Amsonia tabernaemontana Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Full Sun to Partial • Soils: sandy, clay, loamy • Bloom Time: Blue flowers in May-June • Size: 2-3ft tall with 2-3ft spread Native to southern states and according to...
Silverrod / White Goldenrod
Solidago bicolor Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Full to partial sun • Soils: poor, sandy, clay; dry to average moisture • Bloom Time: White to yellowish flowers July through October • Size: 1-3 feet tall; 1ft spread This is an east coast...
Green and Gold
Chrysogonum virginianum Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Partial to full shade • Soils: moist, well-drained • Bloom Time: Yellow flowers mostly in spring, with sporadic flowers into September • Size: 6 inches, spread 24 inches Low growing...
New York Ironweed
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...