Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Sun, part shade • Soils: Average to dry moisture • Bloom Time: White to pinkish bell-shaped flowers in April, May • Size: 12 inches tall, spreading to 15 feet Woody plant that is slow...
Asarum canadense Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Shade • Soils: Dry to moist • Bloom Time: Inconspicuous, burgundy-colored flowers in May, June • Size: 1-2 feet in height, spreads by rhizomes Also called American Ginger, Asarum canadense...
Symphyotrichum ericoides Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Sun • Soils: Dry, average • Bloom Time: White flowers in August, September, October • Size: 1-3 feet in height; up to 1.5 foot spread Colony forming Heath Aster provides profuse, bloom...
Carex pensylvanica Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Sun to shade • Soils: Average, dry • Bloom Time: Non-flowering • Size: 6-12 inches in height; 12-18 inch spread Plant fine-textured Pennsylvania Sedge as a shade ground cover, border, or...
Veronicastrum virginicum Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Sun, part shade • Soils: Moist, average • Bloom Time: Flowers light pink to white in July, August • Size: 3-5 feet in height; 1-3 foot spread Candelabra-like flower spikes top an erect...
Gaultheria procumbens Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Shade, Part Shade • Soils: Average, dry • Bloom Time: White flowers in June, July, August • Size: 1-4 inches in height; 6-12 inch spread Plant evergreen Teaberry as a low, woody, ground...
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Sun, Part Shade • Soils: Average to moist • Bloom Time: Deep violet to pink flowers appear in August, September • Size: 3-4 feet in height Two adaptations of being a meadow plant are...
Waldsteinia fragarioides Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Sun, Part Shade • Soils: Sandy, well-drained to clay and medium loam, dry to moist • Bloom Time: Yellow flowers in May, June • Size: 3-6 inches in height; 6-12 inch spread Plant the...
Solidago sempervirens Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Sun • Soils: Sandy, average moisture to dry • Bloom Time: Yellow flowers in August, September, October • Size: 2-6 feet in height; 2-3 foot spread Perennial with low maintenance is perfect...
Athyrium filix-femina Growing Information • Plant Type: Perennial • Sunlight: Part Shade, Shade • Soils: Well-drained soils, moist to dry • Bloom Time: Non-flowering • Size: 1-2 feet in height; 12-18 inch spread Plant low maintenance Lady Fern in perennial borders,...