Native Plants = Happy Gardens
These lovely varieties are available for planting in your garden now. Every year, it seems, there is more and more interest in supporting native species in our gardens. Not only are they beautiful but they help support the local ecology, and provide habitat for some very important pollinator species, which need our help!
Bee Balm
Monarda - Claire Grace
Likes: Sun/Partial Shade
Blooms: July - August
Bee Balm
Jacob Cline
Likes: Sun/Partial Shade
Blooms: July - August
Blue Flag Iris
Iris versicolor
Likes: Sun/Partial Shade
Blooms: June
Burnet
Sanguisorba canadensis
Likes: Sun/Partial Shade
Blooms: August - October
Culvers Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Likes: Sun
Blooms: July - August
Goldenrod
Solidago rugosa - Fireworks
Likes: Sun/Partial Shade
Blooms: August - October
Indian Blanket Flower: Gallo Peach
Gailardia aristata
Likes: Sun
Blooms: June - September
Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum muticum
Likes: Sun/Partial Shade
Blooms: July - August
Prairie Fire Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Likes: Sun/Partial Shade
Blooms: July - August
Stiff Leaved Aster
Aster linariifolius
Likes: Sun/Partial Shade
Blooms: September
Tussock Grass
Deschampsia cespitosa
Likes: Sun/Partial Shade
Blooms: July - August
Bee Balm
Monarda - Marshalls Delight
Likes: Sun/Partial Shade
Blooms: July - August
Blue Bird Aster
Aster laevis 'Blue Bird'
Likes: Sun/Partial Shade
Blooms: Sept - Oct
Bugbane
Actaea racemosa
Likes: Partial Shade
Blooms: May
Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Likes: Full Sun
Blooms: July - August
Downey Skullcap
Scutellaria incana
Likes: Sun/Partial Shade
Blooms: August - September
Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Likes: Shade/Partial Shade
Blooms: August - October
Indian Blanket Flower: Fanfare
Gaillardia aristata
Likes: Sun
Blooms: June - August
New England Aster
Aster novae-angliae
Likes: Sun
Blooms: September - October
Shiny Cone Flower
Rudbeckia nitida - Herbstsonne
Likes: Sun/Partial Shade
Blooms: August - October
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Likes: Full Sun
Blooms: June - August
White Snakeroot
Eupatorium rugosum
Likes: Sun/Partial Shade
Blooms: September - October
Bee Balm
Monarda - Raspberry Wine
Likes: Sun/Partial Shade
Blooms: July - August
Blue Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Likes: Sun/Parrtial Shade
Blooms: September
Bunchberry
Cornus canadensis
Likes: Partial Shade
Blooms: June - July
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Likes: Shade/Partial Shade
Blooms: August - September
Early Meadow Rue
Thalictrum dioicum
Likes: Partial Shade
Blooms: June
Heavy Metal Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Likes: Sun
Blooms: August - October
Joe Pye Weed
Eupatorium maculatum
Likes: Sun
Blooms: August - September
New York Iron Weed
Vernonia noveboracensis
Likes: Sun
Blooms: August - October
Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Likes: Sun/Partial Shade
Blooms: July - September
Sweet Fern
Comptonia peregrina
Likes: Sun/Partial Shade
Blooms: April - May
Wild Senna
Senna hebecarpa
Likes: Sun/Partial Shade
Blooms: July - September