NATIVE PLANT DESCRIPTIONS
Below you’ll find the native plants available through our pre-order sale, including perennials, grasses, and woodland species that are well-suited for gardens throughout southeastern Wisconsin. Each plant listing includes helpful details to guide your selections, from growing conditions to bloom times.
FERNS - priced by plant
List of Services
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Maidenhair Fern $12List Item 1
Adiantum pedatum
Growing Conditions: Cloudy
Height: 24" Spreads: 12-18"
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant: yes
Use it in shady perennial bed where it provides a deep green to highlight your flowers. A native alternative to hostas.
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Lady Fern $8.75List Item 2
Athyrium filix-femina
Growing Conditions: Cloudy
Height: 1"-2' Spread: 1'
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant: Yes
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Sensitive Fern $8.75List Item 3
Onoclea sensibilis
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Cinnamon Fern $12List Item 4
Osmunda cinnamomea
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Royal Fern $8.75
Osmunda regalis
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
GALLON POTS - priced by plant
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Butterfly Milkweed $14List Item 1
Asclepias tuberosa
Growing Conditions: Full sun
Height: 2' Spread: 1'
Blooms: June-August
Average to dry soil
Deer resistant: Yes
This showy milkweed is a host plant for monarch and queen butterflies. Its nectar attracts bees, butteflies, and hummingbirds.
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White Wild Indigo $16List Item 2
Baptisia leucantha
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Cream Wild Indigo $16List Item 3
Baptisia leucophea
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Bottle Gentian $20List Item 4
Gentiana andrewsii
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
GRASS/SEDGE - $8.75
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Big Bluestem GrassList Item 1
Andropogon gerardii
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Side-oats Grama GrassList Item 2
Bouteloua curtipendula
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Oak (White-tinged) SedgeList Item 3
Carex albicans
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Pennsylvania SedgeList Item 4
Carex pensylvanica
Growing Conditions: Part sun/Cloudy
Height: 8" Spread: 6-10"
Blooms: April-June
Moist to dry soil
Deer resistant: Yes
This low growing sedge provides a "no-mow" alternative to lawn in shadier areas. Birds enjoy the seeds.
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Rose (Golden Star) Sedge
Carex rosea
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
Growing Conditions: Full sun/Part sun
Height: 1-3' Spread: 18"
Blooms: April-June
Moist to wet soil
Deer resistant: Yes
This wetland sedge makes a lovely fine-leaved mound. A great choice for rain gardens. Birds enjoy the seeds.
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Tufted Hair Grass
Deschampsia cespitosa
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus patula
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Little Blue Stem Grass
Schizachyrium scoparium
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Indian Grass
Sorghastrum nutans
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Prairie Dropseed Grass
Sporobolus heterolepis
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
HALF-GALLON POT- $12
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Sharp-lobed HepaticaList Item 1
Anemone acutiloba
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Wild GingerList Item 2
Asarum canadense
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Starry Solomon's SealList Item 3
Maianthemum stellatum
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Solomon's SealList Item 4
Polygonatum biflorum
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
POLLINATOR PACK - $60 (16 x 2" plug pots)
Includes 4 early, 8 mid, and 4 late-season plants to provide blooms late spring to fall.
PRAIRIE BEE PACK - (16 X 2" plug pots) $60.00
Includes 4 each of 4 summer sun prairie plants that are attractive to bumble bees and other native bees.
PRAIRIES - $8.75
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Lead PlantList Item 1
Amorpha canescens
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Field Pussy Toes
Antennaria neglecta
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Red (Swamp) MilkweedList Item 2
Asclepias incarnata
Growing Conditions: Full sun/Part sun
Height: 4' Spread: 2-3'
Blooms: June-August
Moist average soil
Deer resistant: Yes
The most garden friendly milkweed, it provides nectar to many insects and is a host plant for the monarch butterfly.
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Common MilkweedList Item 3
Asclepias syriaca
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Butterfly MilkweedList Item 4
Asclepias tuberosa
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Harebell
Campanula rotundifolia
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
Growing Conditions: Full sun
Height: 1-2' Spread: 1'
Blooms: June-July
Average to dry soil
Deer resistant: Yes
This early summer bloomer supports foraging native bees and acts as host plant for caterpillars of moths and butterflies.
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Stiff Coreopsis
Coreopsis palmata
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Growing Conditions: Full sun
Height: 1-5' Spread: 2-3'
Blooms: July-October
Medium to dry soil
Deer resistant: Yes
This is a "pollinator party plant" visited by bees, flies, wasps and
beetles. It feeds them July to September.
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Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Prairie (Stiff) Sunflower
Helianthus pauciflorus
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Round-headed Bush-clover
Lespedeza capitata
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Rough Blazing-star
Liatris aspera
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Meadow (Showy) Blazing-star
Liatris ligulistylus
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Prairie Blazing-star
Liatris pychnostachya
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Spike Blazing-star
Liatris spicata
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Wild Lupine
Lupinus perennis
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Eastern Beebalm
Monarda bradburiana
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Oswego Tea (Scarlet Beebalm)
Monarda didyma
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Growing Conditions: Full sun
Height: 4' Spread: 2-3'
Blooms: July-September
Medium to dry soil
Deer resistant: Yes
This aromatic native is easy to grow and a favorite of bees. It's dried flower head has a spicy smell and is used in tea.
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Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis
Growing Conditions: Full Sun/Part Sun
Height: 2-3' Spread: 1'
Blooms: June-July
Moist average soil
Deer resistant: Yes
A great nectar source for hummingbirds and bees of all sorts. It tolerates clay soil and seasonal dampness.
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Slender Beardtongue
Penstemon gracilis
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Large-flowered Beardtongue
P. grandiflorus
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Prairie Phlox
Phlox pilosa
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Obedient Plant
Physostegia virginiana
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Shooting Star
Primula meadia
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Yellow Coneflower
Ratibida pinnata
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Showy Orange Coneflower
R. fulgida speciosa
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Growing Conditions: Full sun
Height: 13' Spread: 2-3'
Blooms: June-October
Moist to dry soil
Deer resistant: Yes
This sun loving flower is a favorite of pollinators and people. It is a long blooming biennial that will reseed itself.
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Sweet Coneflower
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Brown-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Wild Senna
Senna hebecarpa
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Royal Catchfly
Silene regia
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Stout Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Showy Goldenrod
Solidago speciosa
Growing Conditions: Full sun
Height: 1-5' Spread: 2-3'
Blooms: non-flowering
Medium to dry soil
Deer resistant: Yes
This is a "pollinator party plant" visited by bees, flies, wasps and beetles. Blooming late in the season, it gives pollinators their final energy boost.
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Smooth Aster
Symphyotrichum laevis
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Growing Conditions: Full Sun/Part Sun
Height: 3-6' Spread: 2-3'
Blooms: August - October
Moist average soil
Deer resistant: Yes
A great, late season source of nectar for native pollinators and a host plant for the pearly crescent butterfly. Tolerates clay soil.
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Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolius
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Sky Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Spiderwort
Tradescantia ohioensis
Growing Conditions: Full sun/Part sun
Height: 3' Spread: 2'
Blooms: Late May-July
Moist to dry soil
Deer resistant: Yes
The flower of the spiderwort opens in the morning sun and closes in the heat of the afternoon. Native bees love it!
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Culver’s Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Bird’s-foot Violet
Viola pedata
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Golden Alexander
Zizia aurea
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
PLUG TRAYS - $60 (16 x 2" plug pots single species)
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Wild ColumbineList Item 1
Aquilegia canadensis
Growing Conditions: Sunny/Cloudy
Height: 1-3' Spread: 1'
Blooms: April - June
Average to dry soil
Deer resistant: Yes
A lovely adaptable plant that is an early source of nectar hummingbirds and inset pollinators.
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Red (Swamp) MilkweedList Item 2
Asclepias incarnata
Growing Conditions: Full sun/Part sun
Height: 4' Spread: 2-3'
Blooms: June-August
Moist average soil
Deer resistant: Yes
The most garden friendly milkweed, it provides nectar to many insects and is a host plant for the monarch butterfly.
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Side-oats Grama GrassList Item 3
Bouteloua curtipendula
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Purple ConeflowerList Item 4
Echinacea purpurea
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Wild Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Growing Conditions: Full sun/Part sun
Height: 2-4' Spread: 1'
Blooms: July-September
Medium to Wet soil
Deer resistant: Yes
This stunning plant attracts hummingbirds and butterflies
with its long lasting blooms. Needs mosit soil.
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Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Growing Conditions: Full sun/Part sun
Height: 1-4' Spread: 1'
Blooms: July-September
Wet to average soil
Deer resistant: Yes
A great plant for rain gardens or yards with wet clay soil. It attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.
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Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Jacob’s Ladder
Polemonium reptans
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Growing Conditions: Full Sun/Part Sun
Height: 3-6' Spread: 2-3'
Blooms: August - October
Moist average soil
Deer resistant: Yes
A great, late season source of nectar for native pollinators and a host plant for the pearly crescent butterfly. Tolerates clay soil.
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Sky Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Spiderwort
Tradescantia ohioensis
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
WETLANDS - $8.75
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Marsh MarigoldList Item 1
Caltha palustris
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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White TurtleheadList Item 2
Chelone glabra
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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BonesetList Item 3
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Joe-Pye WeedList Item 4
Eutrochium maculatum
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Monkey flower
Mimulus ringens
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Golden Groundsel
Packera aurea
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Ironweed
Vernonia fasciculata
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
WOODLANDS - $8.75
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Purple HyssopList Item 1
Agastache foeniculum
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Tall ThimbleweedList Item 2
Anemone virginiana
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Wild ColumbineList Item 3
Aquilegia canadensis
Growing Conditions: Sunny/Cloudy
Height: 1-3' Spread: 1'
Blooms: April - June
Average to dry soil
Deer resistant: Yes
A lovely adaptable plant that is an early source of nectar hummingbirds and inset pollinators.
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Jack-in-the-pulpit - pintList Item 4
Arisaema triphyllum
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Rock Harlequin
Capnoides sempervirens
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Sweet Joe-Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Bigleaf Aster
Eurybia macrophylla
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Wild Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Woodland Sunflower
Helianthus divaricatus
Growing Conditions:
Height: 4-6' Spread: 2'
Blooms: July-September
Average to dry soil
Deer resistant: Yes
This native sunflower is a superstar plant, providing food for 66 kinds of caterpillars and nectar for 50 species of native bees!
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American Alumroot
Heuchera americana
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Wild Phlox
Phlox divaricate lamphamii
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Jacob’s Ladder
Polemonium reptans
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Zigzag Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
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Heartleaf Aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Growing Conditions:
Height:
Blooms: non-flowering
Moist average soil
Deer resistant:
