Vernonia novaboracensis Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Full sun to part shade • Soils: Medium moisture • Bloom Time: Purple flowers late August through September • Size: 4-6ft in height A tall, coarse, and upright plant that creates beautiful...
Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Full to part sun • Soils: prefers moist, circumneutral pH soils, but is tough and adaptable to drier spots. • Bloom Time: June-September • Size: Up to 2 feet tall when flowering. Pompom-shaped,...
Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Part shade or light, filtered shade. Tolerates full sun in wetter soil. • Soils: Average to moist, well drained soils • Bloom Time: April, May, June • Size: 4-10 inches high A wonderful and easy to...
Field Pussytoes
Antennaria neglecta Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Full to part sun • Soils: Dry-Average, sandy or gravelly soils. Needs lean soils with good drainage. • Bloom Time: April, May, June • Size: 4-10 inches high. A cute, inconspicuous groundcover...
Wild Sundial Lupine
Lupinus perennis Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Sun to part shade. • Soils: Dry to Moist, well drained soils. Prefers light, sandy or gravelly soil. • Bloom Time: May-July • Size: Up to 2ft tall in bloom An excellent choice for barren areas as...
Eastern Prickly Pear
Opuntia humifusa Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Full sun • Soils: Dry, sandy or rocky soil. Needs good drainage. • Bloom Time: June-August. Fruit in mid-fall. • Size: Up to 18 inches tall. Usually creeping. New England’s only native cactus!...
Sensitive Fern
Onoclea sensibilis Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Part shade. Tolerates full sun in wet soils. • Soils: Moist to wet, acidic soils • Bloom Time: N/A • Size: Up to 3 feet tall Distinctive, coarsely lobed fern that spreads by rhizomes in wet...
Mayapple / American Mandrake
Podophyllum peltatum Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Part Shade, Shade • Soils: Average to Moist, acidic sandy loams. • Bloom Time: April/May. Fruit in mid-summer. • Size: 1-1.5ft tall. Spreads along the ground. A unique woodland plant that...
Bird’s Foot Violet
Viola pedata Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Full sun to partial, filtered shade • Soils: Dry, acidic, sandy or gravelly soils. Needs good drainage. • Bloom Time: April - June • Size: 4-10 inches high Beautiful lilac-colored flowers, larger...
Pearly Everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Sun, part shade • Soils: Poor sandy, dry or average • Bloom Time: White flowers in July, August, September • Size: 1-3 feet in height; 1-2 foot spread Plant in rock gardens or to fill wide...