-2' 2-3'
Sandy, med-dry
4"
6"
groundcover
Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas Fern Bracken Fern Pteridium aquilinum Thelypteris noveboracensis New York Fern GRASSES Andropogon gerardi Andropogon virginicus Carex stricata Carex pennsylvanica Chasmanthium latifolium
spreading
deer resistant aggressive; thin as needed also used as shade lawn replacement deer resistant, spreads freely may not come back in hard winter; only plant in spring deer resistant, cultivars shorter ('Shenandoah') deer resistant
jul-sep
Moist-Wet 6-8" dry-med, clay, loam, Sun-Shade sand 2-5' pink efflorescence s Sun Dry, well drained moist Sand, Loam, Clay, Sun-Shade Med-wet Sun-pt Shade dry
24" 1'
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Common Name
Bloom
Color
Sun Type
Soils
Height
Spacing Comments
Mar-May
sun-ps
red berries, upright/narrow, favorite (unless 'Athens' cultivar yellow), fragrant flowers when in full sun great wildlife Pink Flowers, upright, dwarf, yellow fall color
Calycanthus floridus
Sweetshrub
June July-Aug
white pink
sun-PS
moist-wet
3-10'
4'
Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush Ruby Spice Summersweet, Pink dwarf Sweet Pepperbush Alternate-leaf Dogwood Silky dogwood gray dogwood Redosier Dogwood Black Huckleberry
Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' Cornus alternifolia Cornus amomum Cornus racemosa Cornus sericea Gaylussacia baccata Ilex verticillata
Spring white white May-Jun May-Jun white flowers May-June May-July white white white white white PS dry-moist 6-12' 6-12' red fall color, understory shrub red branches in winter red branches in winter Red winter twig
2-3' 6-12' females w/red berries in winter; deciduous - may abort fruit in dry summers; choose appropriate MaleFemale pairing females w/black berries; Densa is a compact/ dwarf form Spicebush Butterfly plant, deer resistant Fine-medium texture, evergreen, shears well Fine texture, evergreen, shears well, wildlife plant purple fruit-wildlife
Winterberry Ilex glabra 'Densa' Inkberry yellow Lindera benzoin Myrica cerifera ' Nana' Myrica pensylvanica Sambucus canadensis Spicebush Dwarf Wax Myrtle Northern Bayberry Common elderberry Jun-July late Spring shade-pt moist-dry shade Sun-shade moist-dry well drained Sun-shade moist-dry well drained sun-shade dry to wet 6-10' 3' 3' 6' 4' 6-12' May-Jun white sun-shade dry-moist 6-10'
white
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Common Name
Bloom
Color
Sun Type
Soils
Height
Spacing Comments
white Viburnum acerifolium Viburnum dentatum Viburnum prunifolium Mapleleaf viburnum May April-May Arrowood Apr-May Blackhaw white white
pt shade
Mauvey fall color, maple shaped leaves, dk purple fruit-wildlife purple fruit-wildlife
Trees Amelanchier canadensis Betula nigra 'Little King' Cercis canadensis Serviceberry; shadbush Little King River Birch Redbud May-July white PS to shade moist-wet 15-25' 15-20' April-May pink White sun-PS dry 20-35' yellow fall color, gray winter bark; females make olive like drupes yellow fall leaf color females w/red berries in winter Dwarf River birch; also called 'Fox Valley'
May Sep-Dec
15-30' 65'
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