Plant
Name
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Common Name
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Soil Conditions
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Sun Needs
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Flower Color/Month
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Height (ft) |
Comments |
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Wet |
Moist |
Dry |
Sun |
PS |
Shade |
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Ground covers and borders (up to 2 feet tall) |
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Asarum canadense |
Wild Ginger |
|
X |
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|
X |
X |
Brownish-purple; Apr-May |
0.5 |
Semi-evergreen |
Chrysogonum
virginianum 'Allen Bush'
|
Green and Gold |
|
X |
|
|
X |
X |
Yellow; Apr-Jun |
0.5 |
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Mitchella repens
|
Partridgeberry |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
White; May-Jul followed
by showy red berries |
0.5 |
Evergreen; slow growing |
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Phlox divaricata |
Wild Blue Phlox |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
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Pink or blue; April-May |
1 |
Attracts butterflies |
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Sedum ternatum |
Woodland Stonecrop |
|
X |
|
|
X |
X |
White; Apr-Jun |
0.5 |
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Tiarella cordifolia “ |
Foamflower |
|
X |
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|
X |
X |
White; Apr-Jul |
1 |
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Tiarella cordifolia var. collina |
Foamflower |
|
X |
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|
X |
X |
White; Apr-Jun |
1 |
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Tiarella cordifolia “Running Tapestry” |
Foamflower |
|
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
White; Apr-Jul |
1 |
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Borders and backgrounds (2 feet + tall) |
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Aquilegia canadensis
|
Wild Columbine |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
Red/yellow, pink; Apr-Jul |
2 |
Prefers pH above 6;
attracts hummingbirds |
Aster divaricatus
|
White Wood Aster |
|
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
White; late summer to
fall |
2 |
Spreading |
Cimicifuga racemosa
|
Black Snakeroot |
|
X |
|
|
X |
X |
White; Jun-Sep |
8.5 |
Attracts benefical
insects |
Cranesbill ‘Johnson’s Blue’
|
Geranium |
|
|
|
X |
X |
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Blue; Jun-Aug |
2 |
|
Dicentra eximia
|
Wild Bleeding Heart |
|
X |
|
|
X |
X |
Pink/white; Apr-Sep |
2 |
Attracts benefical
insects |
Heuchera “Caramel”
|
Coral Bells |
|
X |
|
X |
X |
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Pink; Jun-Jul |
2 |
|
Lobelia cardinalis
|
Cardinal Flower |
X |
X |
|
|
X |
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Red; Jul-Sep |
2 - 4 |
Attracts hummingbirds |
Phlox maculata
|
Wild Sweet William |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
Pink; May-Sep |
3 |
Attracts butterflies |
Phlox paniculata
|
Garden Phlox |
X |
X |
X |
X |
|
Magenta; Jul-Sep |
6.5 |
Showy flowers;attracts
butterflies |
|
Stylophorum diphyllum
|
Celandine Poppy |
|
X |
|
|
X |
X |
Yellow: Apr-Jun |
2 |
|
Thalictrum polygamum
|
Tall Meadow Rue |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
White; Jun-Aug |
6 |
Forms clumps |
Uvularia perfoliata
|
Perfoliate Bellwort |
|
X |
|
X |
X |
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Yellow: Apr-Jun |
2 |
|
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Ferns |
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Osmunda cinnamomea |
Cinnamon Fern |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
5 |
Tolerates drought |
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Osmunda regalis |
Royal Fern |
X |
X |
|
X |
X |
X |
|
6 |
Tolerates drought |
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Polystichum acrostichoides |
Christmas Fern |
|
X |
|
|
X |
X |
|
2 |
Evergreen |
Plant
Name
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Common Name
|
Soil Conditions
|
Sun Needs
|
Flower Color/Month
|
Height (ft) |
Comments |
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Wet |
Moist |
Dry |
Sun |
PS |
Shade |
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