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Common sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-8

Perennial

3-5'

2-3'

Light                   Water               Soil

Clay, Loam, Sand

Use for

Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden, Meadow, Naturalize, Flower Cutting

Creeping phlox

Phlox stolonifera

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

5-9

Perennial

0.5-1'

0.5-1.5'

Light                   Water               Soil

Loam

Use for

Groundcover, Shade Garden, Rain Garden, Wildlife Garden, Pollinator Garden

Dwarf crested iris

Iris cristata

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-9

Perennial

0.5-0.75'

0.5-1'

Light                   Water               Soil

Loam

Use for

Naturalize, Groundcover, Showy Bloom

Foam flower

Tiarella cordifolia

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

4-9

Perennial

0.75-1'

1-2'

Light                   Water               Soil

Loam

Use for

Groundcover, Shade Garden

Common yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-9

Perennial

2-3'

2-3'

Light                   Water               Soil

Loam, Sand

Use for

Pollinator Garden, Wildlife Garden, Naturalize, Meadow

Dense blazing star

Liastris spicata

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-8

Perennial

2-4'

0.75-1'

Light                   Water               Soil

Clay, Loam

Use for

Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden, Flower Cutting, Showy Bloom

Eastern bottlebrush grass

Elymus hystrix

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

5-9

Perennial

2.5-3'

2.5-3'

Light                   Water               Soil

Clay, Loam

Use for

Meadow, Rain Garden, Fall Interest, Winter Interest, Erosion Control, Wildlife Garden

Fringed sedge

Carex crinita

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-8

Semi-evergreen

3-4'

3-4'

Light                   Water               Soil

Clay, Loam

Use for

Rain Garden, Shade Garden, Wetland Planting, Erosion Control, Naturalize, Groundcover

Creek Sedge

Carex amphibola

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

Semi-Evergreen

Light                   Water               Soil

Use for

Dutchman's breeches

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

-

-'

-'

Light                   Water               Soil

Use for

False aster

Boltonia asteroides

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-10

Perennial

5-6'

2-4'

Light                   Water               Soil

Clay, Loam, Sand

Use for

Naturalize, Meadow, Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden, Flower Cutting

Golden ragwort

Packera aurea

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-8

Perennial

0.5-2.5'

0.5-1.5'

Light                   Water               Soil

Clay, Loam

Use for

Rain Garden, Naturalize, Shade Garden, Groundcover

VIEWS:

Spring 2019

LAWN GONE NATIVE

An honors thesis by Zoe Roane-Hopkins

Thesis Advisor

Ken Tamminga

Honors Advisor

Larry Gorenflo

Schreyer Honors College

College of Arts & Architecture

Department of Landscape Architecture

THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

LAST UPDATED  November 2022

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